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Jaguarland Returns!
While the technical issues still have a bit of ironing out, I’m very happy to report that the University of South Alabama College of Education’s sim in Second Life, Jaguarland, will be making a return soon. A combination of events came together (too many to get into here) and the decision was made to bring [...]
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Guilds as Professional Learning Networks
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I’ve been quiet for a while now. At work, we’re focused more and more on settling into and finishing off the Sakai migration. I’ve been put on the video team, working on creating videos to be housed on various professors’ online courses. I’ve also been working on quite a bit of accessibility issues–learning more about [...]
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Local gaming educators have a new site/group!
Welcome to our new site for SAGE–South Alabama Gaming Educators. I’ve been meaning to create a new blog/group since Jaguarland closed. I think that though Second Life may be the primary place that most educators involved in virtual worlds have as their home, there is so much more out there! As for myself, I know [...]
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It’s nice to know that we are a step ahead of Harvard…
Harvard University recently held a daylong conference on teaching and learning, and I must say that it is refreshing to see that they talked about the same kinds of things that we talked about last year and will be talking … Continue reading → Continue reading Continue reading
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Proposal Deadline Extended
The deadline for proposals for the 2012 South Alabama Conference on Teaching and Learning has been extended to February 10th.
Proposals can be submitted here.
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USA in SL Visitor Numbers for May 2011
I’ve been dragging my feet on putting these together, but I finally tallied the numbers from the visitor counters for all USA-related locations in SL for the month of May 2011. Not surprisingly, the beginning of the month was stronger than the end. The last of our Spring semester tours was held at the beginning [...]
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South Alabama Conference on Teaching and Learning
Yesterday’s First-Annual South Alabama Conference on Teaching and Learning was an amazing success. After hoping to attract 60 to possibly 100 attendees, we well exceeded the 150 mark! Both keynote addresses were fabulous, and the presentations that I saw in … Continue reading → Continue reading Continue reading
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Twitter Hashtag for CoTL 2011
The official Twitter hashtag for CoTL 2011 is #COTL11
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Deadline Extended to January 31!
Due to the PowerPETAL session on Research in Teaching and Learning on January 14, the deadline for abstract submissions has been moved to January 31.
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USA Announces CoTL
The University of South Alabama will be putting on the First-Annual South Alabama Conference on Teaching and Learning to be held on May 16, 2011.
The Call for Proposals will be out soon.
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