Comm. Department Opens New Island

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As Second Life gains popularity at universities across the country and throughout the world, the Communications Media department has aquired a new island to pursue new educational oppurtunities with this growing phenomenon. Spearheading the new project is Comm. professor Dr. James Lenze. I conducted an interview with him via Second Life to discuss the new island.

  Dr. Allen Partridge

Dr. Allen Partridge


Dr. Partridge's newest book
Director, Applied Media and
Simulation Games Center
Assistant Professor Communications Media
Phone: 724.357.3781
Email: allen.partridge@iup.edu
http://www.coe.iup.edu/partridge/

 

Virtual Archaeology in Second Life

Locations such as Cyprus and Belize may sound like countries too distant to take students on a field trip to, but current technologies allow them to go there without ever leaving the classroom. The archaeology department at IUP is working with the virtual world Second Life in order to simulate real archaeology dig sites.

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