Events in Second Life, August 2011

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Topic: Second Life Community Convention 2011 Date and Place: August 12 – 14, 2011, Oakland, CA  Oakland Marriott City Center URL: http://slconvention.org Summary: The Second Life Community Convention is three days of exciting activities, events, musical performances, machinima screenings, panels, workshops, and much more that showcases the abundant creativity of Second Life Residents.  SLCC is… Read more »

Webinar – Virtual Worlds: Teaching in Second Life for Higher Education

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Update: Play the archive of the presentation.Download the PowerPoint slides. This presentation was delivered live online for Wimba’s Desktop Lecture Series on January 27, 2009 Description: A growing trend in education is the use of virtual worlds to complement or replace physical and web-based classrooms. With the availability of services like “Second Life”, the barrier… Read more »

Louisiana Invitational Conference: Virtual Worlds in Higher Education

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The Louisiana Regents Estate will be hosting the Louisiana Invitational Conference: Virtual Worlds in Higher Education on Friday, December 12, 2008, 8:00am – 2:30pm Pacific Time (SLT) in Second Life. The conference will cater to an international audience from universities world-wide. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to participate in one of this year’s most unique… Read more »