Blog Archives: January 2008
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1/27/08
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Douglas Thomas
Douglas Thomas: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. For Avatars?
The Director of USC’s Institute for Network Culture previews Monday’s discussion in Second Life by asking what it means to consider human and civil rights in virtual worlds.1/27/08
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Barry Joseph
Barry Joseph: Planned Activities for Virtual Worlds and the Public Good
Forecasting upcoming work by Global Kids to explore the potential of virtual worlds within the non-profit, learning, and philanthropic communities1/24/08
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Jen Humke
Online Discussion: Civil Liberties and Virtual Worlds (January 28, Webcast and in Second Life)
MacArthur President Jonathan Fanton will host a panel discussion on “Philanthropy and Virtual Worlds: Considering Civil Liberties” on January 28.1/22/08
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Alex Quinn
Alex Quinn: Designing Real World Games for the Real World
PETLab’s co-director discusses plans for social issue game designs for university and after-school.1/17/08
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Colleen Macklin
Colleen Macklin: PETLab, Prototyping Play
The chair of Design and Technology at Parsons School of Design discusses their partnership with Games for Change to create a new collaborative environment, PETlab, that gives everyone a chance to be a designer.1/15/08
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David Theo Goldberg
Davidson & Goldberg: Models of Visionary Learning Institutions
HASTAC co-founders solicit feedback for their project on the future of learning institutions in a digital age.1/14/08
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Andrew Flanagin
Andrew Flanagin and Miriam Metzger: Kids, Credibility, and Digital Media
Survey to provide first-ever comprehensive look at kids’ perceptions of the credibility of online information.1/10/08
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Eszter Hargittai
Eszter Hargittai and Peter Miller: Tracking Youth Digital Media Use
Through an extensive review of existing work and expertise on youth digital media uses, researchers from Northwestern University will assess the feasibility of a longitudinal study on the topic. They welcome pointers to work they should cover in this review.1/10/08
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Jonathan Fanton
