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900 Avatars! Oh My!

August 26, 2008

Well, as my last post indicated I’ve been negligent in posting  here, but I hope to rectify that as the semester proceeds.  Today’s post is really to serve as a baseline marker on my sanity to look back on as the weeks and months flow by.
As of the last count this morning I have 929 [...]

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Accounting students in Second Life

January 22, 2008

A quick update on student usage of Second Life for my Financial Accounting course at University of Central Florida. If you recall I was a bit disappointed in the usage of Second Life during the Fall 2007 semester. I attributed this mainly to the horrendous orientation experience they had (for the most [...]

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NMC Orientation Island – A Success Story

January 22, 2008

If you’ve read this blog from my initial postings, you will know that I was less then enthusiastic about the student orientation experience, and believe that at least in part the poor SL orientation island (what with students not being able to get off, the harassment, etc.) was reflected in the resistance my Fall [...]

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Week 1 Update – Orienting

August 28, 2007

Our first week is over, and things have gone pretty smoothly in Second Life . In the past day my visitor counter has logged 48 visits from Saturday to Sunday, and 52 from Sunday through Tuesday morning . Undoubtedly the more adventurous students are coming in-world first. While I have received information [...]

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