Spotlight on Digital Media And Learning

1.24.08 | Join us in-world and via webcast for a discussion with Jack Balkin, professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment at Yale Law School and Robin Harper, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development from Linden Lab. MacArthur’s President, Jonathan Fanton, will host the discussion as part of a year-long investigation into the role of philanthropy in virtual worlds.

The event, “Philanthropy and Virtual Worlds: Considering Civil Liberties,” is being presented by The USC Institute for Network Culture and Global Kids and will take place on the USC Annenberg Island in Second Life and on the Global Kids Estate in Teen Second Life at 12:00 PM PST on Monday, January 28, 2008.

Douglas Thomas, Professor at USC and Director of the Institute for Network Culture, and Barry Joseph, Director of Global Kids’ Online Leadership Program will also announce a series of upcoming events exploring philanthropy in virtual worlds.

EVENT BACKGROUND: Reflections on why this event is important, and the questions it raises are available on this blog from Barry Joseph and from Douglas Thomas.

RSVP: To guarantee a spot at the event, please RSVP to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

JOIN THE EVENT IN SL: Come as your avatar to the live event in Second Life (12:00 PM PST). 

WEBCAST DETAILS: Those without access to Second Life are invited to view the real-time online webcast of the event.  (If you want to submit a question during the event, send an email to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).)

We hope to see you there.  Archive details will be forthcoming.

UPDATE: View the multimedia archives of this event here.

PAST EVENT: See also the full multimedia archives of the June event in which Jonathan Fanton announced a year-long exploration of the role of philanthropy in virtual worlds.