Second Life Research Articles

Impact of State of Health (SOH) on the Thermal Safety of Lithium Ion Cells for Long 1st Life and 2nd Life Applications

Lithium ion battery (LIB) safety incidents can be a threat for people and the environment. Since today, only safety tests on fresh cells are decisive for safety level determination, the effect of long-term operation on their safety characteristics needs to be addressed. A large loss of lithium over long periods of time could, for example, result in reduced structural and thermal stability of the cathode. LIBs are normally used until they reach an end-of-life criterion of typically 70%–80% state of health (SOH). However, they can be reused in second-life applications such as stationary (“grid”) energy storage, afterwards. To ensure safety during long first life and second-life, in this study the influence of aging was investigated over a higher cycle number and a longer time period than ever before. 5 Ah LiNi0.6Co0.2Mn0.2O2(NMC622)||graphite (G) pouch cells were aged at 20 °C between 530 and 3,806 cycles (151–615 d of continuous cycling). SOHs between 91% and 63% were obtained. After aging, the thermal properties of the cells were investigated by heat-wait-search experiments under adiabatic conditions using an accelerating rate calorimeter. The cells showed almost exclusively improvements in their safety characteristics, the thermal runaway even tended to be shifted to higher temperatures.

Extending an Empirical Degradation Model for Li-Ion Batteries into Second-Life Applications

Lithium-ion batteries have been used increasingly in recent years for a wide range of applications, e.g., electric vehicles and large-scale power grids. Lithium-ion batteries suffer from degradation caused by their operation and their exposure to environmental conditions and thus have a limited lifetime within their first application. These batteries might be available for re-use in a different application, commonly under more moderate usage conditions. The influence of such a change in operating conditions on battery degradation within a second life application is not very well understood. Here we present the extension of an empirical degradation model that formulates the degradation process as a function of battery operations for both, first- and second life applications.Our extended semi-empirical model for battery degradation is based on work of Xu et al. [1] and combines the degradation mechanism due to the growth of the SEI layer and the degradation depth obtained in dedicated ageing tests. Within this work we focus on a commercial 64 Ah NMC-graphite pouch cell. The model parametrization is based on a large dataset containing both calendar and cycle life data of more than 100 cells, covering a large window of temperatures (5-45 °C), C-rates (0.2-1.5 C), SoC windows, and average SoC.Figure 1(a) shows the variations of state of health (SoH) with the number of the full equivalent cycle (FEC) for four cells cycling at the same constant ageing conditions (0.75C, 25°C, and 0-100% SoC). Figure 1(b) shows the fitting results of the empirical degradation model using the data from the ageing tests. It is assumed that the SEI layer model parameters are constant for this specific cell. The degradation depth increases linearly with cycle number, where the degradation rate varies with the battery operation condition. The degradation of the battery cell depends not only on external stress factors such as temperature, SoC, DoD, C-rate, but also its previous ageing history. The formation of the SEI film contributes non-linearly to the battery degradation, while the contribution of the degradation rate of different stress factors can be accounted for linearly. The degradation rate depends on the ageing modes: calendar or cycle ageing. Calendar ageing reflects the inherent degradation over time and the rate is affected by temperature and SoC. The calendar degradation rate per time unit can be obtained as a function of temperature and SoC [2, 3]. The cycle SoC window can be interpreted using DoD and mean SoC. The cycle degradation rate per FEC can be estimated as a function of temperature, mean SoC, and DoD [3]. Data-driven models and empirical correlations are applied to obtain battery degradation rate functions. The total degradation depth can be estimated by summarizing the degradation caused by the calendar ageing and the degradation resulting from all cycles.To verify the performance of the empirical degradation model, a dynamic ageing test was designed, including both calendar and cycle ageing. The historical data of SoC and temperature are shown in Figures 2 (a) and 2(b), respectively. Through analyzing the time series data of cell SoC, all cycle information can be obtained to calculate the cycle ageing. The calendar ageing was calculated based on time duration for each cycle, and the average temperature and SoC. Using the correlations for the degradation rates, the degradation depth during for each cycle can be evaluated. The accumulated degradation depth can be used to estimate the change of remaining capacity with time. Figure 2(c) shows the comparison of the prediction of SoH with the experimental data.When moving into the 2nd life regime, degradation mechanisms and their interplay become more complex, leading to a larger statistical variation in ageing rates between individual cells (i.e., see time offset in Fig 2c). This can be accounted for by readjustment of the model’s initial 2nd life SoH to the last SoH from the first life application data, as well as including statistical variation into the model’s parameters.

