Faculty Development Institute: Virtual Worlds in the Social Work Classroom
2009 CSWE-APM, November 6, 2009
Dr. Bob Vernon, Indiana University School of Social Work, rvernon@iupui.edu
Dr. Darlene Lynch, Indiana University School of Social Work, darlynch@iun.edu
Dr. Cindy Tandy, Valdosta State University, cctandy@valodsta.edu

slswplaces.doc
Handout of "SLURLs" for social work-relevant locations in Second Life. October 2009.

SLinstructions FDI-APM 09.doc
Eleven page handout for orienting students to Second Life and getting them inworld.

Demo-SL.doc
Handout for a short visit in Second Life such as a class demonstration.
You must already have and use demonstration avatars with this assignment.
The avatars must have preset landmarks.

TeachingAvatarsInstructions.doc
Instructions you can use or give to an assistant to program deomonstration avatars.

TandySkillPractice.doc
Sample assignment for practicing interviewing skills in Second Life.

VernonPresentationSelf.doc
Sample assignment on the presentation of self in Second Life.

VernonCommuityAssessment.doc
Sample assignment on assessing potentials for community change in Second Life.

SampleMicroSyllabus.doc
Syllabus for a practice skills laboratory featuring Second Life along with additional technologies.

SampleMacroSyllabus.doc
Abbreviated syllabus for an extended community leveraging project in Second Life.
Used in an advanced concentration MSW leadership class. (Identical F2F class conducted.)

Contract&survey-09.doc
Initial contract and survey used to assess student technical abilities.

SL questionnaire-09.doc
End-Survey for student self-assessment of competencies and opinions about their experience in Second Life.