The Eduserve Foundation have published a rather weighty report about the use of SL by UK academic institutions. The PDF is a nice gentle 26 pages, and covers a range of topics, including level of involvement, problems and benefits that are being reported.Unless, like me, you're a Brit, and/or an academic, parts of this might be dull. That said, there are some nice commentaries about design decisions - should you recreate your campus or not? - and about both unexpected problems and unexpected benefits that may help you in your argument with your university administration, and may also help if you are pitching the idea of SL as a business environment.
Well worth a read for anyone involved in development work, in education or in business I'd say.
(Thanks to Jeremy Kemp for the initial lead)
1. Absolutely, I thought this was a cracking report with a number of on the ball observations. Well-worth a read if you are in UK (or other) academic related activity in secondlife.
Milton Broome (Simon Bignell - Derby University)
Posted at 2:10PM on Jul 31st 2007 by milton.broome