Second Life features hundreds of fascinating locations for learning and teaching. This is the list of “top” locations as decided by Wiki consensus.
- Campus:Second Life (Pathfinder Linden’s hosted space for educators) – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Campus/150/100
- Global Kids Island – (The Main Grid location that reports on activities at the Global Kids location in the Teen Grid.) http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cincta/89/95/23/
- Harvard Law School’s Austin Hall – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/69/54/24/
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University, School of Hotel & Tourism Management – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Polyusotel/114/158/26/
- New Media Consortium Campus (private sim, Electric Sheep build, free sign up for access; overview movie) – http://slurl.com/secondlife/NMC%20Campus/142/223
- Ohio University Second Life Campus – http://slurl.com/secondlife/ohio%20university/20/36/24/
- Bowling Green State University Virtual Campus – http://slurl.com/secondlife/bowling%20green%20state/140/140/140/
- Northern Illinois University, Glidden Campus – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Glidden/88/166/30/
- The Sistine Chapel (Vassar Island) – http://slurl.com/secondlife/vassar/165/91/24
- Democracy Island (NYLS) – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Democracy%20Island/116/220/
- Info Island (Incorporating SL & ICT Libraries, TechSoup) – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/52/193/
- Virtual University of Edinburgh (Vue) – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Vue/205/53/30
Science and Health
- Second life Health education (pbwiki) (Navid Tomlinson) – http://healtheducationsl.pbwiki.com/
- UC Davis’ Virtual Hallucinations (James Linden) – http://slurl.com/secondlife/sedig/27/45/22/
- Heart Murmur Sim (medical assessment experiment, built 3/06) – http://slurl.com/secondlife/waterhead/130/37
- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Second Life – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Juwangsan/218/223
- Second Health – Imperial College, London – Local Hospital Polyclinic
- Second Life Medical Library 2.0/Consumer Health Library/HealthInfo Island – SLurl 1, SLurl 2, SLurl 3
- Spaceport Alpha (incorporating International Spaceflight Museum and Second Life Planetarium by Chaac Amarula) – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/23/51/22/
- Solar Eclipse Planetarium (Aimee Webber) – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Midnight%20City/94/76/27/
- Svarga (Laukosargas Svarog’s virtual eco-system) – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Svarga/128.0/128.0
- NOAA’s Virtual Island – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Meteroa/177/161/27/
- A Sexual Health SIM in Second Life (University of Plymouth) – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Education%20UK/33/63/22 (info)
- Genome (Biology, Genetics) – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Genome/130/130/48
Places to Learn about Education in SL
- Second Life introduction (Navid Tomlinson) – http://healtheducationsl.pbwiki.com/Introduction+to+Second+Life
- Information & Communications Technology (ICT) Library on Info Island
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/50/199/33/?title=Info%20Island
Places to Learn Second Life Skills
- Academy of Second Learning – http://slurl.com/secondlife/eson/32/162//
- Ivory Tower of Prims (teaches in-world skills) – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Natoma/204/70/25/
- Orientation Island (Public version of everyone’s first time) – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Orientation%20Island%20Public/97/155
- Interactive Linden Script Tutorial – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Daydream%20SE%20Islands/206/40