Are you interested in learning about places in Second Life that are more than pretty buildings? We are starting a new monthly informal group here at NMC Virtual Worlds where we will lead expeditions to some of the more immersive experiences.
Join myself and CJ for Virtual Worlds Expeditions (VWEx) that will take place the first Wednesday of each month (see below for time and place). The first few trips we have lined up include recent projects we have completed. ... more » »
NMC Conference Program: The Metalic Version, originally uploaded by cogdogblog.
We’re back from the 2009 NMC Conference in Monterey, California and as with every year it was an incredibly engaging experience. While every year allows us to meet individuals with Second Life projects on the horizon and those we’ve collaborated with throughout the year, it is always an extreme pleasure to see what is going on in other realms of new media education. As with the rest of NMC, the ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Jun 11, 2009 01:47pm
My humble apologies for those logging in earlier to NMC Campus to catch the opening keynote for the NMC 2009 Summer Conference. We... er I had a snafu and forgot to trigger one more switch to transmit the streams until the keynote was half way over. Many folks did find their way to the stream live on the web.
We do have everything lined up correctly now to broadcast the remaining sessions. The best place to gather is at the Babbage ... more » »
Three Featured artists with a variety of mediums and art forms.  In this exhibit you will find the real life paintings of Filthy Fluno, virtual static sculpture by Red Randt as well as virtual ever changing sculpture by Maryva Mayo.  Stop in and get to know these talented artists and ask them about their RL [...]
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CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Jun 3, 2009 10:54pm
Next week is the 2009 NMC Summer Conference, this year taking place at Monterey, California. The agenda features a number of virtual worlds sessions, and there is still time to register if you can find your way there.
Since we recognize that due to budget cuts, many people are not able to attend our conference, so this week we have been pulling out the stops to step up the amount of live video we will be able to stream from ... more » »
So, thanks to Alan, Beth & I have been given a voice outside of the virtual world which we hope to use on a regular basis to tell you about what we’re working on and maybe even offer some tips along the way. This being the week before the annual NMC Summer Conference, we’re actually busy preparing our pre-conference session for that, so there’s not a lot of building going on which is unusual for us! That said we spent ... more » »