Brown Bag SL event held in TU's Digital Media Classroom

A well attended event organized by LaTonya Dyer, Instructional Designer and Trainer of CIAT, provided the TU audience of faculty, staff and graduate students with a snapshot view of the potential educational opportunities available through the (MUVE) Multiple User Virtual Environment Second Life.
Held in the Digial Media Classroom on February 15th LaTonya Dyer kicked off the presentation with an overview of SL. She was followed by TU faculty James Braman (COSC), Giovanni Vincenti (COSC), and Bridget Sullivan (ART) who each presented SL course activities and related SL research.

View a recording of the event: http://mediasite2.towson.edu/mediasite/Catalog?cid=044f1dfd-71ae-49e1-b2c5-8b4305674647 - Windows Media Player required
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http://mediasite.towson.edu/CIAT/emergingtechnologies - Flash Player required


LaTonya Dyer announcing the Emerging Technology Community

~bee Zimminy

IAMD students meeting at NMC SL Campus

bee Zimminy looking at IWant Twork's object work

In an effort to make herself more available to her online students bee Zimminy (AKA Prof. Bridget Sullivan Program Director for the online Interactive Media Design graduate certificate) is offering Wednesday evening office hour sessions in the virtual reality environment Second Life. TU's membership in NMC supports Prof. Sullivan's virtual learning experience for IAMD students as The IAMD-PBC is an online, interdisciplinary, integrated program that emphasizes visual communication and graphic design theories as well as current industry practices within the context of website and multimedia authoring.
Students in ART641 will investigate aspects of multimedia design including multiple user virtual environments (MUVE's). As a course activity students will be instructed to create an avatar (a 3-D game profile) in the online 3-D virtual environment Second Life. The objective is to offer classroom events and activities in the Second Life environment to expose students to the development of online virtual environments as potential business and educational destinations. The inclusion of SL activities in ART641 will provide students with an opportunity to experience and analyze a 3-D virtual reality environment first hand. Students will immerse themselves in the 3-D SL interactive environment to more fully understand the impact of 3-D simulated environments on current and future trends in interactive media design.

Get started NMC and SL - how to videos

Multimedia demonstrations and instructions

Aaron Gates, IAMD graduate assistant, has prepared three presentations to help you get started in the Second Life virtual environment.

• Setting up your membership with New Media Consortium. Latest Flash player plug-in required to view this presentation. This free membership permits you to fully access the NMC Campus in Second Life.
• Downloading SL software and setting up your membership with SL. Latest Flash player plug-in required to view this presentation. This free software and membership permits you to fully access the Second Life environment.
• Creating your SL avatar and getting around in SL. Latest Flash player plug-in required to view this presentation. This demonstration contains excellent tips and tricks to get you started in the SL environment. Aaron also shows you how to join the NMC group in SL and navigate to the Watership Cafe in the NMC Campus.