i have been blogging about OpenSim for 8 or 9 months now. my first month or so dealt with the wake-up call that just because OpenSim looks just like Second Life, it isn’t now after straight OpenSim immersion (i have not logged into SL since early March) i can say that i no longer miss [...]

universities live and die by their intellectual property. grants are awarded based on it and it is the life blood of all universities. i’m not talking about lectures but about research. something all true universities do i doubt many university legal departments read Second Life’s terms of service or its updates. FERPA is one thing [...]

my heart goes out to you if you are doing anything that deals with people under 16 in Second Life. last month Philip announced the closing of the Teen Grid but today, Linden Lab says they will lower the age limit to 13 for the main grid. what an emotional roller coaster! but those under [...]

is that $4,500 thing for 11 and a half hours still going on in Second Life? the MotD dealio? that is some serious scratch for sure! and i know that a few people had done it (must be nice to have that kind of cash in your pocket!) =) brilliant me now has my own screen [...]

With Second Life’s Teen Grid closing in December, where does that leave the educational use of virtual worlds? Adult education can carry on but K-12 may need to change. Certainly those working with students under 16 will need an alternative. Those working with students 16 and older may also want an alternative rather than be [...]

i heart Maria from Hypergrid Business. why? because when subQuark tossed out the idea of doing OpenSim i was bikkuri collar deep in Second Life estate woes. i’m not sure why my leather collar is called bikkuri (it was made by a Japanese lady in Second Life), i can’t find that on the web, but [...]

if you are coming from Second Life and actually did stuff in there (more than dancing and shopping) then you need groups. apart from having done the estate thing inSL where groups are not optional, i have done builds for corporate use and universities. nothing too major, but without groups, those would have been impossible [...]

reinventing yourself or your goals or projects often means being ready to shelve your current goals for new ones, this can be very hard because you have put energy, effort, and time into your goals. and if your goals come from a team effort – it can be even tougher with Linden Lab announcing the [...]

the Second Life teen grid was an attempt to . . . ? i don’t know what it was an attempt to do! it was pretty hard to use it as a teaching channel that’s for sure! it can’t compete with things like Habbo Hotel as far as chatting goes and it did not benefit [...]

it’s a wide open question and one with many perspectives. with so much money being poured in virtual education in the US (something like 29 states have public virtual school options), especially in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), it may be time to look at what virtual worlds can offer there are many teachers [...]

Many universities are using Second Life as a learning tool. However, the place to watch for longevity as a true tool is in OpenSim deployed worlds. Virtual world adoption has passed the initial media hyped stage of three years ago and now we will see those that are finding it a useful and valuable educational [...]

The education community is all a buzz with 3D content. 3D projectors and 3D teaching material is shown to improve grades. Well . . . duh. Maybe my reaction is a bit harsh. Do take it (my reaction) with a big grain of salt. What follows is just my perspective on the latest and greatest classroom technology. [...]

sometimes you just have to play a little. playing around with prims and trying twists, and dimples, and cuts is a great way to learn and you really can’t mess anything up if you start from scratch. sometimes you stumble across neat shapes, like in this thing the fuselage part is just a cylinder with [...]