Virtual World Watch
The Eduserv Foundation funded “Virtual World Watch” project runs for a year from October 15th 2008.
The compilation of the latest snapshot, looking at the use of virtual worlds in UK Higher and Further Education, is underway and is due to be published in January 2009. This is the fifth one in the series funded by the Eduserv Foundation. Previous “snapshot” reports, and other materials, can be found in their Second Life section.
The picture set
We’re interested in instances of UK universities and colleges, departments, or academics developing content in virtual worlds such as Second Life. And we’re keen to visit them. This should build up a picture of who is doing what, the scale of development, and what these developments are being used for.
As we visit these developments, we’ll be taking screen dumps and adding them to this picture set in Flickr. The description for each picture will add some more information, such as the SLURL (location of the development).
We’re also keen to have a look at how they’ve used SL to support teaching and learning, where appropriate.
Getting in touch
To keep up with what’s happening, keep an eye on the Virtual World Watch website and follow the project on Twitter. If you are in UK Higher or Further Education and you’ve developed something in Second Life or another virtual world then please get in touch:
It’s an opportunity to promote what you’ve done, and also for like-minded academics to find you. If you are aware of other developments in UK universities and colleges – be they at the institution, department, group or lone academic level - then we’d appreciate word of them too; thanks.
