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 elements/activities we’re fleshing out.  So at this stage it’s uncertain how much (if any) of this design will make it into the final version, however I felt the need to produce something tangible tonight. So here you are.

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.
The research sample included “44 medical professionals who took part in early morning medical seminars via business-quality video links, and 99 peers who were in the room with the presenters.”
According to the study, the participants who were in the same room as the presenter were more likely to base their judgment …