Archive for May 5th, 2008
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
May 5, 2008 06:00pm
In May of 2007, the NMC conducted a survey of educators in Second Life, and learned much about the habits, interests, goals from the more than 200 responses to this first survey. These results are available for free under Creative Commons licenses.
But given the continued expansion of educational places, events, and over all activity in Second Life, we thought it would be useful to redo the survey again 2008, so maybe we can see what changed (or not). So ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
May 5, 2008 05:08pm
On Friday April 25, NMC CEO Larry Johnson (or as we know him in Second Life, Larry Pixel) was a guest interviewee for the Metanomics series, the weekly live show that takes place in, and is broadcast live from Second Life.
As part of an event atClever Zebra's vBusiness Expo, in this interview, Metanomics host Robert Bloomfield asked Larry about the NMC's Virtual worlds programs and then discussed more on Larry's recent experience testifying before the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
May 5, 2008 04:44pm
Join us on at 1:00 PM PT on Wednesday, May 7, for the opening of the new Second Life campus for the University of the Pacific. Meet at U Pacific (166,141,22) under the iconic replica of Burns Tower.
"U Pacific" is a based on the real campus area around Burns Tower. For those at the university, you can meet at Pacific Theater for a live demonstration and virtual ribbon cutting of the Pacific campus. Elizabeth Griego will officiate the ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
May 5, 2008 09:19am
Please join us in Second Life for a simulcast of Case Western Reserve University’s Collaboration Technology and Engaging the Campus 2008 Conference. They will be streaming live presentations, including a keynote address by Anthony Williams, co-author of Wikinomics.
Mass Collaboration and the Future of Higher Education
keynote by Anthony Williams
When: May 8, 2008 8:45am SLT/PDT (check local time).
Where: Kelvin Smith Library Amphitheater in ClevelandPlus (184,107,24)
These other sessions will also be live streamed (see the full program for more detail) - times here are ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
May 5, 2008 06:17am
The weekly Metanomics show has been on a 35 week sprint marathon, with live shows each of the last 35 weeks, and is taking a breather in May.. but there are still things you can tune into. Every Monday and Tuesday, they will be showing rebroadcasts of the top interviews and as a live audience, you can tune in and discuss the topics with other people.
Monday May 5, 2008, 11am PST: Gene Yoon, VP of Business Affairs and architect of ... more » »
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