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Larry Pixel (aka Larry Johnson) :
May 15, 2008 11:30pm
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 » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
May 15, 2008 09:54pm
A stunning new Second Life art show will be opening this Saturday on NMC Campus. "Kiss the Sky" is the definitive exhibition of Hyperformalism in the world of Second Life®, and is a brand new collection of Second Life art curated by DC Spensley (aka DanCoyote Antonelli).
Virtual worlds are a place for discovering new territories and exploring meaning outside the context of the material world. Even in virtual worlds there is an avant garde, a native artform spawned from ... more » »
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 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) :
Apr 22, 2008 11:20pm
The real life avatar of Larry Pixel, known there as "Larry Johnson" was interviewed by the folks from Global Kids, as the first podcast for their new RezEd site, a site devoted being a hub for teaching and learning in virtual worlds.
In the interview, Larry talks about his testimony to Congress including his observations how the House Subcomittee took in the information about virtual worlds. He also talks about the NMC's Horizon Project and some future plans of NMC in ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Apr 7, 2008 08:22am
In addition to the regular scheduled Metanomics session today at 11:00am PST on Experimental Economics in Virtual Worlds, there is a special event of interest to educators - at 2:00 PM PST join us also at Outreach on NMC Campus for a live event. Charles Nesson from Harvard will be giving a lecture in Second Life on the future of the university.
Metanomics: Experimental Economics in Virtual Worlds
When: Monday, April 7 at 11:00am PST (check local time)
Where: Amphitheater on ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Apr 1, 2008 11:56pm
Tonight we hosted the opening recepetion for the NMC Symposium on Mashups, one of the NMC's Online Symposia -- this one itself a mashup of venues between web sessions in Adobe Connect and 3D sessions taking place at the NMC Conference Center in Second Life.
Some 25 avatars showed up to meet and talking about mashups- assembling at the Muriel Cooper Coliseum on thre NMC Conference Center sim:
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CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Apr 1, 2008 09:27am
Whew, just finished watching the 2+ hour live video stream from the Congressional testimonies on Virtual Worlds. How... interesting are some of the interests and perspectives of our leadership, but it is re-assuring to know it is on their radar. For more info, see Mr Pixel Goes to Washington...
Among the speakers, it was exciting to see and listen to Philip Rosedale and NMC's own Larry Johnson
The video should appear on the archives eventually at the Committee on Energy and ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Mar 31, 2008 11:03pm
Larry Pixel's real live avatar, Dr. Larry Johnson, CEO of the New Media Consortium (NMC), is trekking to Washington DC April 1 (no fooling!) to present testimony on the nature and state of virtual worlds before the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. Also presenting at the same hearing is Phillip Rosedale, founder of Linden Lab and the inventor of Second Life®. Also speaking are Susan Tenby, Senior Manager, Community Development at TechSoup and Colin J. Parris, Vice ... more » »
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