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Virtual Worlds as Web 2.0 Learning Spaces

Session Details

Wednesday, January 30, 2008
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Regency Ballroom West (2nd Floor, B-Level)

Session Type: Featured Session

Speaker(s)

Sarah Smith-Robbins, Director, Emerging Technologies, Indiana University
Session convener: Barbara Draude, Assistant Vice President for Academic and Instructional Technologies, Middle Tennessee State University

Abstract

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 Life, its use as a learning space, and its predictive role in the future of learning.

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