[Air-L] Conference in Second Life

[Lu Xiao]

Here is an interesting paper about evaluation of such a conference with
large number of participants....
http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1978942.1979013&coll=DL&dl=GUIDE&CFID=78002277&CFTOKEN=68634498

cheers,

Lu
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Information & Media Studies
the University of Western Ontario
London, ON N6A3B7
Canada

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Alex Leavitt <alexleavitt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Google Hangout has been relatively stable for me (eg., 12-person meetings
> w/ everyone having a separate webcam presence). I suppose it depends on how
> many people you expect to be on the call, whether or not they need a
> video/audio representation of themselves (versus just a stream of the main
> speakers), etc.
>
> Alex
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Jim Parker <drjparker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The American Communication Association, http://americancomm.org/, is
> > thinking of doing an online conference in Second Life. I have been to
> > meetings in Second Life and found the experience to be superior to video
> > conferencing and other alternatives for getting people together.
> >
> > I would be interested to know what others have tried for online
> conferences
> > and especially about any experiences with conferences in Second Life.
> >
> > thank you,
> >
> > Jim Parker
> > President American Communication Association
> > Asst. Prof, Austin Peay State University.
> >
> > --
> > ...it's a crazy quilt reflected in a fun-house mirror! - Zippy the
> Pinhead
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