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General Session - Conference Presentation Only (no formal paper)
 * //Featured Pre-conference Session//**

This session is scheduled for: Elluminate Room: @http://www.tcconlineconference.org/room2/
 * Thu Apr 8, 1200 noon HST, 3:00 PDT, 4:00 MDT, 5:00 CDT, 600 pm EDT

//A Tour of the// // Game Simulation Kit in Second Life // //follows the Elluminate session:// Slurl 1: [] Thur Apr 8, 1:00 HST, 5:00 MDT, 6:00 CDT, 7:00 EDT

// Additional tour locations: // Self-guided tours: **Slurl 2: Outside the learning center
 * @http://slurl.com/secondlife/Huffman%20Prairie/133/125/27

Slurl 3: By the Ayn Rand launch pad [] Sit in the cockpit of the rocket

Slurl 4: Global Learning Forum Seminars @http://slurl.com/secondlife/Huffman%20Prairie/111/190/25

Exploring Educational Informatics and Learning Simulations in Second Life** //Cynthia Calongne, Colorado Technical University, Colorado Springs, CO, USA, calongne@pcisys.net// //Andrew Stricker, Air University, Montgomery, AL, USA, AStricker@elmore.rr.com// //Michael McCrocklin, Air University, Montgomery, AL, USA, pmccrocklin@elmore.rr.com// //Jeanne Holm, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA// //Toni Scribner, Air University, Montgomery, AL, USA//

Are you new to Educational Informatics? Come join us as we provide tours and introduce the new Educational Informatics Laboratory, the virtual world learning centers, the Operation Relief Worker Rescue Challenge, a hostage rescue game, and a Mars Expedition Strategy Challenge simulation. A Second Life account is required prior to this event.

All Audiences education, collaboration, virtual worlds, educational informatics Pre-conference activity held in Second Life in April prior to the TCC.

//For instructions on creating a Second Life account, see Getting Started in Second Life.//

Providing tours and an introduction to the educational informatics area, the learning centers, the Operation Relief Worker Rescue Challenge, a game that assesses interdependent group work and leadership, and a Mars Expedition Strategy Challenge simulation.

Disclaimer: The opinions and viewpoints expressed in this paper are solely those of the authors and do not reflect official policy or position of the US government or the Department of Defense (DoD), NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Colorado Technical University, the United States Air Force, or Air University.