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Rob Bloomfield

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Johnson School of Management

Prof Teaches Using Virtual Realities

"Beyers Sellers" (a typical avatar) is also known as Prof. Rob Bloomfield of the Johnson School of Management. Prof. Bloomfield is hosting virtual lectures as part of his class NM1501: Business and Oversight in Second Life, one of the newest virtual worlds. More

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Communication and Collaboration
Communicate, interact and work virtually with your students and teaching assistants, outside of class and at everyone’s convenience through web conferences, online discussions, and other solutions.

Communication and Collaboration

Blackboard Communication and Collaboration Tools
Blackboard course management system offers several features that support group collaboration and various types of communication among instructors and students.
Discussion Boards
Course-communication tools enable interaction between students and faculty outside of the lecture or study sessions. CIT provides several course-communication tools.
List servs
Students, teaching assistants, and instructors can carry on e-mail discussions using a course mailing list. Every member of the list will receive a copy of every message sent to the list in their personal e-mail, and anyone on the list can post and reply to messages.
Video Conferencing
Videoconferencing connects you with people at one or more locations. You can see and hear each other in near real-time, even if you’re on different continents. It lets you meet more frequently, or with more people, than your travel budgets or schedules might otherwise allow.