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This from Karin Kirk: Mike Phillips at Illinois Valley Community College has developed geology courses using second life. He gave a presentation about this at the 2009 GSA annual meeting http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2009AM/finalprogram/abstract_163063.htm Mike's home page http://www2.ivcc.edu/phillips/index.html Cathy On May 24, 2010, at 3:31 PM, Julie Libarkin wrote: > Iris Totten at Kansas State has done some amazing work (like > reproducing the Devonian!) in Second Life. This was mostly for high > school, I think, but could easily work in college. > > Julie Libarkin > Associate Professor, Director - Geocognition Research Lab > Michigan State University > 206 Natural Science > East Lansing, MI 48824 > > Affiliations: Department of Geological Sciences, Division of Science > and Mathematics Education, Cognitive Science Program, Center for > Research on College Science Teaching and Learning > > Phone: 517-355-8369 > https://www.msu.edu/~libarkin > Editor for Production, Journal of Geoscience Education > > On May 24, 2010, at 4:07 PM, Bhattacharyya, Juk wrote: > >> Greetings, >> I’ve recently become part of a Second Life users learning community >> at UW-Whitewater… have any of you developed any geology course >> modules in Second Life? I’m tentatively thinking of creating field- >> based activities in SL… where students can measure outcrop >> orientations, “collect” samples… etc., and then use that data back >> in classroom for making/interpreting geologic maps… not sure >> whether this will even work at this point. >> >> Any suggestions/feedback will be most appreciated. Please contact >> me at [log in to unmask] >> Thanks >> juk >> >> ************************************************** >> “It is precisely for this that I love geology. It is infinite and >> ill-defined: like poetry, it immerses itself in mysteries and >> floats among them without drowning. It does not manage to lay bare >> the unknown, but it flaps the surrounding veils to and fro, and >> every so often gleams of light escape and dazzle one’s vision.” >> R. Töpffer, Nouvelles genevoises (1841) >> >> Dr. Prajukti (juk) Bhattacharyya >> Assistant professor >> Department of Geography and Geology >> Upham Hall 119 >> 800 Main St. >> Whitewater, WI 53190 >> Ph: (262) 472-5257 >> Email: [log in to unmask] >> ************************************************ >> > Cathryn A Manduca Director, Science Education Resource Center Executive Director, National Association of Geoscience Teachers Carleton College 1 N College Street Northfield, MN 55057 507 222 7096 [log in to unmask] serc.carleton.edu