The Second Life Metaverse and Its Usefulness in Medical Education After a Quarter of a Century.

The immersive virtual world platform Second Life (SL) was conceived 25 years ago, when Philip Rosedale founded Linden Lab in 1999 with the intention of developing computing hardware that would allow people to immerse themselves in a virtual world. This initial effort was transformed 4 years later into SL, a universally accessible virtual world centered on the user, with commercial transactions and even its own virtual currency, which fully connects with the concept of the metaverse, recently repopularized after the statements of the chief executive officer of Meta (formerly Facebook) in October 2021. SL is considered the best known virtual environment among higher education professionals. This paper aimed to review medical education in the SL metaverse; its evolution; and its possibilities, limitations, and future perspectives, focusing especially on medical education experiences during undergraduate, residency, and continuing medical education. The concept of the metaverse and virtual worlds was described, making special reference to SL and its conceptual philosophy, historical evolution, and technical aspects and capabilities for higher education. A narrative review of the existing literature was performed, including at the same time a point of view from our teaching team after an uninterrupted practical experience of undergraduate and postgraduate medical education in the last 13 years with >4000 users and >10 publications on the subject. From an educational point of view, SL has the advantages of being available 24/7 and creating in the student the important feeling of "being there" and of copresence. This, together with the reproduction of the 3D world, real-time interaction, and the quality of voice communication, makes the immersive experiences unique, generating engagement and a fluid interrelation of students with each other and with their teachers. Various groups of researchers in medical education have developed experiences during these years, which have shown that courses, seminars, workshops and conferences, problem-based learning experiences, evaluations, teamwork, gamification, medical simulation, and virtual objective structured clinical examinations can be successfully carried out. Acceptance from students and faculty is generally positive, recognizing its usefulness for undergraduate medical education and continuing medical education. In the 25 years since its conception, SL has proven to be a virtual platform that connects with the concept of the metaverse, an interconnected, open, and globally accessible system that all humans can access to socialize or share products for free or using a virtual currency. SL remains active and technologically improved since its creation. It is necessary to continue carrying out educational experiences, outlining the organization, objectives, and content and measuring the actual educational impact to make SL a tool of more universal use.

An Analysis of the 2018 Life Study Curriculum Learning Outcomes and Textbook Assessment Questions in Türkiye

This study evaluates the learning outcomes and assessment questions in the 2018 Life Study Course Curriculum (LSCC) through the lens of the Structure of the Observed Learning Outcomes (SOLO) taxonomy. Employing a qualitative document analysis methodology, the research examined the curriculum's learning outcomes and corresponding questions in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-grade life study textbooks. These materials were sourced from the Education Information Network platform managed by the Ministry of National Education. In total, 138 learning outcomes and 270 assessment questions targeting cognitive skills were analyzed. Our analysis revealed a predominant focus on unistructural-level learning outcomes within the curriculum, while also identifying numerous learning outcomes at the multistructural and relational structure levels. Additionally, learning outcomes at the abstracted structure level were notably present in the 3rd-grade curriculum. Conversely, the textbooks contained a minimal number of multistructural and relational assessment questions and entirely lacked questions at the abstracted structure level. When considered in conjunction, these findings highlight a low level of consistency between the curriculum's learning outcomes and the assessment questions in terms of their alignment with the SOLO taxonomy. The study concludes with recommendations for enhancing the cognitive alignment between textbook questions and curriculum learning outcomes.

Drugie życie silbo gomero – jak edukacja, turystyka i sztuka przyczyniły się do ocalenia gwizdanego języka z Gomery

THE SECOND LIFE OF SILBO GOMERO – THE CONTRIBUTION OF EDUCATION, TOURISM AND ART TO SAVING THE WHISTLED LANGUAGE OF THE ISLAND OF LA GOMERA Silbo gomero is a whistled language used by inhabitants of La Gomera (Canary Islands) and created before the arrival of Spanish settlers to overcome communication problems resulting from the deep ravines and narrow valleys that radiate through the island. The language, commonly used in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, declined in the 1950s–1980s due to economic migration, the growth of tourism and technological developments e.g. the telephone. Since the language was endangered in the late 1990s, revitalization efforts were generated at both community and governmental level. Nowadays, tourism is not a threat to silbo gomero; it’s seen as a great opportunity and as a generator of both employment and income. Unlike other islands in the archipelago, La Gomera focuses on natural resource-based tourism and cultural tourism and silbo gomero seems to be an ideal magnet for tourists looking for something more than the beach and the sun.

