In Focus/Virtual Learning: Leader Development Gets a Second Life

Cresencio Torres, Robert Brodnick, and David Powell

Imagine that it is time for you to attend a CCL leadership development program. The program you have chosen is open to only twelve participants from around the globe. You are eager to attend, having heard from others that the program will provide a unique learning experience in a three-dimensional world via the Internet.

The program will be held on CCL Island in Second Life (SL). Second Life is a virtual, 3D, parallel universe imagined and created by its residents. The SL platform was created by Philip Rosedale (formerly vice president and chief technology officer of RealNetworks) and is hosted by Linden Research, commonly known ...

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