Archive for December 6th, 2008

Research Presentation: Dr. Tom Boellstorff, author of “Coming of Age in Second Life”

NMC Campus Calendar : Dec 6, 2008 12:29pm

The Virtual Ability Research Group will be hosting a presentation by Dr. Tom Boellstorff, the author of “Coming of Age in Second Life.” Tom is associate professor of anthropology at the University of California Irvine, and has done extensive research in SL culture. He will be speaking on his research and the presentation of self [...] more... more » »

Attend Program For the Future Doug Engelbart Recognition in SL

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Dec 6, 2008 11:16am

If you have no idea who Doug Engelbart is, drop your mouse, your keyboard interface, your desktop windowing system, your local area networks, and fly to WikiPedia to read about the Mother of All Demos which took place 40 years ago Monday. You can watch the Mother of All Demos video at the Babbage Amphitheater at NMC Conference Center. This demo foreshadowed most features we take for granted in our modern computing. Engelbart's contributions were more than hardware and software, and he ... more » »

NMC Publishes Results of 2008 Educators in SL Survey

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Dec 6, 2008 10:48am

Yes, we took out our virtual clipboard back in May 2008 to conduct a followup to our first survey in 2007 of Educators in Second Life. We appreciate the great response this year, with nearly 360 educators completing the survey, an increase of 170% from 2007 Agaqin, we provide the survey results for free under creative commons licensing, along with a summary of comparison between the 2007 and 2008 surveys: 2008 NMC Educators in Second Life Survey Summary 2008 NMC Educators in Second ... more » »


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