Second Life: A Virtual World Tool For Real-World Change

Virtual worlds? This may be the time to jump in with both feet, as Public Agenda tries out the interactive platform and virtual world Second Life as a tool for public engagement. At a July 16 online workshop organized by the group PublicDecisions and led by Public Agenda online engagement manager Chris Haller, participants logged on under their online identities to hash out arguments on climate change. Click here to check out our Choicework Discussion Guide on that issue. And for more on new methods of public engagement, see our five papers on digital engagement.