The journey to developing space in Second Life (SL) began for me on April 11, 2007. This was the day that Dr. Dirk Morrison ( U of S), John Karmazyn (SIAST) and myself met for the first time to discuss the possibility of our three institutions (U of S, SIAST and Cumberland College) collectively purchasing land in SL to begin researching it's educational potential. Our intentions were good and we were all interested in the research but time moved on and nothing seemed to progress.
I continued a solo journey in Second Life, learning and experiencing what I could in-world but I was still an avatar without a home. It was not until Nov. 25/07 when I received an email from Dr. Dirk Morrison that hope for for a home once again seemed possible. The email forwarded from Kathy Schwarz identified the following,
"Second Life User Group with Frank Bulk - Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Event: Fall Workshops Monday , Oct. 1, 2007 Time: 3:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. Location: Murray Building 50.1 Do you have an avatar and an interest in using Second Life in your teaching or research? You are welcome to attend the first meeting of the Second Life User Group for the University of Saskatchewan. We are in the process of acquiring space to establish our "in-world" presence, but intend to have monthly face-to-face meetings to share interests in this new frontier."
We met that day and a group called SLUG (Second Life User's Group) was formed. I can still remember, from the meeting, the words coming out of Frank Bulk's mouth indicating that the U of S was in the process of purchasing some land on an island called Teaching 6. Frank explained the deal for the land should be finalized any day.
The land deal was finalized and the U of S now leases a total of 16384 square meters in SL. The following image taken from the SLUG Wiki page describes the layout of the island.
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