Re: [xmca] Call for Proposals and Reviewers

>Michael and all,

Maybe the SL ISCAR 2008 team--Jonathon Stern and
Kristen Clark and I can prepare a paper on the
SL activities as a tool for exploring a new
dimension of mind and reality. We will be
recording
the SL activities as much as possible and
Johnathon is doing his dissertation in Sociology
on SL.

Just a thought.
olga

>Was wondering if there was interest around the following two themes:
>
>> Second life and Other Virtual Environments for education
>
>> The role(s) of qualitative research in the
>>conduct of research on learning and
>development
>
>As for the former, our local CHAT reading group is reviewing the attached
>article in which Nardi et al examine World of Warcraft (WoW) from the
>perspective of activity and community ties - this is only one example of a
>growing literature base of empirical work on multi-user virtual environments
>(MUVES) and massive-multiplayer games (MMOGs)...
>
>Mike mentioned that there might be some folks interested in the second theme
>- my interest would be in discussing work we're doing on mathematical
>manipulatives, mediation, and sense making in the PreK-3 classroom as part
>of an NSF-funded project...
>
>Just thought I'd throw out a couple things to see who's interested - I'd be
>happy to lead/coordinate sessions around either one of these themes...
>
>Thanks!
>Michael~
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>From: Mike Cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>
>Reply-To: <mcole@weber.ucsd.edu>
>Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:21:19 -0700
>To: "Michael A. Evans" <mae@vt.edu>
>Subject: Re: [xmca] Call for Proposals and Reviewers
>
>>> > From: Mike Cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>
>>> > Reply-To: <mcole@weber.ucsd.edu>, "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity"
>>> > <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
>>> > Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:42:17 -0700
>>> > To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
>>> > Subject: Re: [xmca] Call for Proposals and Reviewers
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for the reminder, Lois.
>>> >
>>> > AERA is going to be here in San Diego I hear. And the theme is
>>> > interdisciplinarity?
>>> > The first thing that circumstance brings to mind is that several people
>>> here
>>> > might be induced to contribute to symposia or
>>> > discussions. But what kind? Some possible themes:
>>> >
>>> > Intervention research as a tool of theory
>>>testing: Alternative approaches.
>>> > The role(s) of qualitative research in the
>>>conduct of research on learning
>>> > and development.
>>> > Learning and Development: Any progress in
>>>clarifying the issues since 1934?
>>> > Second life and Other Virtual Environments for education
>>> > A cultural-historical approach to
>>>organizing higher education in the social
>>> > sciences
>>> >
>>> > Who is interested in what?
>>> > mike
>>> >
>
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Department of Communication
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