Korea University

Today I had the privilege of sitting in on a Second Life training class at Korea University. It was a simple introduction class to the environment. Met some very friendly people. Korea University is investing a lot of money into SL and they appear to have an aggressive strategy to recruit other schools from around the globe to partner with them.

This may be a great opportunity for international collaboration.

Also, most interesting is that Korea University is surrounded my many of islands hosting international schools of higher education. From the map I was able to see Edinburgh University, Bowling Green University, the National University of Singapore, University of Sunderland - Singapore, Ohio State Unversity Medicine, the Marlboro College Graduate Center, Beijing Normal University, Santa Clara University, Ohio University.

I'm impressed by the time and money spent by institutions of higher education. It appears that the future of this environment for higher education is bright.

What is everyone doing? It's a big question. Is this just a fad or is there something here that many universities have yet to see.

If you read this and you are currently working and teaching in Second Life, let me know so I can share with others. Maybe together we can figure out the best practices for our Second Life schools.