Metalibrarians as Residents Beyond the Second Life: An Overview of Contradictory Concept on “The Metaverse”

The purpose of this paper is to understand the role of metaverse in libraries and librarians. The new conceptions; such as virtual reality, augmented reality, second life, metaverse, metamodernism, metaliteracy, and metalibrarian, have been discussed in the context of real-world libraries and librarians in the article. The organization of the article has been divided into four sections, which are interconnected with libraries and librarians. The first section starts with virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies and underlines the important roles of the library and librarians. The second section continues the Second Life (SL), which is the pre-period of metaverse, and points out the importance of librarians and libraries. Finally, the fourth and last section focuses on the metaverse, as it is a new contradictory concept in the digital age, and discusses the metamodernism within the metaverse age by providing new roles and tasks for both libraries and librarians, which will be called “metalibrarian” thereafter. A systematic literature review has been used to position the role of metalibrarians among the other target groups such as educators, communicators, designers, et al. at the metamodernism age. As the existing literature indicates that metalibrarians have heavy duties on their shoulders to both design curricula for the metalibrary users, and manage information resources. Research has been proposed on the new roles, tasks, responsibilities, and competencies for metalibrarians to embrace the metaverse environment.

Optimal energy storage system selection for future cost-effective green hydrogen production: Integrating techno-economic, risk-based decision making, and cost projections

This study conducts technical, economic, and safety analysis of a green hydrogen production system consisting of a 1000 kWp photovoltaic cell, 3 options of energy storage namely lead carbon (PbC), lithium-ion (Li-ion), and repurposed lithium-ion (2nd Life Li-ion) battery, and an electrolyzer. Firstly, the system is optimized to maximum hydrogen production by adjusting equipment capacity and capacity factors, informed by a 1-h resolution solar energy generation profile. This optimization yields insights into the system's yearly operational dynamics. Techno-economic analysis was conducted to estimate the levelized cost of hydrogen (LCOH) from 2020 to 2050, additionally, uncertainty analysis using Monte-Carlo simulation to estimate the range of uncertainty in LCOH projection from 2020 to 2050 was performed. Furthermore, a quantitative risk analysis, utilizing the process route index metric, evaluates the risk of battery explosions. Finally, this study employs multi-criteria decision-making to choose the best energy storage technology to produce green hydrogen from economic and safety factors. The result indicates that in 2020, the PbC battery emerged as the most cost-effective option. However, over time, both lithium batteries became the cheapest option with almost similar trends. In terms of explosion hazard, the analysis shows that the PbC battery is a safer option for stationary energy storage. When both aspects are considered, the preferred battery option is almost certainly PbC over the years, but in extreme cases where the decision-maker places significant emphasis on economic factors both Li-ion options may become preferable.

İlköğretim Hayat Bilgisi Kitaplarında Çevre Duyarlığının Yeri ve Önemi

In this research, environmental awareness, which is included in the scope of value education, was examined in the Life Sciences textbooks, which are taught as a pivot lesson from the 1st grade to the 3rd grade of primary school, where compulsory education begins in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The research was prepared according to the qualitative research method. Content analysis method was used to analyze the obtained data. In accordance with the purpose of the research, primary school 1st, 2nd and 3rd Grade Life Sciences textbooks prepared for the 2022-2023 academic year were examined. The findings obtained from the research were divided into themes and tables were created in line with the themes obtained for each grade level. The findings obtained were supported by relevant visuals. As a result of the research, the most findings about environmental awareness were found in 3rd grade Life Science books, that is, the issue of environmental awareness was mentioned mostly in 3rd grade books. The most findings from the 3rd grade book belong to the visual field theme. The class with the least findings regarding environmental awareness is the 1st grade Life Sciences books. In the 1st grade Life Sciences books, where there were the least findings, the area where the most findings were obtained was again the visual area. In the light of the findings obtained in the research, it can be said that the Life Sciences books taught in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades of primary school are not sufficient to provide students with environmental awareness. When all the books at these three levels are examined, all themes other than the visual field have not been sufficiently processed and emphasized. At the same time, no activity was found in the books examined that would raise students to the practical level of environmental awareness. Depending on the findings obtained from the research, our suggestions include that the prepared life sciences textbooks should be rearranged on the subject of "environmental awareness and sensitivity" and include activities that will raise the students to the application level, and that these activities should be treated as a common theme not only in the life sciences book but in all courses. Key words: Life Sciences Textbook, values education, environmental awareness

