University of Idaho's Virtual Campus

Sunrise on Idahonia, 2007

We are excited to announce that we are a finalist in the Albertson Foundation's ID21 Awards this year with our Immersive Learning Simulations!!

Idahonia is the University of Idaho’s presence in the Second Life^® universe. Second Life^® is a multi-user real-time virtual community that is built and supported by its residents. Idahonia is designed, built and managed in cooperation with three campus units: Department of Accounting (College of Business and Economics), School of Family and Consumer Sciences (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences) and Virtual Technology and Design (College of Art and Architecture).
Idahonia was created to connect students and educators from across the state of Idaho and globally. The environments were created to support on-going educational engagement methods as well as a place to host new ideas in an effort to be better prepared for a new generation of student, and educator, who are more engaged and integrated into virtual worlds.

"Virtual worlds are online environments that have game-like immersion and social media functionality without game-like goals or rules. At the heart is a sense of presence with others at the same time and in the same place....you feel like you are with other people in the same location together...Virtual worlds like Second Life^® hold a promise for a new era in human interaction and communication." --Giff Constable 

The University of Idaho Island in Second Life^® is a public space with classrooms, meeting areas, presentation spaces, virtual representations of our iconic buildings, and learning simulations. Spaces are available for courses, meetings, and many other purposes. Please contact us and let us know if we can help you. We welcome your suggestions to make this online space pleasant, productive, and enjoyable.

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Note: A Second Life^® account is required to enter Idahonia

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SBOE Idaho Technology Incentive Grant Team FY2011

Left to right:  Joey Peutz (inSL Zoey Jeruben), Brian Cleveley (inSL: Eyem Beck), KD Hatheway-Dial (inSL: Jorgia Blackburn), Brian Biladeau (inSL Canvas Blackheart), Lori Wahl (inSL: Diantha Petrov), Joni Kirk (inSL Joneetha Pralou), and Michael McMullin (inSL: Scripter Uidaho and Escher McMillan)

University of Idaho Virtual Technology and Design