Blackboard, Second Life, and more….
Taken from Rod’s Pulse Podcast
- News from the Podosphere
- Blackboard World ’08 – Las Vegas, July 15-17, 2008
- Rod’s Podcaster Guide & E-Learning News
- Lively – Google’s new Second Life killer
- Knol – Google’s new Wikipedia killer
- Blending Blackboard and Second Life
- Interview with Mauri Collins, DEd, Instructional Designer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
- Dr.
Collins is also an adjunct assistant professor at Boise State
University, where she co-teaches an innovative course: Teaching and
Learning in Second Life. She has been involved with computer-mediated
communication since 1987 and worked in distance education since 1992.- Her presentation shared teacher and learner experiences for those who plan to teach using Second Life.
- Second Life and Learning Spaces
- “it’s not just pixels on a screen”
- “Testicle in the Sky” (Slurl) by DrDoug Pennell (SL) aka Dr. Douglas R. Danforth of Ohio State University
- “Prim” – primitives, basic building blocks in SL
- Podsafe Music Selection from the Podsafe Music Network
- “Summertime” by Brother Love – one of the most popular tracks on the network
