Join me for digital workshops this summer!
Join me for digital workshops this summer! I’ve been working on a project at UOW to help students develop their digital skills and learn to be confident using technology in […]
Category Archives: teaching
Searching for best practice as a casual academic
This week has been the “Festival of Teaching” at SCU where I currently work. I was initially quite enthused about the various panels to be held throughout the week, but […]
new teaching challenges
well, i’ve moved away from the beautiful, beachside wollongong. i’m now located 850 kms north in lismore, nsw. my partner was assigned a (mandatory) year-long placement here, and i decided […]
Let the fun begin!
I can’t believe I’m about to say this, but it looks like I’ll be wrapping up my PhD soon in the next year (hopefully by mid-year) and then I’ll be […]
Virtual worlds on their way out in educational contexts?
Just had my first of 6 tutorials (over two weeks) on virtual worlds, specifically on using Second Life in the computer labs for DIGC101 (New Media Communication). It’s always really […]
Recommended Readings on Virtual Worlds & Second Life
Boellstorff, Tom. Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008. A bit of a tough read, but well-worth the effort. Anthropologist […]
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