Climate and Tropospheric Oxidizing Capacity

The hydroxyl radical (OH) largely controls the tropospheric self-cleansing capacity by reacting with gases harmful to the environment and human health. OH concentrations are determined locally by competing production and loss processes. Lacking strong observational constraints, models differ in how they balance these processes, such that the sign of past and future OH changes is uncertain. In a warmer climate, OH production will increase due to its water vapor dependence, partially offset by faster OH-methane loss. Weather-sensitive emissions will also likely increase, although their net impact on global mean OH depends on the balance between source (nitrogen oxides) and sink (reactive carbon) gases. Lightning activity increases OH, but its response to climate warming is of uncertain sign. To enable confident projections of OH, we recommend efforts to reduce uncertainties in kinetic reactions, in measured and modeled OH, in proxies for past OH concentrations, and in source and sink gas emissions. ▪OH is strongly modulated by internal climate variability despite its lifetime of a few seconds at most, with implications for interpreting trends in methane.▪Improved kinetic constraints on key reactions would strengthen confidence in regional and global OH budgets, and in the response of OH to climate change.▪Future OH changes will depend on uncertain and compensating processes involving weather-sensitive chemistry and emissions, plus human choices.▪Technological solutions to climate change will likely impact tropospheric oxidizing capacity and merit further study prior to implementation.

(Invited) The Path to Vapour Cloud Explosions and Lithium-Ion Batteries

The lecture will cover the research that led to the realisation that vapour cloud explosion was and is the understated hazard of lithium-ion batteries, commencing with work in January and March 2020 and leading up to the present day. The research was initiated with an exploration of the effect of various abuse methods on 1.7 kWh Envision-AESC modules, followed by investigating the effect of State-of-Charge on the manifestation of thermal runaway, the latter leading to the realisation of the vapour cloud and its potential consequences. This was followed by experiments on the larger scale to analyse the vapour cloud composition and to trigger deflagration: these suggested the possibility that arc plasma may have a role in the production of the vapour cloud. Later, experiments on the suppression of thermal runaway clearly showed the risks associated with the suppression of fire without the suppression of thermal runaway, as the hazard flips from fire to explosion. This was a key finding, as was the large volume of vapour cloud produced by lithium-ion batteries (i.e. at least 500 L/kWh and up to 5500 L/kWh), causing the routinely observed rocket-like flames when the cloud ignites immediately, and the fact that even small lithium-ion batteries (e-bikes, e-scooters) are causing vapour cloud explosions.As well as academic research, the concepts and ideas discussed will be illustrated with information and videos from a wide range of sources including first responder reports from across the world.Finally, the possible risks and hazards of the use of electric vehicle batteries in 2nd life applications will be addressed

State of health estimation of second-life batteries through electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and dimensionality reduction

When lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) reach the end of their useful life in electric vehicles (EVs), they can still be used in less demanding applications, a process known as second-life (SL). Nevertheless, to ensure a safe, efficient and reliable operation of the retired LiBs in a SL application, many tests and procedures should be done to determine their internal conditions, and naturally, one of the most important parameters to be determined in these procedures is the state of health (SoH). However, the tests to obtain this parameter are intrusive, requiring taking the LiBs out of service and performing successive discharge and charge cycles in laboratory benches with special equipment, which is costly, have a high energy demand, and is time-consuming. These limitations hinder the SL market since it is estimated that in the next few years, a significant amount of LiBs will be available for SL purposes. This work suggests an approach that employs experimental electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) data and neural networks (NN) to assess the SoH of lithium-ion cells subjected to SL conditions. Also, a novel approach to perform the dimensionality reduction of the EIS measurements – reducing the time needed to perform the EIS measurement without the loss of significant data – is proposed, where the measurement time can be reduced to 19.10% of its original value, and the number of assets generated by the measurements can be reduced from 81 to 4. The proposed methodology was validated offline using two datasets of lithium-ion cells under SL conditions, the first one considers the EIS data of 395 Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) high-capacity cells, and the second one the EIS data of 36 Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt (NMC) medium-capacity cells. Root mean square errors of 1.18% and 0.95% in the SoH estimation were obtained for the LFP and NMC cells, respectively. Therefore, the novel methodology that has been proposed in this work offers significant advantages over the conventional capacity test, including non-invasiveness, fast processing time and low energy consumption.

