We are in our second year here. Our purpose remains as it was in the beginning - to provide a platform for small seminars and classes, guest speakers, and collaborative research. I've been experimenting with using various computer apps in my classes. I'm Linda Polin from Pepperdine Univ. Such a list could help us all in our various petitions to the powers that be.
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At this point we broke into two discussion groups, each at a separate table. They teach teach students the benefits of creating and caring for their virtual reputation, allowing them to make the transition from anonymity to pseudonymity. They learn to work in an environment where words act like objects. MOOs can be an extremely useful technique to be used in conjunction with Distance Learning. Prior to this these testers were limited to their poll of RL students.