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At colleges, real learning in a virtual world – "Second Life"

October 5, 2006 /

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They may be college teachers and students, but they’re also pioneers — exploring strange new worlds that exist nowhere on Earth. That’s because their classes and field trips take place only on computers, using an online digital world called Second Life.

Some 90 Harvard law and extension school students taking the course, called "CyberOne: Law in the Court of Public Opinion," can receive real college credit. But anyone on Earth with a computer connection can also take the course for free. Students are participating from as far away as South Korea and China.

By Gregory M. Lamb, The Christian Science Monitor

Full Story: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2006-10-05-second-life-class_x.htm

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