Top 20 Educational Locations in Second Life
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Overview
Second Life features hundreds of fascinating locations for learning and teaching. This is the list of "top" locations as decided by Wiki consensus. Feel free to add and subtract from the list but let's keep this to 20 places - this format ensures the most up-to-date list.
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Selection and Ordering Criteria
Feel free to revise this selection process as we define what "top" means.
- Most-visited sites
- Pioneers with the earliest build dates
- The best use of...
- The most interesting portrayal of...
The list
Grouped by topic, in alphabetical order.
Virtual Campuses
- Campus:Second Life (Pathfinder Linden's hosted space for educators) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Campus/150/100
- Global Kids Island - (The Main Grid location that reports on activities at the Global Kids location in the Teen Grid.) http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cincta/89/95/23/
- Harvard Law School's Austin Hall - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/69/54/24/
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University, School of Hotel & Tourism Management - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Polyusotel/114/158/26/
- New Media Consortium Campus (private sim, Electric Sheep build, free sign up for access; overview movie) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/NMC%20Campus/142/223
- Ohio University Second Life Campus - http://slurl.com/secondlife/ohio%20university/20/36/24/
- Bowling Green State University Virtual Campus - http://slurl.com/secondlife/bowling%20green%20state/140/140/140/
- Northern Illinois University, Glidden Campus - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Glidden/88/166/30/
- The Sistine Chapel (Vassar Island) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/vassar/165/91/24
- Democracy Island (NYLS) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Democracy%20Island/116/220/
- Info Island (Incorporating SL & ICT Libraries, TechSoup) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/52/193/
- Virtual University of Edinburgh (Vue) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Vue/205/53/30
Science and Health
- Second life Health education (pbwiki) (Navid Tomlinson) - http://healtheducationsl.pbwiki.com/
- UC Davis' Virtual Hallucinations (James Linden) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/sedig/27/45/22/
- Heart Murmur Sim (medical assessment experiment, built 3/06) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/waterhead/130/37
- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Second Life - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Juwangsan/218/223
- Second Health - Imperial College, London - Local Hospital Polyclinic
- Second Life Medical Library 2.0/Consumer Health Library/HealthInfo Island - SLurl 1, SLurl 2, SLurl 3
- Spaceport Alpha (incorporating International Spaceflight Museum and Second Life Planetarium by Chaac Amarula) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/23/51/22/
- Solar Eclipse Planetarium (Aimee Webber) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Midnight%20City/94/76/27/
- Svarga (Laukosargas Svarog's virtual eco-system) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Svarga/128.0/128.0
- NOAA's Virtual Island - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Meteroa/177/161/27/
- A Sexual Health SIM in Second Life (University of Plymouth) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Education%20UK/33/63/22 (info)
- Genome (Biology, Genetics) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Genome/130/130/48
Places to Learn about Education in SL
- Second Life introduction (Navid Tomlinson) - http://healtheducationsl.pbwiki.com/Introduction+to+Second+Life
- Information & Communications Technology (ICT) Library on Info Island
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/50/199/33/?title=Info%20Island
Places to Learn Second Life Skills
- Academy of Second Learning - http://slurl.com/secondlife/eson/32/162//
- Ivory Tower of Prims (teaches in-world skills) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Natoma/204/70/25/
- Orientation Island (Public version of everyone's first time) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Orientation%20Island%20Public/97/155
- Interactive Linden Script Tutorial - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Daydream%20SE%20Islands/206/40
