Associate in Online Course Development
Office of Distance Learning
UCC3509 | FSU
(850) 645-5638
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Recent highlights (see CV for more):
Presentation, "The Virtual Environmentalist in Second Life." Midnight to Noon Conference for Second Life Educators and Researchers (M2N4SL), Åbo Akademi University and EduFinland, October 2011.
Paper, "The Environmental Semiotics of Second Life: Reading the Splash Aquatics Store." Graduate Journal of Social Science (in press).
Presentation, Second Nature: Using Virtual Environments to Learn About Real Ones." Making Connections... Instructional Strategies and Online Technologies for Distance Learning, Columbus (Ga.) State University, September 2011.
Paper, "Majora Carter's "Greening the Ghetto" TED Talk." Conference on Communication and the Environment, El Paso, Texas, June 2011.
Book chapter, "Second Chances: Depictions of the Natural World in Second Life" in Enslinn, A. & Muse, E. (Eds) (2011) Creating Second Lives: Community, Identity and Spatiality as Constructions of the Virtual, Routledge, Oxford & New York.
Paper, "Superman Never Made Any Money: Superheroes in Second Life." Eastern Communication Association, Arlington, Virginia, April 2011.
Panelist on Social Media and Public Protest, College of Communication, FSU, March 2011.
Invited keynote at the conference The Role of Learning and Teaching Centers in the Development of University Education, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 2011.
Paper, "The Environmental Semiotics of Second Life: Reading the Splash Aquatics Store." Internet Research 11, annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers, Gothenburg, Sweden, October 2010.
Invited speaker, "Environmental Learning in Second Life." Prospects of Learning in Second Life, a conference sponsored by the Department of Information Studies at Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland, October 2010.
Recent bookmarks:
Consultation in design, development, and delivery of higher-education instruction, online and face-to-face. Liaison to the following FSU academic units:
Additional ad hoc support for Chemistry, Classics, Criminology, Textiles & Consumer Science, Geography, and Urban & Regional Planning.
Teaching COM3332, New Communication Technology and Contemporary Society.
Development and delivery of instructional workshops, e.g.:
Miscellaneous materials:
Some of my photos from around campus: