Tom Oster (toster Oh)

Charles Nesson, a Harvard law professor known for teaching trial law in Second Life, will be giving a lecture in Second Life on the future of the university.

Nesson is the William F. Weld Professor of Law and Founder and Faculty Co-Director of Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society. The Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School is devoted to the legal study of cyberspace.

Nesson will give his lecture live at Rice University at 4-5 p.m. CDT Monday, April 7, 2008. The lecture will be streamed live into Second Life, which will be 2-3 p.m. SLT. This lecture is free and open to the SL public.

TSPP Lecture - Charles Nesson - The Future of University
by Charles Nesson
William F. Weld Professor of Law and Founder and Faculty Co-Director, Berkman Center for Internet & Society - Harvard Law School

Monday, April 7, 2008
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM CDT
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM SLT
Primary SL venue: http://tinyurl.com/2ncrr4

Professor Nesson will discuss the following: • University In Cyberspace; • University As Internet Service Provider; • Internet As University Service Provider; • Net Neutrality; • The Dead Hand Of Transactional Copyright; • The Potential For Open Education; • The Excitement Of Teaching Strategic Games And Their Metaphors In Real And Second Life

We'll be hosting the live video presentation of this Lecture in Second Life on Rice University's Second Life location at:
Owl Land Amphitheater, Owl Land (109, 100, 305)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Owl%20Land/109/100/305/?img=http%3A//www.rice.edu/home/images/logo.jpg&title=Owl%20Land%20Amphitheater&msg=Rice%20University
TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/2ncrr4

The Rice Amphitheater is based on the Clever Zebra Corporate release.

The live media feed (QuickTime) is: rtsp://qtserv.rice.edu/RiceLive1.sdp

The full notice for the RL (real life) presentation is available here:
http://kiit.rice.edu/calendar.cfm?EventRecord=9104