Immersed in Learning: Virtual Worlds for Education 2009

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Immersed in Learning: Virtual Worlds for Education was a one-day conference held on October 8, 2009. It was dedicated to showcasing current social media applications and technologies and their use in educational settings. Session themes included educational technology, second life, theory and library information management.

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    NDSU Blogging
    (North Dakota State University, 2009-10-08)
    Presented as part of the session titled Social Media and Public Writing. The presentation explores the pedagogical value of blogging in both undergraduate and graduate level humanities courses.
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    Remixing the University: Authenticating Digital Learning
    (North Dakota State University, 2009-10-08)
    Presented as part of the session titled Social Media Appearances, Social Media Realities. The presentations describes how social media can short circuit plagiarism panic by reframing plagiarism as both necessary as an academic step and irrelevant as an evaluative measure.
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    Changing the Landscape of Scholarly Communication: Digital Commons Pilot Project
    (North Dakota State University, 2009-10-08)
    Digital Commons is a project provided by the NDSU Libraries that collects, preserves, and distributes digital material (born or created) located at or produced by the NDSU community. It is part of an open access initiative fueled to increase the visibility of NDSU scholarship. The session will provide a brief overview of the project and explore how faculty, students, and staff can contribute to the ongoing development of new knowledge.
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    Theoretical Framework for Use of Weblogs in Education
    (North Dakota State University, 10/8/2009)
    This presentation will introduce a theoretical framework for using weblogs in education. Background information will include perspectives on learning theories and debates about the role of technology in education. Since 2002, Weblogs have been shown to have an impact upon politics, journalism, and many other aspects of our culture. Weblogs are placed within the larger context of the World Wide Web. Timothy Berners-Lee's discusses them as a place where people "meet and read and write" (Richardson, 2006, p. 1). Weblogs are a part of Web 2.0, sometimes referred to as the Read/Write Web. Emphasis in this presentation is placed upon weblog applications within education by institutions, administrators, instructors, and students inside and outside of the classroom. Scholarship on the effectiveness of weblogs as educational tools will be highlighted.
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    Immersed in Learning: Virtual Worlds for Education Poster
    (North Dakota State University, 10/8/2009)
    Poster/banner advertising the conference
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    Conference Schedule and Session Abstracts
    (North Dakota State University, 10/8/2009)