Second Life for Virtual Team Building
Laura Blankenship January 18th, 2007
I’m excited to see someone trying out second life for a classroom activity. For those of you who don’t know, Second Life is a virtual world where you build an avatar and are able to wander around and interact with other people and objects.
The results of the classroom activity were mixed. It took a lot of time to prepare. Second Life takes some time to learn. Some of the students didn’t like the experience - it was too much work! But the experience was a good lesson in team-building. They could discuss what went well and what didn’t. So despite many of the problems, they felt like it raised a lot of important issues about identity, team-building, and technology.
The description of the session is here. More information may be available at a later date.
Did you see their presentation in San Antonio this past November?
I blogged up some notes.
(http://b2e.nitle.org/index.php/2006/11/10/supporting_virtual_teams_in_second_life_)