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Streaming Media Hosting Provided By Libraries, Cyrus Ford Zarganj
Streaming Media Hosting Provided By Libraries, Cyrus Ford Zarganj
Scholarship Colloquium
Describes the different kinds of streaming media and things libraries should keep in mind about them.
Academic Libraries And English Composition Programs: A Literature Review Of Current Trends, Erin E. Rinto
Academic Libraries And English Composition Programs: A Literature Review Of Current Trends, Erin E. Rinto
Scholarship Colloquium
This literature review examines a sampling of the last ten years of research on the relationships between academic libraries and English Composition Programs in an effort to uncover potential methods for a new collaboration between the Lied Library and the English Composition Program at UNLV. Three general trends are identified and discussed in terms of their strengths and weaknesses for local implementation.
Second Life Virtual Universities: A Visual Analysis, Zeenath Haniff
Second Life Virtual Universities: A Visual Analysis, Zeenath Haniff
Graduate Research Symposium (GCUA) (2010 - 2017)
General academic objectives include producing an educational experience that is engaging, interactive, collaborative, experiential and productive. The goal is to promote learner engagement through the visual power of a newly adopted medium in education – universities in the multi-user virtual environment (MUVE) of Second Life. Attributes of the virtual reality aid visual learning in the online environment: (1) computer-generated content, (2) three-dimensional graphics, and (3) interactivity. Visual renditions of campus buildings and fellow students as avatars emotionally connect students to feel a sense of presence and community within the virtual learning platform. Additionally, the ability to see and hear their …