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Workshop: Using Collaborative
3-D Desktop Worlds for Developing Innovative
Approaches to Education
Description: The first
part of the workshop will introduce Active World Technology (AWT) and its
educational programs followed by a guided tour to educational sites and
showcases of student work.
The second part explains
how to install and run AWT; provides hands-on building sessions; demonstrates
the "in world" tutorial; and last but not least it will pass on experience
about different ways to integrate AWT into the classroom.
The final discussion session
will encompass topics such as how to "fit" the environment with the learning
objectives and content, and AWT's potentials for "distance education",
"just in time education", and "learning as exchange".
Participants will be invited
to an informal get-together after the workshop.
Invited Guest:
Dr.
Eric A. Wernert, Advanced Visualization
Laboratory, UITS, IUB will give an overview and demonstration of alternative
3-D online browser systems.
How to Register: The workshop is limited to 20 participants. Please email information regarding your background and interest to katy@indiana.edu.
Registered Participants:
Patrick
Lordan, IST graduate student, School of Education, plordan@indiana.edu
Interests: Support faculty
and instructors of distance education courses; facilitate formation of
online communities among distance students.
Keith
Hendee, SLIS graduate, rotag@kiva.net
Interests: Human computer
interaction.
Shaowen Bardzell, Director
of Instructional Consulting & Technology, School of HPER, selu@indiana.edu
Interests: Distributed education;
integration of teaching & technology.
Timothy O'Donnell, Music
Library Computing Manager, School of Music, todonnel@indiana.edu
Interests: Support faculty
in advanced software applications for use in research and application;
teaches 'Music in Multimedia' course.
Lese Mae, Prof. in Center
on the Aging and Aged, School of HPER, lehuber@indiana.edu
Interests: Improvement of
online courses on 'Therapeutic Interventions with the Elderly' & 'Gerontology'.
Michael A. Edwards, Prof.
in SPEA, miedward@indiana.edu
Interests: Applicability
of 3-D technology for improving teaching and research.
Bernadette
Slusher, Director of HPER Technology Services, School of HPER, bslusher@indiana.edu
Interests: Combine 3-D desktop
technology with existing GIS and Remote Sensing software to improve teaching.
Tom
Evans, Prof. Department of Geography, evans@indiana.edu
Interests: Development of
more powerful 3-D visualizations connected to GIS of landcover patterns
& processes.
Thuy Pham, Computer Science
major, tpham@indiana.edu
Interests: Web design.
Michael
Boyles, Lead Research programmer, Advanced Visualization Lab, mjboyles@iupui.edu
Interests: Support faculty
in advanced software applications for use in research and application.
Jeanne
Sept, Prof. Antropology Department & Associate Dean of Faculties,
sept@indiana.edu
Interests: Help students
to learn about stone age using advanced technology, e.g., to simulate the
choices and ancient human would face in an ancient landscape or by creating
a 'virtual savanna' in which students can wander and experience ancient
lives.
Diane
J. Squire, Director of Marketing and Communications, SLIS, djsquire@indiana.edu
Interests: Application
of 3-D worlds to potential commercial setting; interested in what other
educators at IU are doing with 3-D collaborative projects for potential
joint media stories.
Cynthia A. Ramlo, Graphic
Designer, University Information Systems, UITS, cthorn@indiana.edu
Interests: virtual community
and interface design on the web
Betty H. Haven, Faculty member
in Kinesiology, School of HPER, haven@indiana.edu
Interests: biomechanics
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