Second Life: 20 Lessons

Jeremy Kemp, M.Ed, M.S.J.Assistant Director, Second Life Campus

San José State University

School of Library & Information Science

slisweb.sjsu.edu

Second Life: 20 Lessons

“Jeremy Kabumpo” was bornon March 26, 2006

Who am I?

Product Manager 1996Entered MUVEs (Bungie) 1998-Online teaching (PCC) 1999-Dosimetry Online (Stanford) 2001WebCT Admin (SJSU) 2001-Heart Murmur Sim 2006Simteach.com Wiki 2006-Second Life Campus (SLIS) 2007-

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• Each lesson summary slide has a time code in the bottom left. This refers to the streaming video found here: http://tinyurl.com/3x7ov8

Video: 00:00

Cite me… Please!

• Please cite this video as:Kemp, J. (2007, October 22). Second Life: Twenty Lessons. Retrieved ----, from School of Library and Information Science San José State University website: http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/media/mediaURL.htm#alascKempFA07&menu_alasc

• Please don’t use the original charts in this set without attribution.

Presentations - 20 formal• SLCC, Aug 07, Chicago• ALA TechSource Gaming, July 07, Chicago• CADE, May 07, Winnipeg• MoodleMoot, May 07, Edmonton• DLF, April 07, Pasadena• AERA, April 07, Chicago• Open University, March 07, Milton Keynes• Games for Health, Sept. 06, Baltimore• Stanford SIM Workshop, Aug, 06, Palo Alto• SLCC 06, Aug 2006, San Francisco• Carnegie Foundation Aug 2006, Palo Alto

1: Players work for game wages

• Heart Murmur Sim - March 2006– $10 (same-day) - 2000 sq m building – $10 (3 days) - custom LSL coding – $70 (a few days to arrange) - 8000 sq– $1000 (about two weeks) - garment design

for 8 professional uniforms

Video: 03:29

2: Community is a job

• Pathfinder moves HMS to Waterhead March 2006

Video: 05:39

3: Don’t present Live

• C.A.T.S. Monterey in March 2006

Video: 06:45

4: Web connectivity is important

• HMS gathers surveys

Video: 07:30

5: It’s a disruptive technology

Clayton M. Christensen, 1995

Video: 08:49

“A Romance of Many Dimensions. By A. Square

6: Linden Lab has a flat culture

• Sarah’s interview• “Who is your boss?”• Pick your title

Video: 10:43

7: It’s not a (serious) game

• Games for Health Baltimore– Sept 28, 2006

Video: 12:40

Appalachian Tycoon

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPcXOgANdyc

8: The Web 2.0 Cocoon

• Podcasting - secondcast.com

• Photosharing - snapzilla.com

Video: 16:00

9: Machinima is the only wayto capture this richness.

• Youtube

• Blip.tv

Video: 18:31

KQED Quest

http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/view/611

Campus Plan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-9zt3Sd7oc

10: The creative community richness is vast

Video: 25:47

11: The world is Flat

• Thomas L. Friedman

Video: 26:57

12: Resident vs. User

• Role-playing as anonymity fades

• Mainstreaming means identity transparency

Video: 28:03

13: It’s not good “stimulus”

• Stanford MRI studiesVideo: 29:07

14: SL is VERY good at rapid instructional design

Video: 30:53

Concreteness Fading

Abstract

Representation

Concrete

Representation

Concrete

Representation

Abstract

Representation

Goldstone, R. L., & Son, J. Y. (2005). The transfer of scientific principlesusing concrete and idealized simulations. The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 14, 69-110.

Concretenesshttp://slurl.com/secondlife/SJSU%20SLIS/200/190

Abstraction

http://slurl.com/secondlife/SJSU%20SLIS/85/230

15: You Love it. Hate it.Information wrapped in emotion• “botched lobotomy… a time-sucking

black hole” http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6440565.html

• “revolutionary breakthrough… disruptive innovation” http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/shimenawa.php?cat=127

• It gets you riled up. It makes your blood boil or your endorphins flow.

• Angers, enthralls, miffs and delights

Video: 34:40

Rape in Cyberspace

• juliandibbell.com

• Griefing

16: Who are our Customers?

• Monkeys - walk, climb

• Birds - fly, land, hover

• Angels - bodiless, omnipresent(This is an original concept. Give an attribution if you summarize this.)

Video: 36:20

We start as monkeys

• Like: Doors, stairs, roof

• Have: Limited control

• Need: A roof over head

• Build for: Verisimilitude

We grow into birds

• Like: Stoops, atriums• Have: Wings and body

comfort• Need: Airport signals,

landing markers• Build: Phantom barriers

Some settle into spirits

• Like: freedom from imposed UI

• Have: Unconstrained Camera controls

• Need: Unfettered views

• Build: For out-of-body experience

Monkeys, Birds & Angels

17: This really is Web 2.0.

(The following charts are an original concept. Please give attribution if you summarize this.)

Video: 39:40

Collaboration

Cumulativity*

John Bransford’s concept(http://tinyurl.com/37fykq)

The Sims Online

The Sims Online

The Sims Online

18: Intel Megatrends, Sept 07

• Social networking growing mature

• User-created content ubiquitous

• High Def TV and displays

• Virtual economy connection to RL money

• Has become socially acceptable and appropriate

Video: 47:48 More here: http://simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=RattnerIDF

19: IBM on Leadership

“We believe that online gaming provides a window into the future of organizations and the leadership capabilities necessary to guide enterprises to success.”

Video: 50:36

PDF Link: http://tinyurl.com/34f99m

20: There is no “Next Second Life”

• It’s all about the content

Video: 51:26

Jeremy Kemp, M.Ed, M.S.J.Assistant Director, Second Life Campus

San José State University

School of Library & Information Science

slisweb.sjsu.edu