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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
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Overcoming Barriers to Video-Enabled Collaboration Communities in Education
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October 14, 2010
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2010 Annual Conference
Northwestern University will present how it has moved forward to address one of the remaining missing pieces of video collaboration for the pedagogical and research community. This solution will de…
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Creating Interactive and Engaging Online Environments
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January 20, 2010
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A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2010
What are the best ways to make synchronous online events more interactive and engaging? Are there good online equivalents for the many face-to-face engagements that are currently used? Or does the …
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Building Virtual Classrooms across the Globe: Stanford's Cross-Cultural Rhetoric Project
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September 23, 2009
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A session at the ELI 2009 Online Fall Focus Session
Two Stanford teacher-researchers share their work on virtual classroom building through team-based video-conference and blogging methodologies. They showcase how to set up teams with universities …
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Creating a Global Community: Knowledge Given, Knowledge Gained
Online - Sponsored by Cisco Systems, An EDUCAUSE Gold Partner
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November 6, 2009
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2009 Annual Conference
As Duke University extends its reach as a global "campus," long-standing assumptions about academic "community" and physical presence are evolving. From Durham to New Delhi, Sin…
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"Elluminating" the Possibilities of Distance Education: An In-Depth Review of Elluminate Live (Learning Technology)
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January 21, 2009
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A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2009
By bundling such technologies as voice over IP, webcams, text chat, interactive whiteboards, and online polling, collaborative software platforms (such as Elluminate Live) are "flattening the …
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Thinking Outside the Virtual Classroom
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October 31, 2008
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference
Educating our students is certainly our priority, but how can we connect learners to each other in a way that provides more opportunities for personal growth, networking, and connections? By taking…
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Teaching Nurse Anesthesia in a Second Life Operating Room Simulation
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October 29, 2008
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference
An operating room simulation was developed in Second Life to teach KUMC Nurse Anesthesia students basic operating room procedures. This presentation will describe the design, development, usability…
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Teaching and Learning in Second Life
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October 31, 2008
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference
This presentation will examine teaching techniques in virtual environments, particularly Second Life, from the perspectives of an instructor and instructional designer and demonstrate how a second-…
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Assessing the Student Experience in Second Life
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October 29, 2008
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference
For several years, educational innovators have experimented with using virtual worlds such as Second Life to enhance student learning. Though many of these implementations seem successful, few have…
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Virtual Worlds: Fad or Future?
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October 30, 2008
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference
The education industry has grown weary of the "next big thing." Technology has promised much over the years, but have virtual worlds finally delivered on the promise? This session will fo…

















