I recently (Jan. 06, 3 week interim) used Second Life as a platform for teaching field research methods/ethnography to Multimedia undergraduates at BradleyUniversity in Peoria, IL. You can learn about the project as an example of alternative methods for course delivery, etc. :

you can read my wrap up about the class (or any of the 3 articles leading up to it) at
http://www.nmc.org/sl/author/edlam/
http://www.nmc.org/sl/2007/01/24/summary/

You can have a look at the student blogs and final papers at
http://slane.bradley.edu/com/faculty/lamoureux/website2/490/bloglinks.html

class syllabus and links
http://slane.bradley.edu/com/faculty/lamoureux/website2/490/mm490.html

Press about the course
http://slane.bradley.edu/com/faculty/lamoureux/website2/slstuff.html

Just completed (jan. 06, 3 week interim) teach field research/ethnography in Second Life to Multimedia undergraduates at Bradley University, Peoria, IL. Good example of new delivery platforms and techniques.

you can read my wrap up about the class (or any of the 3 articles leading up to it) at
http://www.nmc.org/sl/author/edlam/
http://www.nmc.org/sl/2007/01/24/summary/

You can have a look at the student blogs and final papers at
http://slane.bradley.edu/com/faculty/lamoureux/website2/490/bloglinks.html

class syllabus and links
http://slane.bradley.edu/com/faculty/lamoureux/website2/490/mm490.html

Press about the course
http://slane.bradley.edu/com/faculty/lamoureux/website2/slstuff.html