18 Jul, 2007
Is Second Life in Education Worth It?
Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: General| Second Life
TechCrunch published an interesting article a couple of days ago “Will The Last Corporation Leaving Second Life Please Turn Off The Light?” This article explores the cost of running a second life business and it’s relative small audience. Granted there are lots of things you can do in second life that you couldn’t do in a traditional webpage, but for most it wasn’t worth the amount invested? That led me to question… is Second Life really worth it in Education?
There was certainly a large hype surrounding Second life several months ago and lots of Universities were jumping on the bandwagon. I myself wrote an article that received some attention from folks as to the potential in Second Life, but where does it stand now. Are we closer to reaching that potential, or has it fizzled? I hear increasingly less from the mobs. Was this just a passing fad that some Universities invested in or is the educational second life folks still thriving?
Just a couple of thought to throw out there. What about you? When was the last time you logged into second life? What was the last educational activity you held in Second Life?
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