wanna be a smartie pants? or maybe need some virtual world research info you won’t find in Google?
try Google Scholar!
it searches published articles like you would see coming from universities and also legal opinions. some stuff is free, some you pay to access, but there are tons of things on Second Life and OpenSim - stuff like:
- Coming of age in Second Life: An anthropologist explores the virtually human (it’s an entire free book in Google Books)
- Multidisciplinary experiential education in Second Life: A global approach
- Building an interactive science museum in Second Life
- Development and evaluation of a virtual campus on Second Life: The case of SecondDMI
- How to Compete in the Metaverse: The Business Models in Second Life
- Using Second Life to enhance classroom management practice in teacher education
- Licensing Considerations for OpenSim-Based Virtual Worlds (journal of Virtual Worlds Research)
- Collaborative Learning in OpenSim by Utilizing SLoodle
- Learning with Web Tools, Simulations, and Other Technologies in Science Classrooms
- Serious playground: using Second Life to engage high school students in urban planning
- Marc Bragg v. Linden Lab and Philip Rosedale
- Just Age Playing Around? How Second Life Aids and Abets Child Pornography
- EBay’s Second Life: When Should Virtual Earnings Bear Real Taxes? (Yale Law Journal)
- Help-My Intellectual Property is Trapped: Second Life, Conflicting Ownership Claims and the Problem of Access
and one “must read”:
Networked Collaborative Group Cheerleading Technology: Virtual Cheerleader Experience
yay team =p
