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MIT Second Life wiki: https://wikis-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/confluence/display/SL/Second+LIfe+at+MIT+Home

(contains useful links etc)"SLURL" (link to a specific Second Life location) for the MIT Coffee Shop: http://slurl.com/secondlife/MIT%20/111/41/24/?title=MIT%20Coffee%20Shop

The New Media Consortium is one of the main advocates of educational/research applications of Second Life. Here they provide a good introductory video to give you a glimpse of a SL workshop they held on the topic of creativity. http://sl.nmc.org/2007/12/16/oldie-but-goodie-video/

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Irving Wladawsky-Berger's Blog on virtual collaboration and spaces: http://irvingwb.com/^{Image Removed}

Wiki Markup\[Irving is the former head of research at IBM, and now a visiting professor at MIT Engineering Systems Division\] ] 

New York Times columnist Andy Rivkin on lecturing in real life and SL simultaneously: http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/second-life-and-real-life/index.html

Financial Times on the value of leadership training in SL, using the MIT Sloan Leadership Model: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2f81e8e4-e8c4-11dc-913a-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1

For people with older/slower computers, the Dazzle Second Life viewer may allow you to use SL effectively: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Dazzle

US academic conference on Web 2.0 debates value of blogs and SL for higher education collaboration and research: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/05/09/blogs