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  • From: Paul Jones <pjones AT metalab.unc.edu>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Cc: Fred Stutzman <fred AT ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Teaching in Second Life: Monday 3/26
  • Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:47:16 -0400 (EDT)

the answer is yes, i think so. i know that fred and larry are working on
the simulateous 2L side and that Larry has helped make a couple of 2L
lectures happen already.
Probably will happen near the UNC School of Information and Library
Science building at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cybrary%20City/131/151/24


On Wed, 21 Mar 2007, Scott Lundgren wrote:

+Perhaps a dumb or interpretted as a smartass question, Is this
+lecture going to be simultaneously held in Second Life?
+
+I don't use that program but one of my colleagues here in Charlotte
+is pretty psyched about this idea when it comes to distance ed or
+collaborative education. I'd like to fwd this to them & save them the
+drive up.
+
+- SL
+
+On Mar 20, 2007, at 10:50 AM, Paul Jones wrote:
+
+> Who: Sarah "Intellagirl" Robbins http://home.intellagirl.com/
+> What: "Creating Authentic and Engaging Community-Oriented Learning
+> Spaces:
+> Using Second Life in Higher Education Classrooms."
+> When: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon, Monday, March 26, 2007
+> Where: Room 205, Undergraduate Library
+>
+> About: Second Life Education Research
+> http://www.secondlife.intellagirl.com/
+> More Research
+> http://home.intellagirl.com/research.html
+>
+> Yet more: Educators have much to compete with these days. How can
+> we keep
+> students engaged in learning when they have pockets filled with
+> iPods, phones
+> equipped with instant messenger and streaming video, and a high-
+> tech laptop
+> sitting on their desk? The answer is to not compete but rather to
+> utilize the
+> technologies students are already using into the learning
+> environment. Second
+> Life is a unique space that brings audio, video, 3-D immersive
+> spaces, and
+> social networking into one lively and creative space. Using Second
+> Life for
+> higher education allows educators to engage students in authentic
+> collaborative
+> learning that appeals to a wide variety of learning styles and
+> personality
+> types. This workshop will walk participants through the basic
+> mechanics of
+> Second Life and the pedagogical approaches helpful for making the
+> most of this
+> immersive learning space.
+>
+> Contact: Fred Stutzman <fred AT ibiblio.org>
+>
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