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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Virtual Worlds
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CNI Podcast: Preserving Computer Games as Digital Objects
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January 12, 2012
The Preserving Virtual Worlds project is an on-going investigation into the preservation of computer games and interactive fiction . It is now entering its second phase, which focu…
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Podcast: AJ Kelton on Virtual Worlds and the Changing Face of Education
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February 18, 2010
AJ Kelton is Director of Emerging Instructional Technologies for the College of Humanities & Social Sciences at Montclair State University. In this interview, he comments on whether virtu…
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ELI Session: Expanding Educational Realities – Exploring Interactive and Immersive Learning Experiences
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February 16, 2010
Today's students are increasingly choosing to move beyond the traditional physical classroom educational model. The Internet has created an educational evolution fostering learner-centered e…
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ELI Session: Some of My Students Are Not Human! Avatar Interaction and Collaboration in Virtual Worlds
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February 14, 2010
Avatars are used in virtual worlds to increase a user's sense of social presence. Into the virtual space we carry our sense of identity and race and tend to act out our real-life prejudices …
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E08 Podcast: Glimpses of Our IT Future: What's Green, Mobile and Regulated All Over?
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April 28, 2009
This thirty-one minute podcast features a session from the EDUCAUSE 2008 annual conference. The session, entitled, " What's Green, Mobile and Regulated All Over? " features the…
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ELI Podcast: Virtual Immersive Learning Environments in Times of Economic Downturn
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January 27, 2009
This fifty-two minute podcast features a session presented by Gerri Sinclair , Executive Director of the Masters of Digital Media Program at the Great Northern Way Campus. The speech, " …
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ELI Podcast: Virtual Worlds as Naturally Occurring Online Learning Environments
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January 26, 2009
This hour-long podcast features a keynote address by Constance Steinkuehler , Assistant Professor, Educational Communication & Technology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her speech, &quo…
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E08 Podcast: Virtual Worlds: Fad or Future?
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December 3, 2008
This forty-six minute podcast features a point/counterpoint session recorded at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference. The presentation, " Virtual Worlds: Fad or Future? ," features: …
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E07 Podcast: Teaching & Learning Experiences in a User-Created Virtual World
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September 19, 2008
This forty-three minute podcast, we feature a panel discussion from the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference. The panel, " Teaching & Learning Experiences in a User-Created Virtual World ,&…
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EDUCAUSE Now - Show #7 - Virtual Worlds
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September 11, 2008
Welcome to our Virtual Worlds edition of EDUCAUSE Now ! Join co-hosts Gerry Bayne and Colleen Luckett for a look at the intelligent use of Virtual Worlds. How can Second Life be best utilized …

















