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Open Orchestra: A Hi-Fi Immersive Music Simulator: November 8, 2012 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2012 Annual Conference
Many students have limited opportunities to practice with an orchestra. Open Orchestra is an immersive simulation that allows students to practice with the full ensemble and have an expert conducto…
Multiple Realities and Multiple Dimensions for Teaching and Learning: May 31, 2012 | A session at the Southeast Regional Conference
New developments in technology open doors for new environments and dimensions for teaching and learning. The number of educational institutions and programs using 3D virtual environments, such as S…
Expert Discussion Session: Real Places, Virtual Spaces: Cibola as a Hispanic and Portuguese Island: February 23, 2012
Cibola is designed as a hybrid virtual space in the Second Life virtual reality platform to dissolve the boundaries between SL's pedagogical uses and its importance as a social space. Based on…
Transforming Higher Education with Emerging Technologies: February 14, 2012 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative 2012 Annual Meeting
This talk will describe how we can transform teaching and learning to prepare students with the skills they need for 21st-century work and citizenship. The array of Web 2.0 interactive media for s…
CNI Podcast: Preserving Computer Games as Digital Objects: 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…
Truly Immersive: Virtual Environments: June 2, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional Conference 2011
This special "Experience IT" session is designed to offer a hands-on, highly interactive introduction to 3-D, multi-user virtual environments (also called virtual worlds) and explore thei…
Second Life Is Dead, Long Live Second Life?: April 7, 2011

Daniel Livingstone ( daniel.livingstone@uws.ac.uk ) lectures on computer game technology and researches the educational applications of virtual worlds at the University of the West of …
Truly Immersive: Virtual Environments: March 15, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2011
This special "Experience IT" session is designed to offer a hands-on, highly interactive introduction to an emerging tool and explore its potential impact for professional development and…
Managing Collaborative Student Team Building Projects in Virtual Worlds: March 15, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2011
This presentation will examine the management of a collaborative, four-week project within the virtual world Second Life. Seven instructional technology graduate students at Purdue University Calum…
Tech Boot Camp: February 23, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE West/Southwest Regional Conference 2011
Each day, our inboxes and water-cooler conversations are abuzz with the "next big thing." But keeping tabs on emerging tools and their possible implications for campus can be difficult am…

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