The University of Texas at Austin is a member of the New Media Consortium,
which is an international association of nearly 200 leading colleges, universities,
museums, corporations, and other learning-focused organizations dedicated
to the exploration and use of new media and new technologies.
Any faculty, student, or staff at the University of Texas at Austin can visit
the NMC Campus in Second Life and participate in NMC sponsored SL activities.
NMC SL resources include:
A very active educators group, the NMC Campus Teacher's Buzz, which meets
every two weeks for discussions, demos, field trips,. etc :
http://www.nmc.org/campus/Teachers_Buzz_Session
The NMC Campus Observer, a newsletter of ongoing activities:
http://www.nmc.org/sl/
The NMC SL Wiki Guide :
http://www.nmc.org/campus/
The NMC's Virtual Worlds program, which also offers services for building
and planning Second Life environments:
http://virtualworlds.nmc.org/
Intro to SecondLife and the NMC
campus – information
about the NMC SL campus.
To visit the NMC SL campus, sign up at http://www.nmc.org/sl/join/,
which will send you instructions on how to access the campus by email. The
NMC campus is available for meetings, activities and classes.