virtual worlds

University faculty member and instructional innovator Leslie Jarmon died on Nov. 24 after a 15-year battle with cancer.

She was 57. Jarmon was an early adopter of instructional uses of virtual worlds, becoming a role model and advocate for colleagues looking to create new models in pedagogy through innovative uses of emerging technology.

Jarmon designed and [...]

The McCombs School of Business and the Center for Business, Technology and Law at The University of Texas at Austin will host "New Ventures and Leadership in Virtual Worlds" at the university's AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center April 2-3.

The conference is open to faculty, students and staff of The University of Texas at Austin [...]

“Every invention that man has managed to create to communicate is bundled up on the Internet. And when you combine that with the imagination of virtual worlds, that’s where this power comes in.

We can say, ‘let’s really understand what we’d like to see in a senator.’”

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