Greetings!

Welcome to the homepage of the virtual worlds research discussion group.  This is a series of  meetings held in Second Life for discussing current and planned research projects, methods and methodology.  The purpose of this wiki is to advertise upcoming talks and serve as a repository for transcripts, handouts, photos and videos.  Anyone can read the wiki but to edit it you need will need to register . The meetings and wiki are organized by Greg Wadley at the University of Melbourne Uni and Deb McCormick at Monash University, Australia.

Meeting Schedule & Transcripts

Each meeting has a host, who presents their research or suggests a topic, and moderates discussion. Meetings last one hour. We usually schedule for each Tuesday at 2pm SLT, however the day and time can be chosen by the presenter.

Why an in-world discussion group?

Media can be synchronous or asynchronous: each mode has its pros and cons. The advantages of assembling researchers in a seminar vs reading papers individually is the real-time q'n'a during which difficult points can be thrashed out efficiently. We also get to know each other. The downside is scheduling and travel cost. Virtual worlds offer the pros of synchronous discussion while minimizing the cons. Our meetings are informal, so researchers can comfortably discuss work-in-progress, without arduous preparation. People can even attend and comment anonymously.

Post Meeting Discussions

Attendees can write about matters arising. 

FAQ

Cheers!

Seeker/Debbie