11041

11041

General Session - Conference Presentation Only (no formal paper)

Teaching in Second Life about the Role of Technology in Society
Susan Santo, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, USA, ssanto@usd.edu

This session will cover issues uncovered by students exploring Second Life, particularly in terms of its growing potential for higher education and any problems associated with it. Students enrolled in an Adult and Higher Education graduate program took a distance course titled Technology in Society for the Spring 2011 semester. The focus of this course was on the consequences of technology, both good and bad. Exercises conducted as part of the class will be discussed as well as student experiences in and comments regarding Second Life. The audience is encouraged to bring to the session for discussion any experiences they may have had in virtual worlds.

Novice, Intermediate "Second Life" "graduate students" distance learning" "virtual worlds"