Tweet Virtual worlds such as Second Life have become an area of ever expanding interest for pedagogical and artistic experiments. Now, students from the museology program at Umeå University have engaged with the 3D virtual world platform. A vernissage exhibition … Continue reading
Tweet E C L E C T I C T E C H C A R N I V A L in Umeå THIS SUMMER HUMLAB WILL HOST AN INTERNATIONAL GATHERING FOR WOMEN INTERESTED IN OPEN SOURCE TECHNOLOGY: Participants will … Continue reading
Tweet My blogging here has been sparse these last few weeks (months??) due to a serious case of final stage thesis work. I have five months left as a doctoral candidate and a lot of writing to do. However, I … Continue reading
Tweet I introduced the students who are taking second year museum studies at the Department of Culture and Media to Second Life yesterday. The students will be using the HUMlab Island in Second Life as the site for their assessment … Continue reading
Tweet After lunch tomorrow we will host a seminar with Crit Stuart, Director for Research, Teaching and Learning at the Association of Research Libraries. Crit was previously the Associate Director for Public Services for the Library and Information Center at … Continue reading
Tweet Last night I went to the premier of Sjökor och stekare (seacows and cool guys), the blog opera created from 100 word blog entries by 400 students in Umeå. It was fabulous! A really wonderful and professional production! The … Continue reading
Tweet Yesterday I had some meetings at MIT and I also attended two events. The first talk was titled “Harlequin leaps the Digital Divide!, or early media in transition”. The speaker was Jacqueline Reid-Walsh and a fair part of the … Continue reading
