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  • DIIA’s Jarmon awarded $250,000 UT System grant

    By Marjorie Smith
    Published: Aug. 24, 2009
    DIIA’s

    Leslie Jarmon, faculty development specialist in the Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment, received a $250,000 grant under UT System’s Transforming Undergraduate Education program. Jarmon’s proposal for the grant, Building Immersive Instructional Experiences and Learning Communities in Second Life, offers a creative approach to undergraduate instruction using Second Life, an online virtual world that converges social networking capabilities with three-dimensional environments.

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