Education Institutions in Second Life
From Sl Wiki
Second Life has a cluster of islands targetted at universities, colleges and libraries. The rate at which these institutions are entering the SL Metaverse is astonishing, aided in part by relatively generous land dispositions from Linden Labs.
One island cluster, perhaps the largest in Second Life, belongs to the New Media Consortium and currently (Jan 07) comprises over 30 islands, although most of these are under construction. Aside from providing a large work area for NMC members and guests, the island complex also houses leading universities like MIT, Princetonand Cornell. Latterly, an IBM island has also appeared in the NMC cluster, presumably as part of a joint initiative between the two organisations.
The following is a (non-exhaustive) list as at mid-Jan, 2007. Please note that, at this time, some sites are under construction.
Universities & Colleges
This list is taken from simteach wiki:
- Arcada University of Technology: Helsingfors, Finland
- The Art Institute of California-San Diego San Diego, CA
- The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA
- Audiocourses Music Production School: London, United Kingdom
- Australian Film TV and Radio School: Sydney, Australia
- Ball State University: Muncie, IN
- The Bay School of San Francisco: San Francisco, CA
- Beach College: Santa Barbara, CA
- Bentley College - Department of Natural and Applied Sciences: Waltham, MA
- Bradley University, Peoria, IL-- Multimedia Program via NMC and Library on Info Island
- Bromley College of Further and Higher Education: Greater London, United Kingdom
- California State University - Pomona: Pomona, CA
- Central Missouri State University: Warrensburg, Missouri
- Central Piedmont Community College - Futures Institute: Charlotte, North Carolina
- Colorado Mountain College: Glendwood Springs, CO
- Cornell
- Columbia University: New York, NY
- Dyersburg State Community College: Dyersburg, TN
- Elon University: Elon, NC
- Fullerton College: Fullerton, CA
- Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture University of Houston: Houston, TX
- George Washington University, Washington DC
- Great Northern Way Campus - Masters of Digital Media, Vancouver, Canada
- Harvard University: Cambridge, Mass.
- Idaho State University: Pocatello, Idaho.
- Illinois State University: Normal, IL
- Indiana University: Bloomington, IN
- Insead
- Johnson & Wales University: Providence, RI & 5 Western States
- Kalamazoo Valley Community College: Kalamazoo, MI
- Leeds College of Art and Design: West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Leeds Metropolitan University: West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Lehigh Carbon Community College: Schnecksville, PA
- Loyalist College: Belleville, ON, Canada
- Mayville State University: Mayville, ND
- Minneapolis College of Art and Design: Minneapolis, MN
- Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
- MIT
- Montana State University: Bozeman, Montana
- Nanyang Polytechnic: Singapore
- Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology: Nelson, New Zealand
- New York University - McGhee Division: New York, NY
- North Carolina State University: Raleigh, NC
- Northern Illinois University: DeKalb, IL
- Nottingham University (UK)
- Ohio State University: Columbus, OH
- Oklahoma City University: Oklahoma City, OK
- The Open University: Milton Keynes, UK
- Oregon State University: Corvallis, OR
- Otis College of Art and Design Los Angeles, CA
- Pellissippi State Technical Community College: Knoxville, TN
- Pennsylvania State University: (Various towns), PA
- Pepperdine Universtiy: Malibu, CA
- Princeton
- San Diego State University: San Diego, Calif.
- San Francisco State University: San Francisco, CA
- Sheffield Hallam University: Sheffield, UK
- Sogang University: Seoul, Korea
- Stanford University: Palo Alto, CA
- SUNY Empire State College: Saratoga Springs, NY
- Temple University: Philadelphia, PA
- Texas State University: San Marcos, Texas
- The Bay School of San Francisco: San Francisco, CA
- Thomas Jefferson University: Philadelphia, PA
- Trinity University: San Antonio, Texas
- University of Cincinnati: Cincinnati, OH
- University of Colorado at Denver Medical Center: Denver, CO
- University of Connecticut: Hartford, CT
- University of Derby: Derby, UK
- University of Florida: Gainesville, FL
- University of Massachusetts: North Dartmouth, MA
- University of Minnesota, School of Physics and Astronomy: Minneapolis, MN
- University of Missouri - Kansas City: Kansas City, Missouri
- University of Nevada, Reno: Reno, NV
- University of Paisley: Paisley, Scotland, UK
- University of Southern California: Los Angeles, CA
- University of Southern California Center on Public Diplomacy: Los Angeles, CA
- University of Surrey: Guildford, UK
- University of Tennessee, College of Medicine: Knoxville, Tenn.
- University of Texas at Dallas: Richardson, Texas
- University of Texas Medical Branch: Galveston, Texas
- University of Wales, Newport: Newport, Wales, UK
- University of Washington: Seattle, WA
- University School (k-12): Hunting Valley, OH
- Virginia Tech: Blacksburg, Virginia
NOTE: Schools are not likely to be represented in the main part of Second Life as it has an "over-18s only" policy that Linden Labs try to apply as rigorously as possible. There is a separate "teen grid" for under-18s.
In addition - the following organisations are represented:
- The International Society for Technology in Education
- Eduserv (UK)
