I am the CEO of the New Media Consortium, where I get to work with some of the most creative and interesting people on the planet. web site:http://www.nmc.org contact:johnson@nmc.org
The New Media Consortium (NMC) announced today the call for proposals for the 2008-09 NMC Virtual Learning Prize, a $100,000 competitive program of awards intended to create a collection of innovative open-source learning experiences that make use of the unique attributes of a virtual learning environment. (See the press release.)
As many as 20 NMC Virtual Learning Prizes will be awarded in 2008. Each of the US$5,000 awards will provide a cash incentive paid to the awardee of ... more » »
Today the New Media Consortium (NMC) announced a $250,000 two-year collaboration with Sun Microsystems to launch the Open Virtual Worlds Project, an effort that is aimed at making it easier to learn, work, and exchange ideas in virtual space. The project will develop a range of standards-based, portable open-source educational spaces, content, and objects, and use them to extend Sun Microsystems’s open source Project Darkstar and Project Wonderland virtual world platforms.
Open Virtual Worlds video announcement
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Jeff Young made a provocative post today in the the Wired Campus blog of the Chronicle of Higher Education. He asked, Colleges Are Building in Second Life, but Is Anyone Visiting?
Jeff’s article makes some accurate points about Second Life — and some inaccurate ones. The New Media Consortium has been exploring all of the various virtual worlds platforms that are available, including Second Life, for a couple of years now, and I could not resist weighing in with ... more » »
The New Media Consortium (NMC) and its Second Life unit NMC Virtual Worlds have agreed to serve as the lead sponsor for the Education Track at the Second Life Community Convention (SLCC) in Chicago this year, as an expression of gratitude for all the support we have received this year from the education community in Second Life.
As part of our sponsorship, we plan to sponsor three registrations from educators active in Second Life who would like to ... more » »
If you are looking for a way to enter into Second Life without committing to a full sim purchase, the NMC Virtual Worlds program has announced to day the availability of 3 sims that have various size plots available for rent, starting at as little as $100 per year.
As of today, the New Media Consortium (NMC) is offering land parcels in Second Life that are part of three unique custom-designed educational communities. These parcels are available now for lease ... more » »
Join us this week for a limited seating performance of the ZeroG SkyDancers, to be held Wednesday evening (November 29) on the new portions of the expanded NMC Campus. To reserve a seat, you must RSVP by IM-ing me in world (Larry Pixel).
Seats are going quickly, and one show has already been sold out. Details:
Date: Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
Showtimes: 7 and 8 PM, by reservation only (The 9 PM show is sold out)
Venue: 600 meters above ... more » »
Entire Sim Devoted to the Sculptures of StarAx
NMC Campus saw the Grand Opening of the "Art of Second Life" this past weekend. The new exhibition spans three galleries of the museum - the main gallery; the North Satellite Gallery, located to the right of the main entrance, features the work of Filthy Fluno; and the East Satellite Gallery, located behind the main building, the art of Ehdward Spengler.
The highlight of the opening was a one-day retrospective on ... more » »
Infinite Vision Media hired as Primary Contractor
The New Media Consortium today announced the expansion of the NMC Campus from a single “sim“ to seven sims, the virtual equivalent of growing from 16 acres to 112 acres of space. Included in the expansion plans are a film/machinima/theater complex and a life sciences/medical complex.
This project represents a significant ramping up of the commitment by the NMC to explore and support learning, knowledge generation, and knowledge sharing in the virtual world of Second ... more » »
October 10-21, 2006 on the NMC Campus
This month the NMC will host a 12-day symposium on the NMC Campus in Second Life focusing on the impact of digital media on all aspects of our daily lives. At the intersection of virtual 3-D space and the "flat-web" of the browser, virtual worlds like Second Life are active settings for collaboration and socialization. The Symposium on the Impact of Digital Media will explore the ways we encounter and understand digital media -- ... more » »
I was honored to have been invited to provide a keynote presentation for the Education in SL track at the 2006 Second Life Community Convention, held last weekend in San Francisco. This session was sponsored and arranged by the folks on the Second Life in Education Mailing List (great job, guys!).
We had a very crowded room for the session, and we apologize for our virtual participants as we struggled with some internet connectivity issues. However, I did manage to record ... more » »
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