<$BlogRSDUrl$> Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker/Consultant
Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker/Consultant
Internet Happenings, Events and Sources


Friday, September 30, 2005  



Lingua MOO
http://lingua.utdallas.edu/

Lingua MOO was created in 1995 by Cynthia Haynes (UT-Dallas) and Jan Rune Holmevik (University of Bergen, Norway) to serve primarily the University of Texas at Dallas Rhetoric and Writing program and their School of Arts & Humanities and the University of Bergen's Department of Humanistic Informatics. Lingua MOO functions as both a learning environment for their students and a broader community for research and collaboration on projects situated at the intersection of Arts & Humanities and electronic media. Since 1995 Lingua MOO has also become home to an international network of researchers in these areas. They have classes and professional academic organiztions meeting at Lingua MOO from such countries as Norway, Germany, Korea, Australia, South Africa, Denmark, and England, just to name a few. Lingua MOO is also the foundation for their broader educational MOO open source project called enCore. Educators may obtain the enCore educational MOO database and server software FREE from the enCore website enabling them to set up their own educational MOO customized to meet the specific purpose of their institution or department. They estimate there are several hundred enCore MOOs around the world serving the teaching of such subjects as writing, rhetoric, foreign languages, English as a second language, astronomy, library reference and instruction, children's therapy, among others. System requirements for users are minimal because the MOO uses a web browser as the client, so there's no need on their part to download software. Educational MOOs are excellent supplements to traditional classroom instruction, but may also serve as the sole means of delivery for distance learning courses. This will be added to Education and Distance Learning Resources 2005 Internet MiniGuide. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracerâ„¢ Information Blog.

posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:15 AM
archives
subject tracers™