ANGEL Learning Isle in Second Life™

In May of 2007, ANGEL Learning launched the ANGEL Learning Isle, a cooperative effort between ANGEL Learning and the Second Life Educators community (SLED). ANGEL Learning Isle provides a virtual world designed for educational experimentation within the popular Second Life application.

Isle Overview

ANGEL Learning Isle was built specifically for educators to experiment in the use of virtual collaboration technologies in online learning. Our goal with this R&D experiment is to provide a place for faculty and learners new to Second Life to get their bearings and practice new navigational and communication skills.

ANGEL Learning Isle provides a variety of tools to help users get started and experiment with Second Life, including:

• Orientation Garden to introduce basic navigation and camera controls to new users.
• Educators Gallery to provide a variety of tools and instructions on how to use them.
• Sandox to inform educators on the basic principles of building objects in Second Life.
• Spaces to practice new skills.

Access Information

ANGEL LMS 7.3 includes an optional nugget that provides a link from the LMS to the ANGEL Learning Isle. You can also access ANGEL Learning Isle from this SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/ANGEL%20Learning%20Isle/128/128/0

Additional Resources

Download the paper "The Power of Virtual Worlds in Education" written by the ANGEL Learning Isle Second Life Steering Committee and presented at the 2008 ANGEL User Conference.

Download a PowerPoint tour of the Isle.

Download a movie trailer of a focus group on the Isle.

Questions, email secondlife@angellearning.com