Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand
by outworlder on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @02:57PM
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> Second Life has existed for 20 years and it's a fun novelty.
Eh. My mother learned English in Second Life by paying an actual company that provided classes in Second Life. Instead of a boring chapter with some canned dialogue about, say, an airport scenario, they would take the class to a virtual airport, and roleplay there.
Having a setting where everyone could interact led to organic conversations and seemed much more effective than the textbook approaches.
Eh. My mother learned English in Second Life by paying an actual company that provided classes in Second Life. Instead of a boring chapter with some canned dialogue about, say, an airport scenario, they would take the class to a virtual airport, and roleplay there.
Having a setting where everyone could interact led to organic conversations and seemed much more effective than the textbook approaches.
Not sure I would call it a novelty.