Tata Interactive Systems in Second Life Online Symposium
Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), a world leader in custom e-learning design/ development and organisational performance improvement, has participated in an online ('in-world') symposium on 'Creativity in Second Life' organised by the New Media Consortium (NMC).
Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), a world leader in custom e-learning design/ development and organisational performance improvement, has participated in an online ('in-world') symposium on 'Creativity in Second Life' organised by the New Media Consortium (NMC).
Not only did the symposium cover Second Life (SL) but it ran in the SL environment by the NMC. It involved studio sessions, hands-on sessions and exhibitions on several key topics related to the virtual world.
TIS's Software Solutions practice is collaborating with the Federation of American Scientists (www.fas.org) on a project in SL. Within a session entitled 'Gaming Second Life', Dinesh Dwivedi of TIS joined Alice Petty from Stanford University and two presenters from FAS - Michelle Roper and Sachin Patil - to discuss the need for worldwide collaboration to develop 3D content for subjects such as archaeology, and to determine how the research product can be used for instructional delivery.
Dinesh Dwivedi discussed the technical goals of the TIS/FAS project and the future directions that online virtual world technologies may take, especially in the field of education and e-learning.
The session, which lasted just over an hour, was well attended.
Notes for editors
Screen grabs of Dinesh Dwivedi's presentation in Second Life are available on request from Bob Little Press & PR (tel 00 44 (0) 1727 860405; email bob.little@dial.pipex.com)
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