Second Life start moving over?
Posted on October 8, 2007
Filed under Conversations, News, Trends
For those of you seriously considering 3D environments, this is worth noting.
Excerpt from the blog post:
“… a new Second Life “hack” (for lack of a better word), was pretty mindbending. OpenSim uses the Second Life interface (which Linden Labs released to developers last year) but allows you (wait for it) to serve up your own world on not just the server of your choice, but (wait for it) even just your local computer. Want a world just for your classroom that isn’t “out there” on the Second Life server? Done. (Read more about it in Dave’s post here. http://davecormier.com/edblog/2007/08/29/opensim-open-source-multi-user-blah-blah-sl-dave-is-in-love/)
The entire blog post: http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/reality-edutv-and-open-second-life/
And the conversation about OpenSim.
Someone commented and I have to agree:
“Except it won’t really be a virtual world, but a virtual classroom. It will miss out on all the great resources that are available in the rest of a true virtual world like Second Life, as it will miss out on the social networking opportunities, network effects and emergent behaviours you see on Second Life.”
These folks worked with pre-teens. Another related topic is Personal Learning Environments, which is mentioned here. PLE thinking is growing in Australia, the UK and the Netherlands. Read about the history of PLEs
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I’ve never quite understood how opensim can’t be a ‘true virtual world’. If I have 1000 students registered to a single grid, where they can work together… where is the lack of opportunity for social networking?
Good point Dave. there are soooo many things to work out and think through. That’s why these conversations are so important. Thanks for you comment!