Second Life is one of the social sharing spaces of Web 2.0 that is being employed for educational purposes around the globe. Over the past few years many conference presentations on Second Life have highlighted the potentials of its use in the formal education of neomillennials. This paper takes a different perspective. It documents the possibilities and the pitfalls of Second Life as a formal ...

Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) allow students and teachers to have multiple levels of engagement in educational, mental and social spaces. It is supported that the socially alive presence of individuals and the educational effectiveness that is being expected of the overall experience is being affected by a) the virtual identity concept, b) a minimum set of functional requirements related...

Introduction: Mawrth Vallis, Mars, exhibits unique stratigraphy characterized by distinct phyllosili-cate units across an expansive region [1,2]. A potential analog for this site is the Painted Desert in Arizona, where striking profiles of clay and iron oxide units color the landscape [3]. Both sites contain multiple phyllosilicate units in similar stratigraphy across wide regions. We have acqu...

Consideration to the natural elements, such as daylighting, at the earliest in the architectural design process is suggested by many as necessary for sustainable buildings. The implementation of a successful daylighting strategy in the design of buildings improves spatial quality and saves energy required, otherwise, for artificial lighting. Daylighting becomes a design mandate in the case of c...

This paper describes the development of an interactive 3D audio/visual and network installation entitled POLLEN. Specifically designed for large computer Laboratories, the artwork explores the regeneration of those spaces through the creation of a fully immersive multimedia art experience. The paper describes the technical, aesthetic and educational development of the piece.