I just saw people talk about Second Life. I did not know that was still around as I have not heard people talk about or research it recently
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@JeffreyKeefer There are about 50,000 people there at this minute http://t.co/1mCBYedWDX -roughly the same as in the Faroe Islands
@JeffreyKeefer Me neither. Maybe it fell slightly out of fashion as more focus placed on social media than virtual communities.
@JeffreyKeefer I know many people who are active there – hosting ASTD meetings, teaching university courses, L&D functions, etc.
@JeffreyKeefer there’s one person in coh 3 researching it. Always found sl creepy & difficult controls + requiring prohibitive hardware spec
@JeffreyKeefer will moocs be the new second life? hype level and “its the future”/paradigm shift rhetoric similar. retro pedagogy similar…