Undergraduate in Allied Health and Senior Student Builder on vUTB.

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Undergraduate Builders to Creat a Virtual Teaching Community

Dr. Irene Aiken is a professor in the School of Education and serves as the Associate Dean for the School of Graduate Studies. She has taught online courses for over nine years and has conducted research in the areas of online teaching and learning.

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Promoting Student Involvement in the Learning Process

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Lights, Camera, Action Engaging your synchronous class from a student's perspective

Sheri graduated from UNC Wilmington with a BA in Art History. She then pursued a certification as a special education teacher concentrating in the areas of Learning Disabilities and Mental Retardation. In May 2008 she graduated from Master of Science degree in Instructional Technology from UNCW. In January of 2009, Sheri began assisting faculty with online development as an Instructional Designer with Academic Affairs E-Learning division.

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Lights, Camera, Action Engaging your synchronous class from a student's perspective

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Report on Real-Life Teaching in Second Life:

Assist. Professor, Teacher Education College of Education Angelo State University Texas!

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21st Century Threshold From Pedagogy to Practice: A Practical Application For Teacher Training

Instructor, American Studies Program, UNC Charlotte. Research interests include children''s literature and childhood in American culture.

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Hobos, Hooch and Hooverisms: Exploring History and Culture in a 1930s Re-Creation

Instructional Technology Coordinator (ITC) with the Department of Technology for Virginia Beach City Public Schools. Prior to becoming an ITC, I was a Computer Resource Specialist for eight years. In addition to my certification in elementary education, I am endorsed in gifted education and school administration. Teaching is second career for me–I graduated from Simmons College in Boston with a degree in communications. I worked many years as a journalist, photo-journalist and graphic designer. I am also a graduate of The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. My memberships include the Virginia Society for Technology in Education (VSTE) and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). In 2008, I became certified in the ISTE National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS*T) and I am a Discovery Educator Network (DEN) STAR educator. Finally, I am a Second Lifer! I am Mandie Mimulus in Second Life and you can usually find me hanging out on VSTE Island.

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Digging for Resources with Diigo Jamestown 1607 at VSTE Island in Second Life

I work in the project PARTSIP funded by EU. The goal of the project is to connect information professionals and academic stuff on a field of LIS in Czech Republuc. I also work as an librarian at university library. I am also supervisor of the virtual project VIAKISK (Virtual academic campus of library and information studies). I studied Information and Library Science at Masaryk Univerzity Brno (CZE) and my diploma thesis is about education within Virtual Worlds. I believe in new technologies and an open access, I play a guitar in a group and I love a good food.

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How to Involve Students in Activities within 3D Virtual Learning Environment?

Cynthia is a professor at Colorado Technical University (15 years) & Chair of Emerging Media. Prior work included 13 years as a software engineer, designing software for AF Space Command. Her team won the Grand Prize in the 2010 Federal Virtual World Challenge for the Mars Expedition, a space simulation. She is teaching her 22nd university class in Second Life. She mentored 400 middle school students at Ramapo in SL, and in 2005, completed a NSF grant for an intelligent tutor. Her research blends virtual worlds, emerging media, education, innovation, robotics & game design.

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The Journey into the New Frontier II

Undergraduate in history and Senior Student Builder on vUTB.

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Undergraduate Builders to Creat a Virtual Teaching Community

Dr. Diane Chapman is a Teaching Associate Professor and Director of the T&D Online M.Ed. program at NC State University. She has over 15 years experience in distance education. Her most recent research involves the evaluation and affect in e-learning.

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Ideas for Moodle Course Design for Increased Satisfaction, Retention and Success for Faculty and Students

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Virtual Relations: The Future of Second Life Outside of the Classroom

Cris Crissman is an independent consultant in literacy and technology who designs and manages special distance learning projects for USDLC, a national distance learning consortium. She also serves as an adjunct assistant professor at NC State University and is a writer and media producer.

