1. UHCL Capstone Project Fall 2007 Daniel Ramirez Tuan Kim Tarun Navlani Jeremy Stuart Danielle Davis

2. Agenda What is Second Life? What is Second Life? Educational Uses of Second Life Educational Uses of Second Life Tour of Educational Island in Second Life Tour of Educational Island in Second Life Tour of Recreational Island in Second Life Tour of Recreational Island in Second Life Construction Demonstration Construction Demonstration Short Term Plan Short Term Plan Long Term Plan Long Term Plan Current Status Current Status

3. What is Second Life? Second Life is a virtual online interactive world developed by Linden Labs Second Life is a virtual online interactive world developed by Linden Labs Launched in 2003 Launched in 2003 Home to over Home to over 2 million users www.secondlife.com

4. Uses for Second Life Presenting, promoting, and selling content to a broad online audience Presenting, promoting, and selling content to a broad online audience Researching new concepts/products Researching new concepts/products

5. Uses for Second Life Collaborating and communicating in real time between multiple participants Collaborating and communicating in real time between multiple participants Training and educating in virtual classrooms Training and educating in virtual classrooms

6. Educational Uses of SL Disseminating Course Information Disseminating Course Information Course content. Course content. Description, time, location, etc. Description, time, location, etc.

7. Educational Uses of SL Holding Online Classes Holding Online Classes Desks, chairs, books, slides, quizzes, and other media objects available Desks, chairs, books, slides, quizzes, and other media objects available Interactive communication: Text chat, voice chat, email Interactive communication: Text chat, voice chat, email Teamwork activities Teamwork activities

8. Educational Uses of SL Creation of Virtual Campus Creation of Virtual Campus Replication of a real life campus Replication of a real life campus Buildings, open house, classes Buildings, open house, classes

9. Second Life Tour

10. Short Term Plan Collect and organize information on Second Life. Collect and organize information on Second Life. Establish a presence in Second Life for UHCL Establish a presence in Second Life for UHCL

11. Short Term Plan Develop a small learning center in Second Life

12. Short Term Plan Experiment with the medium.

13. Long Term Plan Grow UHCL SL Student Body Grow UHCL SL Student Body Growth Factors Growth Factors The number of students becoming involved The number of students becoming involved The number and frequency of course offerings The number and frequency of course offerings Campus life activities other than instructional Campus life activities other than instructional Hosting educational symposiums Hosting educational symposiums Possible Approach Possible Approach Begin by implementing part of a Virtual Class in Second Life Begin by implementing part of a Virtual Class in Second Life

14. Long Term Plan Invest in SL Island for UHCL Invest in SL Island for UHCL Hold Virtual Classes in Second Life Hold Virtual Classes in Second Life Explore Virtual Educational Approaches in SL Explore Virtual Educational Approaches in SL Scenarios for how students interact for a diverse learning experience Scenarios for how students interact for a diverse learning experience Modes of educational content delivery Modes of educational content delivery Classroom configurations and types Classroom configurations and types Buildings for classrooms and related campus activities Buildings for classrooms and related campus activities Site configurations Site configurations

15. Current Status The Capstone Team has documented the following information: Start-up knowledge of Second Life. Start-up knowledge of Second Life. Active virtual universities discovered in SL. Active virtual universities discovered in SL. Possible scenarios for online course structure in SL Possible scenarios for online course structure in SL Various operations which can be performed in SL. Various operations which can be performed in SL.

16. Thank You We would like to thank all the respected Professors who have given their valuable time for our project presentation.