Immersed in Social/Virtual Media

Submitted by ldorland on Nov 30, 2009, 03:03 AM

Learning about social media and virtual worlds by being immersed in using them is the best way. Right?

An Architect Teaches in the Metaverse

Submitted by ldorland on Feb 21, 2009, 12:32 AM
In Second Life, an architect's college course includes students from architecture and design, art, music, and film and photography.
Chimera, Harper and Tab after Eshi's Fashion Collection Show - Chimera Cosmos
Chimera, Harper and Tab after Eshi's Fashion Collection Show - Chimera Cosmos

Second Life for Education: fabulous opportunities or over-hyped fabulation?

Submitted by Erin Gentry Lamb on Sep 20, 2008, 07:51 PM

Thanks to the many of you who contributed your thoughts, questions and experiences, we had a fascinating inuagural HASTAC Scholars Discussion Forum on "Participatory Learning" featuring Howard Rheingold and HASTAC Scholar Joshua McVeigh-Schultz.

I'm writing to invite you all to join in for our next forum, which will open for discussion this coming Monday, September 22, and will be facilitated by HASTAC Scholar Ana Boa-Ventura. The topic:

"Metaverses & Scholarly Collaboration"
New Media Consortium
New Media Consortium

MacArthur President Fanton and Linden Lab CEO Rosedale dialogue in Secondlife

Submitted by bwalters on Jun 22, 2007, 01:55 PM
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Today (June 22, 2007) the President of the Macarthur Foundation, Jonathan Fanton, and CEO of Linden Lab (of Secondlife) Philip Rosedale held a public discussion of philanthropy and civic engagement in Secondlife.

MacArthur President Jonathan Fanton and Second Life CEO Philip Rosedale Are Inviting Us. See you there!

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Jun 14, 2007, 07:32 AM
On 22 June, 9am PST (noon EST), MacArthur Foundation President Jonathan Fanton and Second Life CEO Philip Rosedale will be chatting about the role of philathropic foundations in Second Life. Or, more accurately, their avatars will be there . . . and we're all invited too! All kinds of businesses are setting up shop in Second Life, but this is the first time a major foundation has sent its presidential avatar there. For details, go to http://spotlight.macfound.org/

Always Steaming, Always Streaming (live into Second Life)

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on May 31, 2007, 05:04 PM
Thanks to Pam Spaulding, goddess of Pam's House Blend, and participation by many other local notables, our Web 2.0 workshop provided helpful hints on how to capture the attention of the blogosphere (the portion you want. at least), podcasting, streaming video live into Second Life, and very cool book tools like Library Thing.