About

SLOODLE (Simulation Linked Object Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) is an Open Source project which integrates the multi-user virtual environment of Second Life® with the Moodle® learning-management system.

Sloodle provides a range of tools for supporting learning and teaching to the immersive virtual world; tools which are fully integrated with a tried and tested web-based learning management system used by hundreds of thousands of educators and students worldwide.

Research

The SLOODLE community is actively conducting and publishing research. View a selected list of our publications on our research page.

What does SLOODLE do?

Like other learning technologies, it is ultimately up to tutors and students to decide how tools should be used in class – but hopefully a list of some of the key features will give you some idea of the possibilities.

  • Web-intercom. A chat-room that brings Moodle chatroom and Second Life chats together. Students can participate in chats in Second Life using the accessible Moodle chatroom. Discussions can be archived securely in a Moodle database.
  • Registration booth. Identity management for Second Life and Moodle. Link students’ avatars to their Moodle user accounts.
  • Quiz tool and 3D Drop Box. Assess in Second Life – grade in Moodle. Set quizzes or 3D modelling tasks in an engaging 3D environment. Review grades quickly and easily in the standard Moodle gradebook.
  • Choice tool. Allow students to vote (and see results) in Second Life as well as in Moodle.
  • Multi-function SLOODLE Toolbar. Enhances the Second Life user interface. Use a range of classroom gestures, quickly get a list of the Moodle user names of the avatars around or write notes directly into to your Moodle blog from Second Life.
  • Presenter. Quickly author Second Life presentations of slides and/or web-pages on Moodle. Present in Second Life without having go through lengthy processes to convert or upload images.
  • … and more. More tools are being prototyped on a regular basis.

Credits

SLOODLE is funded and supported by Eduserv

Early work on SLOODLE was supported by a Small Research Grant from the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland.

SLOODLE is hosted by the SJSU School of Library & Information Science