Drexel opens Second Life campus - Nancy Lan, the Triangle

The next time you log in to Second Life, the 3-D virtual world run by its residents, you might run in to a Drexel professor teaching a course. The University bought land on Second Life, May 9. The property has been named Drexel Island and cost about $900 to purchase plus an additional $150 per month for maintenance, according to Jean-Claude Bradley, E-Learning Coordinator for the College of Arts and Sciences. Bradley said Second Life can help faculty members take their classroom materials to a new level. "It's a more engaging kind of environment than, say, a message board or instant messaging; it's a lot more intuitive, I think, than blind chat," Bradley said.

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