New! Photo slide show with music from Johnny99 Gumshoe's music from the Symposium opening reception.

Keynote Presentation

Co-Evolution of Technology, Media and Collective Action
Howard Rheingold, Stanford University

• Keynote video (42.Mb Quicktime, 21:16)
• Presentation text published via CommentPress - The video and its transcript set in a new web publishing platform that allows paragraph level commentary.
• Session chat log

Tuesday, December 4

R U 1337? Exploring Changes in Internet and Virtual World Discourse
Cynthia Calongne, Colorado Technical University

• Session video (108 Mb QuickTime, 47:39)
• Session chat log
• Slides available at CTU Booth, Grace Murray Hopper Exposition Center NMC Conference Center (184,153,25) in Second Life

Evolutionary Theory Applied to Communication Goals
Nick White, Capella University; Joe Tojek , Capella University

• Session video (84 Mb Quicktime, 39:03)
• Presentation slides (1Mb PDF)

Virtual Spaces, Authentic Relationships: The Nature of Friendship Online
Kieran Cannistra and Doug McDavid, IBM Almaden Research Center

• Session video (116 Mb QuickTime, 50:33)
• Session chat log

Digital Tattoos, Digital Hoarding, and Social Networking: Turning Gold into Lead
Jared Bendis, Case Western Reserve University

• Session video (99 Mb Quicktime, 44:29)
• Session chat log
• Websites from My Talk

Critical Analysis of Literary Works Using Virtual Worlds
Heidi Trotta, Mary Zedeck, and Mary Balken, Seton Hall University

• Session Video (44 Mb Quicktime, 20:02)
• Session chat log
• Presentation (2.4 Mb Powerpoint)

Evolution | Revolution: Architectures for Participation
Kim Flintoff, Edith Cowan University and Alexander Hayes, Australian Flexible Learning Network

• Session Video (102 Mb Quicktime, 51:27)
• Session chat log
• Additional Resources (wikispaces site)
• Presentation on Slideshare

Wednesday, December 5

Bridging the Lifelong Learning Gap
Jason Mellen and Brian King, Bowling Green State University

• Session Audio (23.9 Mb MP3, 26:04)
• Lifelong Learning Wiki

What the Origin of the Alphabet Teaches Us about the Future of Virtual Reality
David Porush, State University of New York

• Session Video (96 Mb Quicktime, 45:53)
• Session chat log
• Telepathy: Mind to Mind Metaphysics in Alphabet and Cyberspace (MS Word doc)
• Telepresence and Telepaty: ABC2VR (MS Word doc with images from presentation)

Virtual Citations: Defining and Creating Ethical Content in Virtual Worlds
Beth Ritter-Guth, Lehigh Carbon Community College

• Session Video (69 Mb Quicktime, 30:22)
• Session chat log
• Virtual Documentation Style wiki

Move Me! Interactions on Movement and Emotion in SL Course Designs
Cynthia Calongne, Colorado Tech University

• Session video (104 Mb QuickTime, 47:36)
• Session chat log
• Resources available at CTU Booth, Grace Murray Hopper Exposition Center NMC Conference Center (184,153,25) in Second Life

SL Conversations: Recreating Romance In-World
Phylis Johnson, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

• Session Video (34 Mb QuickTime, 15:21)
• Session chat log
• SL Conversations: Soni Photo Album
• Links and papers
  • EverQuest Wedding Video (article and video)
  • SL Wedding (YouTube video)
  • Presentation slides (50 slides and text, Slideshare)
    • Part 1
    • Part 2
  • Conference Paper (MS Word focument)

Closing Remarks
Larry Johnson, the New Media Consortium

• video (11.9 Mb QuickTime, 5:24)