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02-02-2012 09:51 http://www.andrewmercer.ca Whether it is Star Trek's holodeck, The Matrix or the movie Avatar, science fiction writers have dreamed of technologies that would allow us to connect and immerse ourselves into a 'make believe' environment. If real, this would be an incredibly entertaining piece of technology and offer great educational potential? Students could visit and explore an artificial environment such as the inside of a volcano, the Globe Theatre on the day it burned, or the inside of a human's vocal mechanism. We would need only to dream up where we want to send our students. My advice to educators is to start dreaming, because with a technology called Second Life these kinds of immersive educational environments are no longer science fiction. Second Lifeis an immersive online technology. More specifically, it is a 3D virtual world where participants have opportunities to interact, roleplay and become immersed in an environment created by the participants of Second Life. The world within Second Life appears similar to the real world, with gravity, topography, locomotion, real-time actions and communication that include public and private text and voice capabilities. Second Life, for many who use it, is considered a game. However for other participants it is an 'educational game' or provides 'serious game environments' in which people can learn, work and play. (M. Brooks, personal communication, July 16, 2010) Second Life is a free application that can be downloaded and run ...

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