Hope to get more time to write about these things later, but in case not..
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Import any model into Second Life: AC3D
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Courtesy of The Grid Live: Please join Cisco this Thursday, March 13th 2008, at noon PDT to hear John Connell, Education Strategist and Business Development Manager at Cisco, discuss the concept of “Learning 2.0″. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cisco%20Systems%204/66/38/22
Came across an abstract thanks to @MalBurns about an instructor teaching a Music Appreciation course online using Second Life. The abstract discusses the process, method, and some early data and outcomes based on class assessments. Not only is it an interesting model to consider for synchronous, online instruction involving audio content, it’s also good to see some data that other educators can use to evaluate the effectiveness of the experiment. Thanks to Robert Walker for sharing this content.
Preparing to head out of town for the Ohio Digital Commons for Education 2008 conference in Columbus, OH, where I and some colleagues will be giving a Second Life Bootcamp workshop and showcasing the University of Cincinnati island and talking about how we constructed the space. Will be back on Tuesday evening and will check email when I can. Hoping the workshop goes well!
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How might virtual facilities change the way we teach?
From Looker Lumet’s blog comes information about the Virtual Palomar West Hospital in Second Life.
“Virtual Palomar West in Second Life, an architectural and conceptual visualization of The Hospital of the Future opening in 2011. Powered by a Cisco Medical-Grade Network that converges information and communications technology along with clinical and building automation systems onto a single network, Palomar West will transform the future of healthcare as we know it. Palomar West is a showcase of architectural and medical technology innovations driven by flexibility for efficiency, environmental conservation, and patient and staff comfort. Experience The Hospital of the Future— today!â€
Hmm, interesting!
“Virtual Worlds: Libraries, Education, and Museumsâ€
Saturday, March 8, 2008 in Second Life – New Media Consortium Conference Center.
To register: http://www.alliancelibraries.info/virtualworlds
Purpose of the Conference:
To provide a gathering place for librarians, information professionals, educators, museologists, and others to learn about and discuss the educational, informational, and cultural opportunities of virtual worlds.
Today I added 2GB of RAM and 1TB storage to my home system with a SimpleTech Duo Pro External HD in an attempt to solve my Machinima Problem – namely that Fraps kept freezing because my poor machine was steaming and I had less than 1 gig free space left. Doh.
Determined to make machinima, the RAM install went fairly well once I had the sticks paired properly and the SimpleTech drive was, well simple. Plug in and go. Yay! But the Fraps -> QuickTime Pro to convert .avi -> .mov didn’t work, had to do an intermediate step with VirtualDub which was a little annoying. Then loooong render time in QT -> upload to my blip.tv channel and if all goes well, you’ll see Fleep’s First Machinima down below.
Don’t get too excited, I’d just hit the record hotkey when Ryan came over to the plaza and we started chatting before I remembered I was recording, so it’s mostly just me fiddling with the camera HUD. Doh. Still, success??
For the virtual worlds junkies, another project in development just popped onto my radar screen via Wayne Porter’s report on Solipsis. Funded by ANR – French National Agency for Research, and committed to an open-source P2P architecture, Solipsis appears to be a year into development. Read more at the linked sites.