I’m excited to see someone trying out second life for a classroom activity. For those of you who don’t know, Second Life is a virtual world where you build an avatar and are able to wander around and interact with other people and objects.
The results of the classroom activity were mixed. It took a [...]

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Yesterday, I saw a presentation by Brian Gall and Russ Pritchard about their implementation of iTunes U at Philadelphia University. The most interesting thing about the presentation was the way they thought about how its implementation might contribute to sound pedagogical practices. They’re really working with faculty to encourage them to not just throw their [...]

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This is the opening general session. Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, president of University of Maryland, Baltimore County, is speaking about Institutional issues in IT from the perspective of a college president. The framework for his talk is both Brian Hawkins’ talk at the national conference and the book The Whole Mind (?), by Daniel [...]

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