How to make the second life experience

In my 8 months or so of life in Second Life I have found that it is what you make it..in my opinion Second Life is truly an active learning evironment in which the student needs to be actively engaged in participating in and creating his/her own experience for learning.  Utimately unlike role play games and TV Second LIfe is not a passive learning environment, the learning environment provides more than one opportunity for the learning to create his/her own experience.