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Virtual Worlds as Web 2.0 Learning Spaces: January 30, 2008 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2008
Virtual worlds such as Second Life offer powerful teaching and learning opportunities by integrating participatory, social, and immersive media for student-centered learning. Learn about Second Lif…
Do I Need a Second Life? The Opportunities and Challenges of Virtual Worlds (Learning Technology): January 29, 2008 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2008
To explore the potential of virtual worlds, Notre Dame faculty are developing demonstration projects and a white paper. This session will demonstrate the applications of Second Life and share oppor…
Exploring Literary Texts Through Virtual Worlds: January 16, 2008 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2008
This session will explore the ways Second Life can help students engage in active interpretation of literary texts. Through the development of in-world learning activities, participation in a wiki,…
Teaching and Learning Experiences in a User-Created Virtual World: October 25, 2007 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference
Second Life is a user-created virtual world simultaneously played by thousands of people around the world. In this session, we'll share our experiences of teaching in Second Life. Using the in…
Imagining Tomorrow’s Future Today: October 19, 2007

© 2007 Art St. George and the 2007 EDUCAUSE Evolving Technologies Committee. The text of this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License ( htt…
Emerging Worlds: Transformative Technologies for Teaching and Learning: September 17, 2007

Web 2.0 projects have rapidly expanded into a world of social media. From blogs to podcasts, millions of people have published and shared a growing amount of digital content. At the same time vir…
Beyond Course Management Systems: Second Life: August 7, 2007
What technologies will follow the success of course management systems? This presentation will discuss the roles of virtual worlds and mobile devices in faculty-student interaction and learning. Le…
Transforming Digital Content into Learning: June 12, 2007

Presentation at the Sixth Annual ECAR/HP Summer Symposium for Higher Education IT Executives, June 11-13, 2007, Boulder, Colorado. This presentation was part of a panel discussion about the chall…
Wikis and Podcasts and Blogs! Oh, My! What Is a Faculty Member Supposed to Do?: August 29, 2007

© 2007 Patricia McGee and Veronica Diaz. The text of this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ …
Second Life: Reaching into the Virtual World for Real-World Learning: August 14, 2007

This research bulletin examines the current state of Second Life in relation to the educational environment. Although literature about virtual worlds dates back many years, this bulletin reflects…

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