Engaging Second Life, Critically
Existential Paine (in SL) contributed an article to the TechLearning Blog a few days ago titled You Don’t Have to Believe Everything You Think. The crux of the piece is . . .
While the excitement is great, I encourage, no, I implore all of you to enter Second Life with eye towards critical discourse. If you are attending an in-world conference, social, or gathering, don’t be afraid to challenge those speaking on Second Life. Question everything! Education needs your critical eye, your critical insights. It doesn’t need a massive following! If you have been in Second Life for some time, don’t let the new people just follow. Force them to challenge and engage us in new ways so we are all walking side by side.
I believe this perspective underpins a great deal of my concerns regarding how educational institutions are engaging Second Life: many questions and subsequent answers are being overlooked in favor of rapid implementation. Are we critically addressing the critical questions? What are we collectively doing to address questions surrounding: security, finance & purchasing policies, identity & privacy, quality of instruction, and acceptable use policies?
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