Comments on: University Open Days in Second Life http://www.picklejarcommunications.com/2008/03/22/university-open-days-in-second-life/ social media and communications consultancy Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:37:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tracy Playle http://www.picklejarcommunications.com/2008/03/22/university-open-days-in-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Tracy Playle Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:54:00 +0000 http://www.picklejarcommunications.com/?p=30#comment-10 My apologies to Liverpool Hope University for mistaking their innovative approach for Liverpool John Moores. My apologies to Liverpool Hope University for mistaking their innovative approach for Liverpool John Moores.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.picklejarcommunications.com/2008/03/22/university-open-days-in-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Anonymous Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:49:00 +0000 http://www.picklejarcommunications.com/?p=30#comment-9 This was Liverpool Hope University and not Liverpool John Moores University! http://www.hope.ac.uk/press-releases/world-first-for-liverpool-hope-university.html This was Liverpool Hope University and not Liverpool John Moores University! http://www.hope.ac.uk/press-releases/world-first-for-liverpool-hope-university.html

]]> By: ellielovell http://www.picklejarcommunications.com/2008/03/22/university-open-days-in-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-6 ellielovell Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:27:00 +0000 http://www.picklejarcommunications.com/?p=30#comment-6 Really interesting blog post. <br/><br/>I would be interested to know the number of 16 and 17 year olds in Second Life though. I get the impression that they are all on Facebook and Myspace and that it's older people with a real interest in gaming and virtual environments that are in Second Life (or that could just be my impression)<br/><br/>I think another danger of hosting Open Days in Second Life is that you are excluding a large proportion of prospective students who aren't users (although of course these people could actually just come to visit the first life campus!). <br/><br/>Also, if you got to such lengths of create a Second Life campus, I imagine this would take an awful lot of time and effort and I think you would need to use it for more than just Open Days to get the real benefit. <br/><br/>I just don't really know that many people that regularly use Second Life so haven't quite embraced it yet. I would be more interested to see universities creating their own virtual campuses in their own webspace. Really interesting blog post.

I would be interested to know the number of 16 and 17 year olds in Second Life though. I get the impression that they are all on Facebook and Myspace and that it’s older people with a real interest in gaming and virtual environments that are in Second Life (or that could just be my impression)

I think another danger of hosting Open Days in Second Life is that you are excluding a large proportion of prospective students who aren’t users (although of course these people could actually just come to visit the first life campus!).

Also, if you got to such lengths of create a Second Life campus, I imagine this would take an awful lot of time and effort and I think you would need to use it for more than just Open Days to get the real benefit.

I just don’t really know that many people that regularly use Second Life so haven’t quite embraced it yet. I would be more interested to see universities creating their own virtual campuses in their own webspace.

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