2024年11月4日发(作者：旅痴海)
Symposium on the Impact of Digital Media
October 10-21, 2006
NMC Campus, Second Life
The NMC is hosting a 12-day symposium on the NMC Campus in Second Life focusing on the impact of
digital media on all aspects of our daily lives. At the intersection of virtual 3-D space and the "flat-web"
of the browser, virtual worlds like Second Life are active settings for collaboration and socialization.
The Symposium on the Impact of Digital Media will explore the ways we encounter and understand
digital media -- inside such a setting.
This virtual symposium is informed by the MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and
Learning, a two-year project in which the NMC is helping to explore the impact of digital media on our
lives in a variety of ways, and encouraging dialog among experts, visionaries, and thought leaders
from around the globe. This unique event brings that dialog to the current residents of Second Life.
The symposium is also a precursor to the upcoming
NMC Online Conference on Digital Media
(October 24-25), which will reflect on some of the same themes.
The event will run from Tuesday, October 10 through Saturday, October 21. The 12 days of activities
culminate in a live presentation on the NMC Campus by Howard Rheingold, author of
SmartMobs,
among many other books and articles, on October 21.
The singular focus of the 12-day symposium is to consider how the applications of digital media are
changing our lives, and how they have impacted the ways we work, learn, collaborate, and even
socialize. Recurring themes will be:
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Identity and self-image
Credibility and the reliability of information
Civic and social involvement
The arts, creativity, and design
Social networking
Pedagogical potentials and implications
Digital media, for this event, is interpreted broadly as anything from the traditional uses of the
medium for creating and sharing rich content to the explosion of blogs for self expression, and
increasingly, real time interpretation of news and breaking events. Also included is the notion of
shared content via sites like Flickr, YouTube, and , social sites like FaceBook and MySpace, and
more powerful content and media search tools.
A range of events and activities will take place over the twelve-day symposium, including a photo
contest, panels and discussions, a running poster exhibit, and a visit from Henry VIII, just to name a
few. The complete schedule appears below.
Ongoing activities
These activities will be going on continuously throughout the 12-day symposium.
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Wiki–based Dialog on the Impact of Digital Media Lend your voice to the discussion!
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Video interviews and podcasts with editors and advisors from the MacArthur Series on
Digital Media and Learning (available throughout the two weeks in various locations)
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Poster Sessions on the Impact of Digital Media through Oct 21 (locations TBD)
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Voices of Youth -- winning essays from the Global Kids Essays on display in the Library
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Digital Stories in Boardroom through Oct 21
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"The Art of Second Life” — New exhibition in the Aho Museum.
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Special links to resources in the impact of digital media in the Brown Library
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Library of Congress Declaration of Independence Exhibit will be displayed as an example
of using digital media to make history come alive.
Symposium on The Impact of Digital Media
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Live and Featured Events
...all times are SLT (Pacific Time)...
Oct ober 10
2024年11月4日发(作者：旅痴海)
Symposium on the Impact of Digital Media
October 10-21, 2006
NMC Campus, Second Life
The NMC is hosting a 12-day symposium on the NMC Campus in Second Life focusing on the impact of
digital media on all aspects of our daily lives. At the intersection of virtual 3-D space and the "flat-web"
of the browser, virtual worlds like Second Life are active settings for collaboration and socialization.
The Symposium on the Impact of Digital Media will explore the ways we encounter and understand
digital media -- inside such a setting.
This virtual symposium is informed by the MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and
Learning, a two-year project in which the NMC is helping to explore the impact of digital media on our
lives in a variety of ways, and encouraging dialog among experts, visionaries, and thought leaders
from around the globe. This unique event brings that dialog to the current residents of Second Life.
The symposium is also a precursor to the upcoming
NMC Online Conference on Digital Media
(October 24-25), which will reflect on some of the same themes.
The event will run from Tuesday, October 10 through Saturday, October 21. The 12 days of activities
culminate in a live presentation on the NMC Campus by Howard Rheingold, author of
SmartMobs,
among many other books and articles, on October 21.
The singular focus of the 12-day symposium is to consider how the applications of digital media are
changing our lives, and how they have impacted the ways we work, learn, collaborate, and even
socialize. Recurring themes will be:
•
•
•
•
•
•
Identity and self-image
Credibility and the reliability of information
Civic and social involvement
The arts, creativity, and design
Social networking
Pedagogical potentials and implications
Digital media, for this event, is interpreted broadly as anything from the traditional uses of the
medium for creating and sharing rich content to the explosion of blogs for self expression, and
increasingly, real time interpretation of news and breaking events. Also included is the notion of
shared content via sites like Flickr, YouTube, and , social sites like FaceBook and MySpace, and
more powerful content and media search tools.
A range of events and activities will take place over the twelve-day symposium, including a photo
contest, panels and discussions, a running poster exhibit, and a visit from Henry VIII, just to name a
few. The complete schedule appears below.
Ongoing activities
These activities will be going on continuously throughout the 12-day symposium.
•
Wiki–based Dialog on the Impact of Digital Media Lend your voice to the discussion!
•
Video interviews and podcasts with editors and advisors from the MacArthur Series on
Digital Media and Learning (available throughout the two weeks in various locations)
•
Poster Sessions on the Impact of Digital Media through Oct 21 (locations TBD)
•
Voices of Youth -- winning essays from the Global Kids Essays on display in the Library
•
Digital Stories in Boardroom through Oct 21
•
"The Art of Second Life” — New exhibition in the Aho Museum.
•
Special links to resources in the impact of digital media in the Brown Library
•
Library of Congress Declaration of Independence Exhibit will be displayed as an example
of using digital media to make history come alive.
Symposium on The Impact of Digital Media
Page 2
Live and Featured Events
...all times are SLT (Pacific Time)...
Oct ober 10