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Open to the Challenge: How One University Course Joined the Open Education Movement

Robert Crow is an Instructional Developer at the Coulter Faculty Center, where he supports faculty development at Western Carolina University. Robert also teaches online for the Department of Psychology. His research interests include teaching and learning with technology and assessment of student learning.

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Virtual Relations: The Future of Second Life Outside of the Classroom

Laura Cruz is an Associate Professor of History at WCU. She is the Director of the Coulter Faculty Center and has presented and published work on innovative course design, graduate teaching assistant development, educational simulations, and generations and cultures in higher education.

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Virtual Relations: The Future of Second Life Outside of the Classroom

Anthony Curtis, PhD, Prof. Mass Comm, UNC-Pembroke. Chair, UNCP Faculty Senate. Dir. UNC TLT Conf 2010. Dir. UNCP in Second Life Campus. Was at Penn State, Ohio Univ, Salisbury Univ, Hood College, Union Inst & Univ; was chair Mass Comm UNCP; director Md. Summer Center for Arts; exec asst to President, Dean Academic Information Srvs, UI&U. Experience: New Media, Second Life, print & broadcast technologies, Internet. Built SL park, UNCP SL campus. Web www.spacetoday.org. Author 72 bks. Apple Distinguished Educator; Educ Advisor American Radio Relay League; NASA Solar System Ambassador.

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Machinima - A Festival of Virtual World Videos Encore: Machinima - A Festival of Virtual World Videos The Fabulous 70's and 80's Dance Party!

Dr. Ellis earned her B.S. in Business Education from St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, her M.S. in Adult Education and Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University. Dr. Ellis is an Associate Professor in the BITE Dept. at East Carolina University where she teaches FTF and online courses. Her research explores online applications in traditional education, implementing instructional design theories and fostering collaboration, evaluation and assessment of experiential learning, and assessing the needs of adult learners in online learning environments.

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Report on Real-Life Teaching in Second Life:

Experience: Distance Education Support Specialist at Randolph Community College since 2008; Second Life Avatar since April 2009 Presentations on Similar Topic: Psychology and Second Life, NC3ADL conference, November 2010.

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Faculty and the Second Life Facilitator: Best Practices for Integrating Roles

Dr. Evans has been an educator for over 17 years. As an assistant professor of nursing at UNCP, she teaches Nursing Leadership, Pharmacology, Fundamentals of Nursing and Community Health Nursing. Her interest in exploring new teaching methodologies, led to an interest in using Second Life as a medium for teaching conflict management.

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Animosity, antagonism and avatars: Teaching conflict management in Second Life®

Lisa Fiedor is a Web Accessibility, Usability, and Design Specialist for the Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications (DELTA) unit at NC State University. Lisa provides support and training to faculty to assist them in the creation and distribution of accessible online course materials. Other areas of interest include visual design, instructional design, and project management.

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Fostering Student Engagement in a Synchronous Web Conferencing Environment

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Star Journey: An Island for Personal Knowing Encore Presentation: Star Journey: An Island for Personal Knowing Encore Presentation: Star Journey: An Island for Personal Knowing

Patricia graduated from UNC Greensboro as a NC Teaching Fellow. She worked in Pubic education for 11 years. In Dec. 2005,she earned a Master of Science degree in Instructional Technology from UNCW. In May 2006, Patricia began providing Faculty Instructional Support in the Information Technology Systems Division at UNCW. She is a certified Blackboard and Wimba trainer. Currently, she works as the Coordinator in the Office of e-Learning, a part of the Academic Affairs division at UNCW.

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Lights, Camera, Action Engaging your synchronous class from a student's perspective

Bob Gotwals is a chemistry and computational science educator at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. He teaches computational chemistry, computational medicinal chemistry, computational biology, and research in computational science.