Analyzing 2nd Grade Life Studies Objectives for Root Values and Identifying 2nd Graders' Perceptions of Root Values

Analyzing 2nd Grade Life Studies Objectives for Root Values and Identifying 2nd Graders' Perceptions of Root Values

Drugie życie Ksawerego Pruszyńskiego: wokół hiszpańskiej recepcji W czerwonej Hiszpanii

THE SECOND LIFE OF KSAWERY PRUSZYŃSKI: SPANISH RECEPTION OF EN LA ESPAÑA ROJA
 The article presents the context of the Spanish edition of the Ksawery Pruszyński’s collection of reportages, En la España roja, written during the writer’s trip to Spain as a press correspondent in 1936, in the early months of the civil war. Despite the passage of time, Pruszyński’s observations still hold interest and offer insight to the Spanish reading public. The aim of the article is to examine how the ongoing debates surrounding the Spanish Civil War, intertwined with postmemorial discourses, influence both the publisher’s presentation of the book and its reception by critics. To accomplish this, the paratexts of the Spanish edition of Pruszyński’s work will be discussed.

Patient Monitoring for Personalized Mobile Health (PMH) based on Medical Virtual Instruments

One of the newest technologies, mobile health, has the potential to support the provision of care for older adults and offer them individualised treatment. This study’s goal is to evaluate the benefits and challenges of personalised mobile health (PMH) for elderly residential care. Virtual worlds are quickly integrating into the landscape of instructional technologies. One of the most well-known of these settings is Second Life (SL). Despite the potential of SL for health professions education, there aren’t many official SL applications for this purpose, and the effectiveness of these applications hasn’t been evaluated to the fullest extent possible. Similarly, it appears that nothing is known about the use of virtual worlds for continuing medical education. In order to better grasp the fundamentals of the aid of MVIs for personal health monitoring (PHM), we were able to pinpoint the key disease regions, sensors, channels, calculations and communication protocols. The main obstacles limiting MVIs’ degree of integration into the international health care system were also identified. The analysis demonstrates that MVIs offer an excellent possibility for the creation of affordable, personalised health systems that meet the unique equipment requirements of a certain field of medicine.

Second Life as a Virtual Playground for Language Education: A Practical Guide for Teaching and Research (Review)

With the growth of digital technology, human interaction has grown beyond traditional faceto-face settings and now includes contexts as diverse as 3D multi–user virtual environments (MUVEs). Interestingly, MUVEs can even be the site of language learning and development, allowing students to freely interact with each other and create their own content. Since the launch of one particular MUVE—Second Life—in 2003, a body of literature (e.g., Wang et al., 2020) has shown that effective use of MUVEs for foreign/second language (L2) education can lead to a range of linguistic and affective gains (e.g., heightened motivation). Second Life as a Virtual Playground for Language Education: A Practical Guide for Teaching and Research, written by Julian Chen, addresses the need for practical resources for language educators to meaningfully engage L2 learners in online environments. Based on relevant theory, empirically supported evidence, and practical experience, Chen details how to design tasks, run classes, and conduct research in Second Life. [First Paragraph]

Active and reactive power of solar electric vehicle chargers system

AbstractIncreasing the number of electrical vehicles determine an increasing of electrical vehicle chargers number too. The best situation is reach when the zero emission vehicles are charged with electrical energy produced by solar panels or another green energy. This paper presents a solar electric vehicle charger system with energy storage capabilities. The system should be considered as a combination of three systems: solar energy production system, energy storage system and electric vehicle charger system. One of the novelty of the system is that for energy storage is used a 2nd life Nissan Leaf electric vehicle battery. The paper gives information about, simulation and measurement of the annual solar energy production of the system, measurements results of the currents, voltages and powers of the system, and a distribution of the maximum daily energy production.

