Archive for December 10th, 2007
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Dec 10, 2007 04:02pm
This keynote presentation by Howard Rheingold was delivered live into Second Life to an audience of 90+ attendees of the NMC Symposium on the Evolution of Communication.
The presentation will span from the time of speech and collective defense and collective food-gathering among primate ancestors on the African savannah; to the emergence of writing on clay tablets as empire-cities began to grow out of agricultural settlements; to the invention of the alphabet and the restriction of alphabetic knowledge to elites ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Dec 10, 2007 02:20pm
Yes, we are aiming to get out our January event notifications early, as we know those of you in the real world have to deal with the challenges of holiday time traffic, shopping, cooking... all of those tasks which are much easier here in the virtual world!
But we have a great event lined up for early January. Lisa Dawley has arranged for students in her EDTECH 597: Teaching & Learning in Second Life class (Boise State University, EDTECH Island) ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Dec 10, 2007 02:08pm
Over the weekend, there was an important in person event at Harvard University the Immersive Education Day.
We were scrambling last week to try and see if we could bring live video into NMC Campus form this event, but a stream was not available. But better than that, the organizers are offering to bring a recap and followup discussion of this event to us, scheduled now for Thursday, January 10, 2008 at 10:00am PST. Before, and during the event, we ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Dec 10, 2007 01:35pm
We apologize for late notice... I know I have an excuse somewhere in my inventory, just where did I file that?
Anyhow, we have bee excited to hear on the Second Life Educators Listserv (SLED) about NESIM OR, the virtual nursing sim currently being used by students at Tacoma Community College.
John Miller (JS Vavoom), a nursing instructor from Tacoma Community College, and Cathy Walker (padlurowncanoe Dibou), an educational technology director from St. Vincent de Paul, will present NESIM OR at ... more » »
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