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we think 60% of our business in the next year will be in the collaboration space

we learned that there’s a 90% dropout rate at the welcome island

Doch Second Life eignet sich nicht nur für die gepflegte virtuelle Freizeitgestaltung. Die angebotenen Navigationsmöglichkeiten (Flug, Zoom) machen es zu einem exzellenten Werkzeug zur Visualisierung von Informationen, die man sonst nur schwer darstellen könnte. Second Life wird also zu einer Möglichkeit, die reale Welt aus anderen Blickwinkeln zu betrachten.

Mary says SL provides NAR another way to hold virtual meetings. She anticipates that SL will be used for special events, virtual classes and promotion of the library, an integral part of NAR’s Information Central.

SL is being used by more and more staff and members of NAR. NAR uses SL at its Welcome Center, which is an extension of Information Central. The organization has begun using SL for special meetings. It was utilized at NAR’s 2008 Midyear Member Information Services Forum in Washington D.C. and will be used at NAR’s 2008 Realtors® Conference and Exposition in November in Orlando,  Fla.

SL is a great fit for the business world because it “is all about immediate collaboration.” Mary thinks that “those who venture into SL will find the informal setting refreshing, fun and inviting.”

One of my challenges with talking about SL to colleagues is in explaining its value in terms of the traditional work environment - it seems like most of the online meetings and conferences I attend in SL are “about SL” - do you know what I mean - it can be elusive. smoke and mirror stuff. One interesting thing about people’s conceptions of what is possible in sl - is that sl can be used as some magic pill that will transform the structure of community/learning/teaching…. I think that’s interesting as my experience of SL so far is that it can accentuate RL experiences and emotions. Most students I kow are stressed about school - so why add more stress in a virtual environ! This is our challenge - how to make the experiences new…