Porous Boundaries: Educational Interfaces Between Real and Virtual Worlds

Thursday, November 05, 2009 | 3:20PM–4:10PM | Meeting Room 301/302
Session Type: E09 Hybrid
The SciLands in Second Life are a group of islands whose goal is making science more engaging to a broad audience. The directors of four island groups will discuss strategies for connecting virtual worlds to their classrooms: Biome and Genome (life sciences), Science School (physical sciences), and the NOAA islands (earth sciences).

Presenters

  • Mary Anne Clark

    Professor of Biology, Texas Wesleyan University

  • Jeffrey Corbin

  • Carolyn Lowe

    Associate Professor, Northern Michigan University