Archive for March, 2008
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Mar 17, 2008 05:52pm
Oh what a sloppy blogger I have been! We've had this awesome resource that was released in November, the 2007 NMC Conference Proceedings which has more than a few papers of interest to those interested in Second Life and virtual worlds in general.
The papers in the proceedings were authored by presenters at the 2007 NMC Summer Conference in Indianapolis. Participants at the conference voted on sessions that ought to be invited to author papers, and the final product represents ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Mar 16, 2008 05:41pm
It's almost Monday soon and time for another great field trip with the NMC Campus Teachers Buzz. Join us at the Museum of Music (MuMu) where Bucky Barkley (no relation!) will demonstrate the use of three fantastic tools he has developed. They are set up for gallery exhibits at MuMu.
The tools, WebMon, Slider, and VidMon provide access to web sites, textures and video for libraries, museums, and elsewhere-- and what is really col is that the video screens are not ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Mar 16, 2008 05:26pm
Look for another great Metanomics series live session you can watch on NMC Campus- this week the guest is Nick Yee, a researcher in virtual worlds at the Palo Alto Research Center who has been looking at social interaction and self-representation.
The Daedalus Project is an ongoing study of MMORPG players. MMORPGs (an acronym for Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games) are a video game genre that allow thousands of people to interact, compete, and collaborate in an online virtual environment. Over the ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Mar 12, 2008 08:06am
Come visit the new University of Delaware's simin Second Life for a live simulcast from the series on Global Agenda 2008/Boiling Point: International Politics of Climate Change
Controversy over global warming extends to a debate over how the media are handling the issue. Do the media “cry wolf” or do they accurately reflect scientific and political discussions about climate change? What role do the media play in making political decisions about climate change, both domestically and internationally.
New York Times environment writer ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Mar 3, 2008 09:06am
Today's weekly Metanomics session available to view on NMC Campus features Robert Bloomfield's interviewing of David Levine (no relation to my RL avatar), from IBM's TJ Watson Research Center, and will cover some of the latest effort from IBM in the Virtual World's space
David is a 23 year employee of IBM Research, with summer and university internships, extending back another five years. His interests in Social computing and online collaboration extends back to work in 1982-1985 in IBM's online ... more » »
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