Document Type
Article
Abstract
Wayne State University’s Office for Teaching and Learning (OTL) co-hosted an all-day symposium called Virtual Citizenship. This symposium was part of an ongoing, multi-faceted study of the intersection between information technologies and the practice of citizenship. The OTL, with the help of the New Media Consortium, was able to provide the resources and technical knowledge needed to produce this forum while showcasing new technologies. Prominent speakers presented their views and research live in the university’s auditorium and simultaneously via video streams into Second Life and the university’s web site. This article describes the procedures leading up to the broadcast and includes technical requirements, recommendations, and lessons learned. It has the instructions and checklists for similar projects in the future. Screen shots, videos of the Second Life Symposium and links to the podcasts of the presentations are also part of the article.
Disciplines
Curriculum and Instruction | Higher Education | Instructional Media Design | Library and Information Science
Recommended Citation
Armstrong, A.M., Shreve, D., and Neds-Fox, J. (2008). Using Virtual Worlds to Launch Ideas, Research and Teaching. Journal of the Research Center for Educational Technology 4(2): 96-102.
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Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Higher Education Commons, Instructional Media Design Commons, Library and Information Science Commons
Comments
The authors retain copyright in this article, which is published under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND license, and shared here accordingly. The original version is available at http://www.rcetj.org/index.php/rcetj/article/view/28.