Cisco Live! in Second Life - Special Panel Sessions - Panel 1 - Virtual Worlds in Education

In celebration of Cisco Live! 2009, please join us for two very special panel discussions, live from the Cisco Bandwidth Stage in Second Life and streamed in realtime to the web. Instructions to attend in all media may be found below.

Virtual Worlds in Education - Tuesday, June 30 - 2:45-3:45 PM Pacific

What is the natural role of immersive online environments in education? At present, over 200 colleges and universities and many schools and school districts are searching for answers -- over 150 in Second Life alone, the remainder on diverse other platforms such as Sun Wonderland, OpenSim, OpenCroquet and others.

What is the likely future for these and other present-day educational applications? What classes of application align well with the capabilities of today's platforms, and the nature of virtual world experience? What criteria do we use to measure success? Which application paradigms show most promise of producing benefit, achieving funding, and becoming a normal focus of institutional investment?

This unique panel discussion will bring together the deep knowledge of experts and iconoclasts in technology and education from Cisco, RM, Ltd., and Indiana University, spiced with the peerless insight of Dr. Richard Bartle, pioneer creator of MUD, whose vision asserts powerful influence over the architecture of today's and tomorrow's virtual worlds and shared online social environments. Attendees can expect the unexpected, and will emerge with new insight into this emerging medium and its multifaceted potential as a learning tool and laboratory for human experience.

For more information:

http://ciscolive09.stagesite.designreactor.com/attendees/virtual/events/june

To attend:

These events will be available live in several media, permitting convenient access at several levels of immersion.

To attend in Second Life:
- If you already have a Second Life avatar, just click this link:

(SLURL) http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cisco%20Systems%204/67/37/22

- If you haven't yet experienced Second Life (requires a contemporary computer: Windows, Mac, Linux, and may not work well behind aggressive corporate firewalls), this link will speed account-creation and client download, and deliver your avatar directly to Cisco's facility.

http://www.ciscoinsl.com/regapi/cisco.php

To attend on the web, via live video and chat: See 'For more information' URLs above.

To attend via Cisco Live Virtual: Cisco Live Virtual extends Cisco Live! onto the web, providing a full program that includes all of the activities offered in Second Life, and also lets you watch technical sessions and interact with Cisco and partner experts in the virtual World of Solutions. Register for Cisco Live Virtual and see for yourself all that this community has to offer.

https://www.ciscolivevirtual.com/portal/login.do?sid=177311_30

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Comment by Steph Broadribb on June 19, 2009 at 8:51am

Apologies, but what time will this be held in SL time?
Thanks.