No it’s not Stepford, nor some other Sci-Fi town but the very real Islands of Jokaydia in Second Life. Joanna Kay opened her spaces in Second Life in November 2007 with leasehold areas offered to other educators to support the cost of the then one sim. Whether recognized by second life addies or real life names, community members continually network and gain recognition for their various and varied educational strengths.  Come visit Jokaydia and meet the community members Field trip  Friday 25th September (USA) 01.00

The first of these spotlighted communities will be Jokaydia a CoP that has its home base in Second Life but impacts on the professional lives of its members well beyond that environment. The Island of Jokaydia is designed to provide a flexible and dynamic space for educators in Second Life which includes informal and formal meeting spaces, plus a range of interesting objects and tools to explore. This month restarts the Community Capers project to case study some of the brilliant examples of communities of practice that exist across the globe. It is en educational

A round table event in the Community Capers site in Second Life (one day week of July 27-31) Through this blog we will hear about communities from a number of perspectives. I will relate my research perspective, we will meet the community managers and members, take field trip to each community and have several opportunities to listen to you the audience open up issues and reflect on each

The 'Book now rivals Yahoo's position as the third largest web entity in the world, which would rank it second only to Google and Microsoft. The problem is that they don’t.” ON TWITTER ... For the second week in a row, there is no meaningful Twitter News this week. soldiers adjust. VIRTUAL AND GAMES ... Linden Lab is in the process of shutting down its barely-used Second Life forums , and replacing them with new Welcome to eModeration's round-up of all that is intriguing, alarming or odd in the world of social media, compiled by Kate Williams (@emodkate).

Susan Tenby is the Online Community Director at San Francisco-based nonprofit TechSoup Global and leads an active community of nonprofit staff and volunteers in Second Life. All February 1st through 5th is Social Media Week . Social Media Week features a week of social media events, including, conferences, discussions, and meet-ups that take place simultaneously in multiple cities around the world.

content, applications and online role-playing games with their own activities and related data in using web applications such as eBay, Facebook, Second Life virtual environment, and World of Warcraft. Interesting paper on distributed manufacturing infrastructures. You can obtain the full version from one of the co-authors: *