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the Innovate-Live portal archive shortly after the webcast. All times
are New York time. You may use the world clock at
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Schedule
January 14, 2009
11:00 AM Eastern
Knowledge-Driven Design of Virtual Patient Simulations
Author: Victor Veggara
See
http://innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=579&action=article
2:00 PM Eastern
e-Learning and Action Research as Transformative Practice
Author: Margaret Farren
See
http://innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=543&action=article
5:00 PM Eastern
Using Second Life with Learning-Disabled Students in Higher Education
Author: Stephanie McKinney
See
http://innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=573&action=article
6:00 PM Eastern
Hacking Say and Reviving ELIZA: Lessons from Virtual Environments
Authors: Rochelle Mazar and Jason Nolan
See
http://innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=547&action=article
January 16, 2009
Innovate-Ideagora Interviews and Discussions
11:00AM Eastern
Interview with Ed Gehringer: "How social networking can be used to
promote learning"
12:00 PM
Innovate-Ideagora: What's Going on in the "Agora"
A conversation with co-editors Denise Easton and Al McCord
1:00 PM
Interview with Tim DiScipio, Co-Founder of ePals, the Internet's
largest global community of connected classrooms (see
http://www.epals.com/)
Please note that the deadline to submit manuscripts for the special
issue on online simulations, role playing, and virtual worlds is
January 30, 2009. The deadline to submit manuscripts for the special
issue on the future of the textbook is May 1, 2009. For details on
each special issue, see
http://innovateonline.info/?view=special_issues
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Thanks!
Jim
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James L Morrison
Editor-in-Chief, Innovate
http://www.innovateonline.info
Fischler School of Education and Human Services
Nova Southeastern University
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