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before we get started

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who are you?

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yes, you

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who i am

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now, on with our program...

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Faculty Seminar on

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online versus virtualcommunity versus world

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online versus virtual

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online versus virtual

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community versus world

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community versus world

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not false dichotomies

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not false dichotomies

You are standing in the middleof a foreboding great room.

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not false dichotomies

!=

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not false dichotomies

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nota bene

this is not a value claim

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nota bene

it is an assertion of

difference

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the difference between reading

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and doing

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or

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1-to-1, sequential

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1-to-1, simultaneous

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many-to-many, blended

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so, while history matters

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focus on the edge

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realtime

spatializedcollaboration

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realtime

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realtime

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realtime

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realtime

ti li d

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spatialized

ti li d

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spatialized

ti li d

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spatialized

ll b ti

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collaboration

ti l l di

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particularly media

ti

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consumption

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and creation

d ti

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and creation...

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so, well be calling it...

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why think about virtual worlds?

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some reasons

illi s f s s

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millions of reasonsOnline Game Online Communities Online Worlds

lots

a few

many

crapload

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crapload is a term of art

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membership hard to measure

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some rules of thumb for

world-wide numbers:

Virtual worlds: 20 millionMMOs: 50 millionSocial networks: 100 million

(with lots of overlap)

million$ of reason$

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million$ of reason$

education

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education

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lpp

situated

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situated

situated

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situated

heterogeneous

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heterogeneous

65% international

41% female

50% over 35 y.o.

on demand

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on demand

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some more reasons

theoretical questions

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theoretical questions

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not to mention

mass customization

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mass customization

breaking global vs local

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breaking global vs. local

new trends

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new trends

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and my favorite

amateur versus expert

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amateur versus expert

amateur versus expert

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amateur versus expert

amateur versus expert

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amateur versus expert

traditional situation

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traditional situation

traditional situation

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traditional situation

amateur

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and then

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you may want to avert your eyes

the experts arrive

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the experts arrive

the experts arrive

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the experts arrive

amateurexpert

with their expertness

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with their expertness

The essential paradigm of cyberspace is

creating partially situated identities out ofactual or potential social reality in termsof canonical forms of human contact.

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but

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in a zero marginal cost world

are we sure about the roles?

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are we sure about the roles?

??

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consider

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and all this despite

low participation

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p p

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Web Wikipedia Sims Open SourceMainstream Media

except...

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Web Wikipedia Sims Open SourceMainstream Media Second Life

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why is that?

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so, over the next several months

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history

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so, not really history

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capabilities

impactsuntested assumptionsapplications

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virtual worlds

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online worlds andonline communities, too

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plus mobile

whatever people are doing

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p p g

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because

virtual worlds today

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are like the web 10 years ago

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g

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so the next 10 years should bevery interesting...

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stop talking now

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