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If you need a break from your first life, consider Second Life!

an excerpt of a blog post by Cris Guenter, CSU Chico faculty and MERLOT member

Second Life (SL), a 3D virtual world that is created by its millions of residents from around the world, is providing ever-engaging opportunities and situations for educators and their students. There will be two 3-hour preconference hands-on sessions at MIC ‘09 (Thursday, August 13) to provide attendees with skill development and educational use in SL. Ann Steckel and I, representing California State University, Chico, will conduct these sessions inworld as our avatars, Olivia Hotshot and Friday Karu respectively, and as our face-to-face, good-natured selves in real life.

To Read More of Cris Guenter’s blog post …

http://merlotconf.wordpress.com/

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MERLOT is a leading edge, user-centered, searchable collection of peer reviewed and selected higher education, online learning materials, catalogued by registered members and a set of faculty development support services. MERLOT’s vision is to be a premiere online community where faculty, staff, and students from around the world share their learning materials and pedagogy.

As a MERLOT Member you can:

• Contribute learning materials
• Create a personal collection
• Develop a personal profile
• Share your online expertise
• Receive peer recognition

CSU, Chico is one of the original campuses involved in establishing MERLOT a decade ago and continues to be directly active in MERLOT. MERLOT’s International Conference is being held in San Jose, CA this August 13-16, 2009.

I have decided to use the power of MERLOT and share my collection with all of you via my blog. To see what valuable resources I have found in my travels simply go to:
Second Life – The Virtual Education Space by Ann Steckel.