Lucretia Fraga recently shared the following COEHD email listserv message with me…

Jan 21 & Jan 23, Academic Impressions webinar on Second Life;

https://www.academicimpressions.com/web_conferences/0109-second-life.php

Like Ohio University, Case Western Reserve University is doing fascinating things in Second Life. Here is a video that shows how one of Case’s faculty members is using this virtual world to conduct research, simulations, and immersive learning environments for her students:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3WLJq5BucM&eurl=http://secondlifegrid.net/&feature=player_embedded

Case is also doing leading-edge work from their admissions perspective too. Below is a link of a Chronicle of Higher Education article that describes the virtual campus that Case built that mirrors their own campus in real life. Also in this article, the Chronicle author includes a link to a YouTube video that he did of his actual experience when visiting Case’s virtual campus – from his own office:

http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i37/37a02901.htm

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