Erickson and colleagues presented a paper at CHI 2011 about a conference in Second Life - see http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1979013 . I've been to a different conference in SL and it worked pretty well I think - however it primarily attracted experienced SL users. I'm not sure whether a large group of novices would have as good an experience. -Greg ----- from Greg Wadley The University of Melbourne http://people.eng.unimelb.edu.au/gwadley On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Jim Parker <drjparker@gmail.com> wrote:

The American Communication Association, http://americancomm.org/, is thinking of doing an online conference in Second Life. I have been to meetings in Second Life and found the experience to be superior to video conferencing and other alternatives for getting people together.

I would be interested to know what others have tried for online conferences and especially about any experiences with conferences in Second Life.

thank you,

Jim Parker President American Communication Association Asst. Prof, Austin Peay State University.