Virtual Worlds, Real People and Learning

This session will begin with a brief history of the use of online technologies for creating communities and learning environments, explain how people have embraced new communication mediums in the past and leveraged them. There will be an introduction to Second Life and how educators are currently using it as a platform for collaborative and innovative learning. Finally, the presenter will discuss the future of virtual worlds like Second Life, presenting ideas for supporting and better engaging a new generation of students who have grown up in an immersive networked world.