keskiviikko 12. elokuuta 2015

Second Life / weeks 8-10 / part III / Mira Koivumäki-Lindholm


Second Life
Second Life really took me with! :)

It took one whole day and night reading everything what you can do in Second Life.
I am impressed and amazed by how many activities are already possible in Second Life.
I have extremely limited experience in general of the game world or “another reality”.
I have never logged into Second Life and the closest same kind of experience I had when I played Sims game. That was really fun though!

I tried to think about the companies that could use Second Life and mostly I was thinking about the companies that sell products or services aimed to young people.

Second Life is particularly suitable for communication and education purposes and many Finnish universities are already involved in Second Life.

Here is an example of Aalto University using Second Life:

"A new concept for learning and teaching biotechnology and chemistry in Aalto University:"

 "A testing platform for students to run virtual experiments."
 "Repeating practicals without any hazards, costs or preparations..."
 "and achieving the goals for motivation, independent work and learning-by-doing."
 "Virtual objects encourage the development of stronger conceptual understanding."



I can well imagine to addend to a course on Second Life, it could be so much fun! Or why not have a interesting seminar on Second Life?

I also found out that Second Life has increased the awareness of sustainable living. Not bad! 

Speaking of philosophies – check out this news of Jyrki Kasvi's update on 2009!



On the other hand, the idea that you could explore your future apartment with avatar is interesting! Or how about finding a job or
discover your future employer through Second Life?”

On the other hand I'm afraid to sink to this “another reality” a lot. Somehow, it seems to me that after a virtual world you can not be able to dull everyday life. Am I totally old-fashioned?



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