3D Training, Learning and Collaboration (3D TLC) - April 20-21, 2009

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Dick Riedl, Ph.D.
Chairman, Leadership and Educational Studies Department
Appalachian State University

Dr. Riedl is Chairman of the Leadership and Educational Studies Department and Professor of Education specializing in Instruction Technology at Appalachian State University in North Carolina. He has a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Arizona State University and has taught at Clarke College in Iowa, the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Appalachian State. He first began offering online classes in Alaska in 1987 using a combination of phone conferencing and modem-based computer systems. He joined Appalachian State in 1989.
About eight years ago he and his colleagues in the Instructional Technology program, seeking the most effective online learning environment possible, began working with an early 3D virtual world from Activeworlds and, with this successful experience, moved their entire master’s degree program into this environment, now called AET Zone.
Over the last few years two significant things happened. One is that more faculty at Appalachian State, in other programs, got interested in using a 3D virtual world as part of their courses. And, two, the search for a more powerful, collaborative environment began. This search led the faculty to Qwaq Forums. And the faculty interest has led to significant discussions about the ways such software can lead to significant improvements in the ability of faculty and student to cross traditional barriers to collaboration that have tended to keep students enrolled in different programs from interacting and learning from each other.

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