Interesting you should ask....I just finished an interview with Paul Eastwick who is a grad student at Northwestern University. He Dr. Wendy Gardner just published a very interesting article in the journal Social Influence called, "Is it a game? Evidence for social influence in the virtual world". While they conducted their research in There.com, the idea behind the research was simple and yet quite interesting. They basically replicated the foot-in-the-door and door- in-the-face techniques in this virtual world. A much more interesting and unique use of a virtual world than just holding classes in one.
My website has the audio interview and links to sources. Michael Michael Britt [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thepsychfiles.com On Oct 7, 2008, at 10:11 AM, beth benoit wrote: > > Does anyone use, or have any experience with a program called Second > Life? It’s a virtual environment with some academic uses. The IT > person just emailed me to ask if I might want to use it for my > online classes. It’s been mentioned in passing on TIPS a couple of > times, but no one has given any details about whether it’s been > useful. I’m not even knowledgeable enough about it yet to > understand quite how it works, but I’m looking into it. > > Here’s the address: > > secondlife.com > > Beth Benoit > Granite State College > New Hampshire > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
