The next time you log in to Second Life, the 3-D virtual world run by its residents, you might run in to a Drexel professor teaching a course.
The University bought land on Second Life, May 9. The property has been named Drexel Island and cost about $900 to purchase plus an additional $150 per month for maintenance, according to Jean-Claude Bradley, E-Learning Coordinator for the College of Arts and Sciences.
Bradley said Second Life can help faculty members take their classroom materials to a new level.
“It’s a more engaging kind of environment than, say, a message board or instant messaging it’s a lot more intuitive, I think, than blind chat,” Bradley said.
Currently, the College of Arts and Sciences occupies the east side of the island, and Hagerty Library occupies the west. Click here to read the rest of this article.
by Gatlin Education Services
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