http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cWF438HgJAThis is a short sample of an online play presented recently in Second Life. I am currently working on a two-pronged approach to the use of Drama in Second Life. The first is my primary research interest of Process Drama (improvised drama around a theme or issue to learn about your relationship to that issue) […]
One of the legends and founding reseachers in ICT in education, Seymour Papert, is in a coma after a traffic accident in Hanoi “Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor emeritus Seymour Papert, 78, was among more than 100 international experts from 30 countries who had gathered in Hanoi this week for conference on teaching mathematics with […]
Well it’s been a while since I found time to post something new. I’ve recently joined the Second Life Educational Community and found it incredibly absorbing. This community is incredibly vibrant, and like the rest of Second Life it is growing at a rapid rate. When I say growing I’m referring to the population – […]
As I’ve been dipping into YouTube lately – I had encountered this account – “Lonelygirl15” was showing in all the most viewed listings as well as viewer favourites. It seems now that she is a fiction and the whole thing has been a marketing plan to develop interest in a new approach to interactive storytelling […]
Linden Labs have just announced in a security bulletin that their databases have been compromised. Detailed investigation over the last two days confirmed that some of the unencrypted customer information stored in the database was compromised, potentially including Second Life account names, real life names and contact information, along with encrypted account passwords and encrypted […]
Well, its about time… Some online video games found to promote ‘sociability,’ researchers say The researchers, Constance Steinkuehler and Dmitri Williams, claim that MMOs function not like solitary dungeon cells, but more like virtual coffee shops or pubs where something called “social bridging” takes place. Blogged with Flock
From Christy Dena over at Writing About Virtual Words at WRT: Writer Response Theory we learn that: SLATE Magazine (Second Life Arts & Total Entertainment Magazine) is a new Second Life magazine that covers the arts in SL. There are 14 authors in the collective so far and we’re a mixed bunch of artists, academics, […]
More from Terra Nova – Nick Yee and buddies have been investigating different aspects of virtual interaction and claim: Our data showed that many patterns of physical interaction in the real world carry over into the virtual world. In other words, our insistence on embodiment in virtual environments structures social interactions in these worlds in […]
“The secret is, even though it’s called Game Neverending, it’s not really a game at all. It’s a social space designed to facilitate and enable play.”- Ludicorp CEO Stewart Butterfield Mindjack – Stewart Butterfield Interview describing the original incarnation of Flickr as far as I can tell. This is stuff I need to spend more […]
Over at terra nova, Bob Moore has an interesting take on the role of realism in virtual worlds. So when do you think the R-word is appropriate in virtual world design? When is it not? I think this is something I’ll need to consider with my online process drama’s. The type of virtaul world will […]