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		<title>Conferences in 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keynotes Speakers at DIGITEL 2010 will be:  Mary Flanagan, Catherine Beavis and Gwo-Dong Chen.  More information is at the Conference website http://digitel2010.cl.ncu.edu.tw/ DIGITEL 2010 - IEEE 3rd International Conference on Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning. April 12-16, 2010. Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Hosted by National Central University &#160; The 2nd Thai Simulation Conference, 2010. &#8216;Learning from Experience through games [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningfromsocialworlds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1077150&amp;post=564&amp;subd=learningfromsocialworlds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Accessibility in VW</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A poster/pdf from K.Mancuso and J.Cole introducing guidelines for accessibility in virtual worlds is online here&#8230;http://www.gimpgirl.com/ - it was presented at the 2009 IEEE Accessign the Future Conference (Boston) &#8211; more information about the conference is here http://ewh.ieee.org/conf/accessingthefuture/ See also this long post at http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/kjohnson/2009/10/12/accessiblity-for-the-differently-abled-in-virtual-environments/  Also  &#8211; see the bibliography on the &#8216;constructing disability in online worlds&#8217; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningfromsocialworlds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1077150&amp;post=558&amp;subd=learningfromsocialworlds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reconciling different approaches</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So far, Deaf Studies and Disability Studies literature does not seem to overlap the Education, e-learning and Accessibility literature (which looks more like the games and disability literature &#8211; with a focus on tools, usability and access, for instance). Does this matter, or are they doing different jobs? Literature on disability, bodies and technology (often [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningfromsocialworlds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1077150&amp;post=544&amp;subd=learningfromsocialworlds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Next?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 08:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Next steps include more work with the data collected during the interviews in Second Life last month. Expect to focus this time on hegemony and identity. The first draft after the interviews was a mess as tried to cover too much. So cut the draft up, and focused on particular issues in the existing literature [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningfromsocialworlds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1077150&amp;post=530&amp;subd=learningfromsocialworlds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Draft paper &#8211; voice and deaf residents in SL</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 09:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This paper has been reviewed and is now being revised. If you&#8217;d like to discuss contact the author. Technology, Inclusion and Social Practices in Virtual Worlds Diane Carr London Knowledge Lab, IOE 23. 4. 2009   Introduction   When educators and e-learning researchers have debated issues of accessibility and technology, particular concerns have predominated. These [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningfromsocialworlds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1077150&amp;post=523&amp;subd=learningfromsocialworlds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More on related topics</title>
		<link>http://learningfromsocialworlds.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/more-on-related-topics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are more links and literature and things on these topics over at the other blog, Playhouse. Here&#8217;s the link: http://playhouse.wordpress.com/category/games-access-and-disability-posts/<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningfromsocialworlds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1077150&amp;post=505&amp;subd=learningfromsocialworlds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Researching Online Communities</title>
		<link>http://learningfromsocialworlds.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/researching-online-communities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This short course is offered through the Institute of Education&#8217;s Doctoral School. The content of the course changes, depending on the interests of those taking part. This year&#8217;s reading list is posted below.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningfromsocialworlds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1077150&amp;post=473&amp;subd=learningfromsocialworlds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Games, Gaming Cultures and Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Millions of people regularly play computer and video games, and during the past decade there has been an explosion of innovative research in the area of Game Studies. Students of this course will analyse games, research player culture, and explore current games and education debates. The course will cover: ·         Game definitions and genre ·         [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningfromsocialworlds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1077150&amp;post=470&amp;subd=learningfromsocialworlds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Researching Online Communities</title>
		<link>http://learningfromsocialworlds.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/reading-list-roc-seminar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are the readings for the Researching Online Communities seminars, 2009.  Session 1: Ethics and research issues Reading to be discussed during session 1 : Ess, C. and the AoIR ethics working committee (2002) ‘Ethical decision-making and Internet Research. Recommendations from the aoir ethics working committee’, online at  www.aoir.org/reports/ethics.pdf Additional readings:  Bruckman, A. (2002) ‘Ethical Guidelines for Research [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningfromsocialworlds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1077150&amp;post=437&amp;subd=learningfromsocialworlds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>List of worlds&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a list of various virtual worlds considered as possible work places&#8230;http://cleverzebra.com/virtual-worlds<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningfromsocialworlds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1077150&amp;post=415&amp;subd=learningfromsocialworlds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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