NMC Campus Observer

Archive for July 20th, 2007

Interview with UMUC on Simulations for Online Learning

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Jul 20, 2007 05:30pm

At today's Posters on the Green Session we took advantage of one group of presenters from University of Maryland University College (UMUC) who were ready with their audio equipped Second Life clients and recorded this audio interview with Julie Commons (RL Gilliam), Kathleen Maloney (RL Puckett), LaTonya Carter (RL Dyer), and Joanna Foden (RL Zhang). Their poster is on "Using Simulations To Enhance Online Learning" and provides an overview of three different online simulations created at UMUC for online programs: ... more » »

Posters Galore

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Jul 20, 2007 05:17pm

Thanks to our presenters and guests who showed up for the opening of today's Poster on the Green event over at the Gonick Amphitheater on NMC Campus. These were versions of poster sessions initially seen at the 2007 NMC Summer Conference that we have brought into Second Life. Today, we had a group of 20-30 show up at 1:00 PM SLT/PDT to take in the posters and talk to the presenters. The posters will remain on display through July 27- each ... more » »