Second Life provides an excellent platform for flexible delivery and online education. Students and facilitators can come together in-world to share information and resources via slides, audio and video, engaging in discussions, presentations, group projects and explorations.
Cyber One: Law in the Court of Public OpinionHarvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society presents a course on the creation and delivery of persuasive argument in the new integrated media space constituted by the Internet and other new technologies. The course uses Web 2.0 tools such as wikis and blogs and extension students meet in Second Life on Berkman Island (SLurl).The class has held mock trials in-world, including one based on the real life situation of Josh Wolf who was jailed for refusing to turn over videotapes he recorded during a street demonstration. (Watch a YouTube video about the mock trial).Watch the course introduction on the YouTube video - Harvard Extension School in Second Life, or a tour of the Harvard Extension School in Second Life on blip.tv or get more information on the website - CyberOne: Law in the Court of Public Opinion.
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