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Educational Software Isn't: Looking at software for STEM Education

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Animosity, antagonism and avatars: Teaching conflict management in Second Life®

Post Doc-UNC Chapel Hill PhD--University of Colorado

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Star Journey: An Island for Personal Knowing Pointillism and Praxis: A Synthesis of Art, Science and Technology in a Nursing Theory Course Encore Presentation: Star Journey: An Island for Personal Knowing Encore Presentation: Star Journey: An Island for Personal Knowing

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Peer Assessments: Online Survey Tools for Student Evaluation

Teaching Assistant Professor MAE 206 Engineering Statics Course Coordinator Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering North Carolina State University

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Better Menu Organization for Online Courses

David joined NC State and DELTA in August 2002 as an Instructional Designer and now leads an instructional design team that collaborates with faculty and staff across NC State in the creation of online educational materials. The team has been part of more than 25 course development projects over the last two years and explores innovative uses of technology for teaching and learning. David started his career as an instructional designer at Penn State working in the John Dutton e–Education Institute.

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Better Menu Organization for Online Courses

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Virtual Relations: The Future of Second Life Outside of the Classroom

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Rhizome as teaching zone: A project-based, mixed-reality course on virtual worlds at UNCSA

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Learning Forward by Looking Back: An academic library using multimedia to develop and share narratives

Robert Ladd is a digital media designer at the Health Sciences Library, UNC Chapel Hill. He has a background in photography, video and image editing, online and print design, instructional design, and technical writing. He has an MA in Education. Note: I have tried several times to delete old rjladd biography and listing, without success (it''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''s the 3rd presenter listed). Thanks.

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Professional presentations in an emerging world of new media: teaching skills and tools to today's students Learning Forward by Looking Back: An academic library using multimedia to develop and share narratives

Educational Background: BS, Psychology, Brigham Young University; MS, Psychology, Brigham Young University Experience: Randolph Community College Psychology Instructor since 1998; Taught online course since 1999; Taught in Second Life since 2010. Presentations on Similar Topic: Psychology and Second Life, NC3ADL conference, November 2010.

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Faculty and the Second Life Facilitator: Best Practices for Integrating Roles

Andrew Lynch earned his B.A. in Elementary Education from Mount Union University. He is currently pursuing his B.S. in Business Information and Technology Education from East Carolina University. Mr. Lynch is employed by the Onslow County School System as a second grade teacher.

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Report on Real-Life Teaching in Second Life:

Jim Manning''s research interests include: dramatic and rhetorical criticism; human communication and recently, pedagogical approaches in undergrad communication studies. Manning received his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia/Athens; MFA at CUNY/Brooklyn; MA from U of South Carolina; and, BA from Carroll College, Helena MT.

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Peer Assessments: Online Survey Tools for Student Evaluation

Nicole C. Miller, a former middle school teacher, is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education, with a minor in instructional technology at Mississippi State University. She earned a Master of Arts degree in Education with an emphasis on Computers in Instruction from California State University, Northridge. Her current research interests include the use of Second Life in education, technology integration and middle level education.

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21st Century Threshold From Pedagogy to Practice: A Practical Application For Teacher Training

Lisa has a background in nursing, college instruction, and public libraries. When she''s not creating tutorials, teaching classes, or holding consultations on a variety of subjects, Lisa can often be found helping library patrons at the HSL User Services Desk. Lisa currently is pursuing her MSLS at the UNC School of Information and Library Science. Her interests include health literacy, user education, and consumer health.

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Professional presentations in an emerging world of new media: teaching skills and tools to today's students

June Power is the Access Services/Reference Librarian at UNCP. She is a lifetime gamer and technophile, as well as frequently participating in the theatrical arts. She often presents at professional conferences on ways of linking digital tools to library access.

