Online Workshop Description:

This workshop will introduce intermediate users of Second Life to various teaching tools useful to educators. This workshop is for the practitioner who is interested in developing skills to support pedagogy.

• Understand how Second Life is being used for educational purposes
• Visit exemplar Second Life educator sites
• Learn about effective teaching practices in Second Life
• Learn some introductory Second Life skills for teaching and managing classes

Prerequisite: Sloan-C's Beginning Second Life for Educators (SL workshop Level 1), or equivalent. The purpose of the prerequisite is to ensure that participants can focus on specific intermediate tasks. Facilitators will not address issues and questions that are already addressed in beginner classes. Second Life based sessions will feature instruction using voice chat. Participants wishing to communicate using voice will need headphones (preferably a headset mic) to communicate without interference.

~ 5 - 10 hours/week