Collaboration in Second Life Project
This site describes an ongoing collaborative teaching and research project in Second Life®, a virtual world.
Project team members include:
- Dr. Lynnette Leonard (at American University in Bulgaria),
- Dr. Lesley Withers (Central Michigan University),
- Dr. John Sherblom (University of Maine), and
- Dr. Jeffrey Smith (Central Michigan University).
We are instructors, researchers, and consultants interested in issues of identity, interpersonal communication (communication apprehension, competence, satisfaction, and social presence), and group/team communication (collaboration, critical thinking, decision making) in virtual worlds such as Second Life®.