Rockcliffe University Consortium is an online non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of education and science in 3d virtual environments. Our classrooms are virtual leveraging the best of both web 2.0 and 3d experiences. To visit our main 3d campus you need to have a free Second Life account. Free workshops and forums are provided on a regular basis as is live music, theatre, movies, a 3d art gallery, and a full academic research library.

Come explore, learn, create, and play.

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Inside the Avatar Studio

In Conversation with John Lester (Pathfinder)
September 8, 2010  @ 5pm PDT
RUC Rotunda
Rockcliffe University Consortium
SLURL: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Rockcliffe%20Library/243/12/29

Host: Kevin Feenan (Phelan Corrimal)

This month’s guest is John Lester, more commonly known as Pathfinder Linden. This month we discuss the state of virtual collaborative environments, their positioning, market potential, strengths, weaknesses, and possible future 6 years on from the advent of Second Life. Subjects will include Second Life, Emerald, Unity 3D, pioneering work currently being done in virtual worlds and some of the social implications.

Rockcliffe Fall 2010-11 Programs

The Fall 2010-11 brochure is out with highlights of what you can expect to see and experience at Rockcliffe – Download a copy today.

Rockcliffe on LiveStream

New to Rockcliffe this fall is our new LiveStream channel (http://www.livestream.com/urockcliffe). Catch us live or see reruns of our forum presentations including Inside the Avatar’s Studio and other special events.

Second Life Communities Conference 2010

SLCC 2010 is in Boston on August 14-15. Catch the action by visiting the conference web site at http://www.slconvention.org/. Also in-world at the SLCC sims – just look for SLCC in the map or search engine once logged into SL.

Catch the full schedule here which shows all the tracks and presenters (PDF 3.7 Mb)

The convention will also be streamed live on UStream (http://www.ustream.tv/slcc/v3). There are 6 different channels covering each of the presentation rooms so just search SLCC and you’ll find all 6 (SLCC, SLCC2, SLCC3, etc..). Presentations start at 8am and run to 5pm each day.

Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference 2010

VWBPE10 was held March 12-13, 2010 in Second Life. 2500+ Educators from around the world were in attendance for 175 presentations. If you missed the conference please check out the Conference Website at http://www.vwbpe.org or our page on Treet TV at http://business.treet.tv/shows/bpeducation to catch reruns of some of the best of the best in virtual collaboration.

Inside the Avatar Studio

For January 3, 2010