FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts:
Eric Gordon/Project Principal
617-842-8828
Eric_Gordon@emerson.edu
Hub2 To Present Mayor’s Office with
the Keys to Virtual Boston At December 13 Event
BOSTON, MA, NOVEMBER 29, 2007 – Hub2, a project involving the City of Boston, the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), Emerson College, and the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, will showcase virtual models created [...]
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A great article (which I recommend you check out) was published in this month’s edition of Emerson College Today. In the article Emerson Assistant Professor, Eric Gordon, shares his views on the potentials of Second Life (and other virtual worlds), the Hub2 initiative (in collaboration with the City of Boston) and the implications this all [...]
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Date: Friday, November 16, 2007
Time: 9am to 4pm
Location: Worcester, MA
Cost: $25
Click here for more details (including full agenda)
According to the national Civic Health Index, which measures civic participation along forty indicators, the United States has been on the decline for the past thirty years. This decline was found for most indicators; including [...]
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Several weeks ago I decided to jump on a unique opportunity to take a class at Emerson College. The course, Hub2, is actually the first phase of a larger Hub2 initiative sponsored by the City of Boston in collaboration with Emerson College.
The outline of the class is as follows (from Hub2.org):
“Hub2 launches in fall 2007 [...]
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