The Art Institute Online is launching a student community in Second Life. The Island will double as both a meeting area for their diverse student body to collaborate and socialize, and as a class room for their actual online courses. Currently only one class is planned for the virtual campus is a new Business Communications course. If this class is successful, look for more Second Life based content from the Institute.
While using Second Life for teaching a class is not uncommon these days, using it for a primarily online institution is an especially appropriate match for the Virtual World. I have taken my share of web based distance learning courses and something is always lost in the translation from the classroom to the web slide show. Adding in the embodiment and collaboration provided by the virtual world, and we may have found Second Life's killer ap.
1. Why can't I find it in-world?
Posted at 7:09AM on Feb 16th 2007 by Results Tiki