Second Life and Learning

I just read through a great post by Rich Hoeg which talks about his learning around Second Life. A few of the things he points you to:

• Wikipedia article on Second Life
• Harvard Course that uses Second Life (prior post)
• Overview of course and link to intro Second Life
• Video Lectures
• Course Wiki
• A Second Education - A blog dedicated to education in a Second Life
• Educational Opportunities of Second Life - Educause
• How Not to Teach in Second Life - An interview with the Second Life founder

These are great resources and will likely open your eyes a bit. I think that Second Life is not going to turn out to be the winner because of technical issues, e.g., firewalls. However, I think that the next generation of Second Life will displace tools like WebEx for many online events. Once you add in presence audio (you hear people close to you) and whiteboarding tools, it will make for very interesting opportunities.