AERA: Proving that SL people can actually mix with the “normal” folks
I attended the American Education Researcher’s Association conference in Chicago. Dr. Sharon Tettegah organized a great invited panel for us. There were eight panelists with only seven minutes each and, beyond the technology problems we ran into, we made the best of our brief presentations. Ranging from Jeremy Kemp’s presentation about Sloodle to Vicki Suter’s talk about establishing a sense of “place” to my discussion of shifts in pedagogy in virtual environments…all wonderful talks. But even better than the panel, as is usually the case, was the informal idea sharing over pizza later. About twenty folks met up, shared yummy deep-dish pizza, and brainstormed about they way we use Second Life in education and business. Who says the folks on the coasts have all the fun?
Johnathon Richter at AERA