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Do You Want to Ask my Avatar? A Real Life Librarian in a Virtual World

Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Texas at Brownsville

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Undergraduate Builders to Creat a Virtual Teaching Community

Barbara Rochen Renner, PhD, is Library Services Evaluation Specialist and Liaison, Allied Health Sciences, Health Sciences Library, UNC-Chapel Hill. For seven years she was the Distance Learning Specialist for the University libraries. Prior to this, she was a faculty member and administrator in the School of Medicine, working in areas ranging from autism, rehabilitation, and arthritis research to medical education and student affairs. She has a background in Allied Health and a doctorate in Research and Evaluation Methodology.

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Professional presentations in an emerging world of new media: teaching skills and tools to today's students Learning Forward by Looking Back: An academic library using multimedia to develop and share narratives

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Beyond game players: Modders as game designers in beyond-game culture

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Crowdsourcing your content: creating multimedia with Creative Commons-licensed materials

Beth is an Instructional Technology with DELTA at North Carolina State University. Beth has a focus on delivering and recording instruction via synchronous and asynchronous tools such as Elluminate, Camtasia, and LecShare Pro. She teaches workshops and one-on-one faculty assistance on these topics and others, encouraging innovative use of technologies.

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Fostering Student Engagement in a Synchronous Web Conferencing Environment

Dr. Sara Simmons is Acting Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at UNCP. She has taught over 20 different undergraduate and graduate courses using a variety of formats (face-to-face, hybrid, blended, online). She was the recipient of the UNCP Outstanding Teaching Award in 2005. She is a frequent presenter at state, regional, national, and international conferences. Her areas of research interest include teacher leadership, differentiated instruction, and online pedagogy.

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Promoting Student Involvement in the Learning Process

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Ideas for Moodle Course Design for Increased Satisfaction, Retention and Success for Faculty and Students

Lorraine is currently a Doctoral student in Educational Leadership at UNC Charlotte, with over 10 years experience in faculty development, training and support in the use of e-learning tools.

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Pointillism and Praxis: A Synthesis of Art, Science and Technology in a Nursing Theory Course Succeeding in Second Life by Marketing your Creative Side Hobos, Hooch and Hooverisms: Exploring History and Culture in a 1930s Re-Creation

PhD from Univ of North Texas, 22 years at UT Pan American, and online with courses since 1994. Published widely in business and communication and technology for online classes.

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Case Study in Second Life: Learning Real Life Communication

I work as an adjunct professor for Western Carolina University in the Gifted Education program and as a gifted specialist for a middle school in Hendersonville, NC. I am also enrolled at UGA working toward a PhD in Educational Psychology / Gifted Education.

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$100,000 Hypothetical Grant Unit Artist Investigation: Brushstroke by Brushstroke

Ph.D. University of Colorado, 1987. Instructor, English, Wake Technical Community College, 2001-Present Professor, English, Hofstra University, 1989 2001. Instructor, English Auburn University, 1988 89. Lecturer, English, North Carolina State University, 1983-1988. Instructor, English, University of Colorado, 1978 1983. I am a big fan of using Second Life in both seated and online classes and have found students are most responsive to the extra chance to meet "In World" with me for help with major assignments and mini lectures on class materials.

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"From Print to Prims: Engaging Students in Learning With Second Life

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Crowdsourcing your content: creating multimedia with Creative Commons-licensed materials

Dean Wilcox: Is the Assistant Dean for the Undergraduate Academic Program at the North Carolina School of the Arts where he teaches such subjects as The Aesthetics of Dissonance, Chaos Theory and the Arts, Postmodern Drama, and Performance Art.

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Rhizome as teaching zone: A project-based, mixed-reality course on virtual worlds at UNCSA

- Co-founded and chair the Computer Information Systems program at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. - Taught or co-taught with professors from other countries six for-credit undergraduate and graduate courses entirely within or that used Second Life as as collaborative platform. - Facilitate an interdisciplinary science seminar in Second Life for the last two years as a member of the virtual Board of the Kira Institute - Teach a Telecommunications course in Second Life as a member of the Board and one of a dozen university level educators associated with the Science Circle.org

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International Collaborative Education Using Second Life: Three Sustained Successes