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Front Page News of Metaverse Messenger
Our announcement of NMC Virtual Worlds has made the cover page for the January 16, 2007 issue of the Metaverse Messenger: New Media Consortium, a non-profit educational consortium which commissioned a...
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NMC Rolls Out Orientation Island
After collecting a long list of suggestions from our communities for what to include in an Orientation Island experience, we are ready to have some early birds test out NMC Orientation, our new entry...
View ArticleNMC Virtual Worlds Announces Plans for 2008
Today, on the anniversary of the founding of NMC Virtual Worlds, the New Media Consortium announced new directions for the NMC’s special services unit in the coming year, and affirmed the continuation...
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NMC Campus 2.0
The original NMC Campus opened on April 20, 2006 (so many prims ago!) as our first step in exploring the potential of this 3D virtual worlds as a collaboration space. Fast forward from one sim with...
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Peeking at Orientation
I was flying around the other day checking out the many new changes for NMC Campus (more on that shortly, but I am thinking this is NMC Campus 3.0!) when I saw a cluster of green dots on NMC...
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NMC Campus Featured in Linden Lab Case Study
There is a new Second Life Case Study created together by the NMC and Linden Lab. Announced today at the EduScape Blog as “Behind the Scenes of The NMC: The Largest Education Project in Second Life”,...
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Gallery of In World Event Posters
Since the April 2006 launch of the NMC Campus in Second Life, we have hosted a wide range of virtual events, art shows, performances, conferences, etc. We have just compiled a collect of posters and...
View ArticleYour NMC Campus Story
If you’ve ever peeked at our NMC Campus Case Study, you know that the NMC Campus Project is at the core of the New Media Consortium’s presence in Second Life. Over the years we’ve grown from one sim to...
View ArticleYour NMC Campus Story: Dr. David W. Deeds
“Your NMC Campus Story” highlights the many ways in which educators are using the NMC Campus in Second Life to spark innovation, learning, and creativity. This edition’s journey is brought to us by Dr....
View ArticleLearning in a Virtual World: Using SL for Medical Education
Our friends Spiral Theas (Robin Heyden) and Chimera Cosmos (Liz Dorland) presented at the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference on a Continuing Medical Education event that was...
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