CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Feb 21, 2010 06:04pm
Our latest in world interview is with Ruby Snook, a.k.a. Jan Baum who is Program Director in Interdisciplinary Object Design, Metals and Jewelry at Towson University. Over the last few years, Jan has actively used Second Life as a visualization tool for students in her art production classes and has found it an effective teaching tool in the art design process.
We spoke last week over at NMC Campus to learn more about the projects at the Towson Innovation Lab.
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CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Jan 12, 2010 12:05am
We recently got word that Aurili Oh (aka Suzanne Aurilio from San Diego State University) recently finished her PhD dissertation on a study of how informal learning happens in Second Life. We thought it would be interesting to talk to her about her research, what she learned, and implications for teaching and learning in virtual worlds.
Interview with Aurili Oh [14 Mb MP3 19:22]
I've been more interested in talking to educators given several recent articles / blog posts suggesting "Second life ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Feb 11, 2009 07:47am
In our humble apology department, we've been remiss on not getting around to doing this interview earlier. CJ Carnot (aka CJ Holden) and Stella Costello (aka Beth Sactjen) have been the master builders for NMC Virtual Worlds projects for a long time, and we have yet to nail them down to talk about the work they do. So we grabbed some of their time today to talk about work on our home base of NMC Campus.
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CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Feb 4, 2009 12:37am
Can you believe it has been so long since we ran ain in world interview? Would you believe my dog at my microphone? Hmmm, I did not think so.
Speaking of a while ago, many of you probably recall fondly the May 2007 Best Practices in Second Life Conference. Completely organized by volunteers, SLBPE was a 24 hour marathon of learning, and logged well over 1400 avatars participating.
Today we spoke to Phelan Corrimal (aka Kevin Feenan) of Rockcliffe University, who ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Aug 7, 2008 12:01am
It has been a long time we managed an in world audio interview. Would you believe the dog ate my microphone? Hmmm, I did not think so. But when you listen to the audio (apologies in advance) you will see how rusty I am. Details on this part follow below.
I spoke briefly to Chase Marellan, who in real life is Nicholas Chase, programmer and author, and a principal at InterSection Unlimited, makers of a very interesting Second Life application called ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Feb 17, 2008 09:25pm
It's time for another NMC Campus Teachers Buzz field trip! On Monday, join us at Otis Island, home of Otis College of Art & Design, as Mags Writer (a.k.a Otis faculty member Michael Wright) will show us the projects his students recently completed in Second Life.
Mags Writer is hosting the next NMC Campus Teachers Buzz- a trip to Otis Island
As he describes it:
Otis College of Art and Design associate professor Michael Wright took three Classes of Otis digital sophomore ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Aug 10, 2007 05:51pm
Today I met up with Ann Enigma, or in real life, Hilary Mason from Johnson and Wales University. We chatted on NMC Campus at Research Park, enjoying the peaceful serenity inside the Biosphere dome. Listen to our audio recorded interview (we talked using the new Voice Chat, which was flawless!).
Interview with Ann Enigma
Ann chatted a bit about her background and her early interest in computers (a self proclaimed and proud "geek"). The we talked about her entry into Second Life ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Jul 20, 2007 05:30pm
At today's Posters on the Green Session we took advantage of one group of presenters from University of Maryland University College (UMUC) who were ready with their audio equipped Second Life clients and recorded this audio interview with Julie Commons (RL Gilliam), Kathleen Maloney (RL Puckett), LaTonya Carter (RL Dyer), and Joanna Foden (RL Zhang).
Their poster is on "Using Simulations To Enhance Online Learning" and provides an overview of three different online simulations created at UMUC for online programs:
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CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Jun 2, 2007 09:01pm
A few days ago I had the fortune to catch up and chat with one of the real forces in education in Second Life, the dashing Desideria Stockton, or as she prefers to be called, "Desi". In real life, she is Beth Ritter-Guth, Women's Studies and English Faculty at Lehigh Carbon Community College in Pennsylvania. We were able to meet up for this audio interview over in one of the studio spaces inside the Machinima Studio on NMC Campus at ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
May 10, 2007 11:29am
The name does not exactly roll easily off the tongue.. but it will be worthy joining Blogsar Monday, 9:00 AM PDT (check your local time) for our next NMC Teachers Buzz Session. Better known in the education technology as the RL avatar Will Richardson, Blogsar is relatively new to Second Life, and looking to probe it more by talking with other educators.
Interview with Blogsar Lumpen
Blogsar has recently "set up shop" on EduIsland-- and like many of us, feels more at ... more » »
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