NMC Campus Observer

Archive for September 25th, 2006

Heart Murmur Sim, Assessment of Learning in SL- Interview with a Man in a Surgical Mask

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Sep 25, 2006 07:07pm

Today, our Studio NMC took its audio equipment on the road, and we visited with Jeremy Kemp (Jeremy Kabumpo in SL) over at his Heart Murmur Simulation site, located in the Waterhead region of Second Life (find it via a slurl), which turns out to be some prime real estate, near Welcome Island and Path Finder Linden's neighborhood. Jeremy "Kabumpo" Kemp... maybe his tag line is, 'I'm not a Doctor and I don't play one in Second Life' In our audio ... more » »

Your First Life is Fine

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Sep 25, 2006 05:47pm

Over at Academic Commons, Christopher Watts writes What Are You Implying About My First Life? Real Students, Virtual Space and Second Life -- the title alludes to his openiog statement: I have been thinking quite a bit about Second Life lately. And yes, I have been spending a fair amount of time in Second Life. There are some things about it that irk me. The name, for example: it seems to imply that my second life, whatever form it may take, ... more » »