Exploring New Learning Spaces

A special thanks must go to Ramesh for taking the time to show me the biohazard simulation that he has built in Second Life.  The Play2Train project is part of the Idaho Bioterrorism Awareness and Preparedness program.  The program is described as:
The program’s objective is to enhance the knowledge and skills of health care professionals […]

Machinima seemed like such a mystery to me before doing some research on how to produce such movies.  If you are looking for some good resources check out my machinima tag in delicious - if you know of any other resources please let me know.  Hopefully I will find some time to play with making […]

“Teacher’s Lounge” hosts prominent researcher John Bransford in-world in two weeks:
Dr. Bransford is a prominent education psychology researcher and edited the often cited How People Learn book. He agreed to chat in-world about his work with the L.I.F.E. center. He and several graduate students who read this list are doing research in SL.
EVENT DETAILS:
Monday, Oct 2nd
12 noon-1pm, […]

I am sitting here at a conference in Colorado waiting for my turn to present (toture) so I decided to check up on the NMC SL blog.  In case you have not heard a Harvard Law School professor is bringing a class in SL.  I really like the idea of having the short movie clip […]

I finally got a chance to visit Aura Lily’s ancient Egypt sim in Second Life.  Pathfinder sent a link to the SLED listserve awhile back but I got busy and forgot about it until tonight when I was preparing a presentation on Virtual Worlds for tomorrow.  It was a real treat to meet Aura - […]

What a day crazy day!! Tomorrow starts three days of non-stop faculty workshops but luckily I had some time to join the NMC Teachers’ Buzz Session. I give CDB and Corwin a lot of credit - it is not easy to manage a large crowd with many threads of conservations going at once. Their goal […]

Appalachian State University & Purdue University were awarded the 2006 Campus Technology Innovators award for their creation of a 3D virtual space using Active Worlds technology.  Appalachian state describes their students as “a mid-career educator who is not familiar with immersive learning environments, has only a basic understanding of traditional web-based learning systems, and has […]

 The end of the summer is always a tough time - lots to do at work, prep for teaching and dusting off that pesky literature review.  I have been making a big effort to try to keep up with the SLED list especially since the weekly meetings seem to be on a break (although NMC […]

Is it possible that I could go on vacation in SL and stay at a swanky hotel? :)  The article Second Lifers get first look at new hotel chain describes the project undertaken by Starwood Resorts to build a 3D replica of the real-world Aloft Inn scheduled to open in real-life in 2008.  The SL version […]

Comics in SL???  Yes, its true.  I have to admit that I thought it was a quirky idea when Anya first told me that Jokay created a comic book for the slatenight.com magazine but I am absolutely in love with the idea.  I have to credit Heidi with bringing the comic back to our attention […]