Incremental capacity analysis (dQ/dV) as a tool for analysing the effect of ambient temperature and mechanical clamping on degradation

This work presents a comprehensive degradation study of two types of large lithium-ion pouch cells; 26 NMC532/Graphite (64 Ah) and 9 NMC433/Graphite (31 Ah) pouch cells. The cells were degraded under different cycling conditions and periodically characterized at room temperature. Specifically, the effect of different ambient temperatures and constraining the cells by clamping was studied. Incremental capacity analysis is an in situ, non-invasive characterization technique that allows the identification of battery degradation modes, and is a technique that does not require additional and advanced equipment. Therefore, in this study we also look into applying the analysis technique on an existing data set. This is done by combining incremental capacity analysis on a qualitative level with the tracking of features of interest in the incremental capacity curve as a function of State of Health and utilizing the simulation of different degradation modes for a more in-depth analysis. We combine simulation and experimental incremental capacity analysis with conclusions from capacity loss and resistance changes with a focus on understanding the benefit and limitations of the incremental capacity analysis for large cells. This is important, as incremental capacity analysis is a relatively fast analysis to qualify large commercial batteries for 2nd life applications. Specifically in this study, we found that degradation and capacity loss do not always correlate. For the 64 Ah Cells cycled at 15 °C and 25 °C, the rate of capacity loss appeared to be similar, although the degradation modes and mechanisms are found to be very different. The clamping was the most important factor for impeding degradation. The 31 Ah Cell cycled at low temperatures showed a very poor cycling performance, where the incremental capacity analysis revealed that Loss of Lithium Inventory from fast and irreversible plating was responsible.

Force-Dependent Structural Changes of Filamin C Rod Domains Regulated by Filamin C Dimer.

Filamin C (FLNC), a large dimeric actin-binding protein in muscle cells, plays a critical role in transmitting force in the cytoskeleton and that between membrane receptors and the cytoskeleton. It performs crucial mechanosensing and downstream mechanotransduction functions via force-dependent interactions with signaling proteins. Mutations in FLNC have been linked to muscle and heart diseases. The mechanical responses of the force-bearing elements in FLNC have not been determined. This study investigated the mechanical responses of FLNC domains and their dimerization interface using magnetic tweezers. Results showed high stability of the N-terminal domains in the rod-1 segment but significant changes in the rod-2 domains in response to forces of a few piconewtons (pN). The dimerization interface, formed by the R24 domain, has a lifetime of seconds to tens of seconds at pN forces, and it dissociates within 1 s at forces greater than 14 pN. The findings suggest the FLNC dimerization interface provides sufficient mechanical stability that enables force-dependent structural changes in rod-2 domains for signaling protein binding and maintains structural integrity of the rod-1 domains.

Designing Tasks through Second Life for CFL Learners in the UK University

The development of technology has brought some alternative means in education. The enabling role of technology has been widely recognized in second language teaching and learning. Second Life (SL) is an online virtual world and is popular with digital natives. Some language educators apply this application to foreign-language teaching in university courses because of its benefits to students’ immersion and focus, imagination, and creativity in language learning. Language learners can immerse themselves in the target language environment to imitate real-world tasks, which promotes the provision of reality-oriented tasks and optimizes task-based language teaching tenets such as learning by doing, authenticity, negotiation of meaning, and exposure to abundant and authentic input. Based on the definition of tasks, the role of SL in foreign-language teaching, and previous pedagogic models and studies on designing tasks with SL, this study proposed two types of SL tasks for Chinese as a foreign-language learner in university settings, along with the rationale behind them. Additionally, challenges in designing tasks in SL were identified. Overall, this study offered valuable insights and guidance for the application of SL in teaching Chinese to speakers of other languages in UK universities.

Strategy for improving learning in the Financial Tools and Project Management Course through the use of Second Life-SL

This research addresses the difficulty of achieving active learning in financial areas through virtual education. The aim of the study was to evaluate a strategy for improving the learning of the Financial Tools and Project Evaluation (HFEP) course using the Second Life (SL) platform. A mixed research approach was used and data was processed using Excel, Atlas ti, and Ucinet programs. Results indicated that although the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in learning is inevitable, approximately 70 % of students were not familiar with the tool and had never seen a class in a 3D space. However, once they became familiar with SL, 69,6 % of students considered their management level to be low to medium difficulty. Likewise, students associated the use of SL with attitudinal, pedagogical, and technological elements, expressing that it was interesting, entertaining, and novel. Finally, students considered SL to be a very useful tool for the HFEP course, as it allowed them to better understand topics such as project time, budget, and scope. With the pandemic, the use of ICT in teaching processes has spread worldwide, but traditional tools are still the most used. Students are open to new experiences and consider virtual education to be monotonous. One of the challenges of virtual education is to achieve active learning and for the tools implemented in teaching to contribute to skill development. The use of SL contributes greatly to this purpose.