Getting Started with Second Life

This JISC guide offers a basic overview of how to get started in Second Life, along with some tips on how to facilitate learning in this space.

The guide is written by representatives from several projects from within JISC’s recent Users and Innovation programme, which gave project teams the opportunity to work in emergent technology spaces that at the time were the domain of very few in higher education. These included multi user virtual environments such as Second Life.

During the life of the Second Life projects, one area stood out as needing support more than any other - getting started in Second Life. And here it is: aimed at staff who are looking to connect through a virtual world to learning and research activities, this guide should be the first step in any proposed use of Second Life for learning and teaching, providing a step by step approach and a range of guidance in the key areas and issues.

To download and view the report, go to http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/documents/gettingstartedsecondlife.aspx