Monthly Archives: October 2008

UNSW Atoll Terriforming in SecondLife

The following are screenshots of the first iteration of terriforming for the UNSW Atoll in SecondLife. I’m pretty happy with how it looks at the moment, but what remains to be seen is how well it fits with the learning … Continue reading

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Videoconferences and their implications

By way of my colleague Barry Cheung, today’s Sydney Morning Herald (“Videoconferences distort decisions, study finds“) points to the results of a study of video conferencing in which researchers indicate decisions can be distorted by the nature of the medium. … Continue reading

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Question Authority

QUESTION AUTHORITY Originally uploaded by Wurz This week in CCK08 covers the topics of power, control, validity, and authority in distributed environments and I’m quite interested to see where the discussion takes us; especially in light of yesterday’s excitement in … Continue reading

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