About Professor Beliveau (aka Ed Lamoureux):

Associate Professor, Multimedia Program and the Department of Communciation, Bradley University. Co-Director, Bradley New Media Center.
web site: http://slane.bradley.edu/com/faculty/lamoureux/website2/index.html
contact: ell@bumail.bradley.edu


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Summary of Undergraduate Field Rsearch Course in SL

Jan 24, 2007 09:08pm in department: Teaching and Learning

As noted in earlier writing, this series reports on MM 490: Field Research in Second Life, an online course at Bradley University conducted completely within Second Life. The course was taught during the January interim, 2007, from Jan. 2-22. Syllabus materials may be found at: http://slane.bradley.edu/com/faculty/lamoureux/website2/490/mm490.html Student blogs for the class are available at: http://slane.bradley.edu/com/faculty/lamoureux/website2/490/bloglinks.html At the time of this writing (January 24, 2007, 3 of the 4 final student papers as well as the rest of their material) are posted to the blog; ... more » »

Preparing to Teach an Undergraduate Course in SL, Part III

Dec 5, 2006 06:36pm in department: Teaching and Learning

Preparing to Teach an Undergraduate Course in SL, Part III A quick reminder since it has been awhile since I've posted. I am preparing to teach a Bradley University undergraduate course, Multimedia 490: Field Research in Second Life, during the January three-week interim period. This post will update two previous articles linked here. I'll summarize some of the events surrounding protection of human subjects issues, our planning for doomsday, the public relations and attention the course has received, my becoming a landowner, student ... more » »

Elsewhere On The NMC Campus Observer

Nov 6, 2006 08:08am in department: People, Places, Things

Just so I can keep these links available in my author's page view, here are some other places on the NMC Campus Observer where I have been active: Talking With the Professor (Aug 8, 2006) an audio interview with me in world, where I spoke of my initial ideas for my class and some of the reflections on my early Second Life experiences. Professor B In RL News (Oct 17, 2006) A nice recap of the story and picture of me (both ... more » »

Preparing to teach ethnography of communication to undergraduates in SL, Part Two

Jul 30, 2006 09:01pm in department: Teaching and Learning

This is part two of my posts, providing some more of my experiences in the process of making arrangements for teaching an undergraduate course in SL. Part one described my motivations and outlined background for organizing the class. This post will detail my efforts at coming up to speed in SL in preparation. I used the NMC "Getting Started" guide for logging on to SL. Many suffer some degree of frustration over there not being a "SL for dummies" available; the environment ... more » »

Preparing to Teach an Undergraduate Course in SL

Jul 19, 2006 09:34pm in department: Teaching and Learning

I've been working toward teaching an undergraduate course on the NMC Campus of Second Life (SL) for about 3 weeks now and I've been asked to report on my experiences and progress. I'll file this report in three parts: Part One will describe what I'm hoping to accomplish and a bit about why; Part Two will detail some of my experiences in the process of making arrangements for the course; Part Three will discuss my attempts to learn about SL ... more » »


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