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

Participants in open source projects, in Wikipedia, in YouTube and Second Life are no longer merely consuming or using preproduced material, but neither are they at all times acting as fully self-determined producers of fully formed new works; rather, they occupy a hybrid position as produsers of content. Via Axel Bruns: “The 8220;The concept of produsage points to the shift away from conventional producer/consumer relationships, and highlights the more fluid roles of users and contributors within social media environments.

The textbook is now augmented with YouTube videos, online articles, simulations, Second Life builds, virtual museums, Diigo content trails, StumpleUpon reflections, and so on. In all other areas of life, ambiguity, uncertainty, and unkowns reign. George Siemens describes how networks disrupt traditional teaching : The old model, he writes, “works well when we can centralize both the content (curriculum) and the teacher.

You can follow and participate live online with Google Wave, Twitter, and Second Lif Program for the future 2010 Conference This event will be March 3, 2010, at the Tech Museum in San Jose. Complete details are here . The goal is to launch a collaborative community that will become an international neural network for global problem solving.