Engaging the Millenials:Utilizing Social Media & Virtual Worlds

Susan Gold & Joanna Robinson

Masters of Digital Media Program

@ the Centre for Digital Media

Great Northern Way

mdm.gnwc.ca

British Columbia Centre for International Education

January 23, 2009

Recruitment & Class Use Began exploration in 2006 in Second Life and a

variety of virtual environments for recruitment Augmenting existing classroom practices and Enabling effective remote learning and

collaboration Remote classes, remote student collaborators

Virtual Centre for Digital Media in Second Life

Virtual Events – CITASA Conference

Virtual Club – A testing ground for immersive collaboration

Collaborative Games in Improv Class

Sauerbraten

Remote Building Virtual Worlds Classes

Collaborative Prototyping in Second Life