Technology Workshops
Marc has taught workshops through the University of Michigan on a variety of technology topics. He currently teaches several workshops centered around helping students, faculty, and staff work with distance-learning technology and virtual worlds. Marc's workshops are scheduled through the UM Teaching and Technology Collaborative.

Second Life Safari

This workshop is a 'bootcamp' for virtual worlds, offering an introduction to the digital world of Second Life (SL). Attendees are provided with a comprehensive, hands-on orientation to the basic operations of SL and engage in a learning simulation and role-playing activity. The group explores some of the educational uses being pursued within SL and discuss the pros and cons that are emerging as the technology evolves.

Second Life - Basic Building

This workshop goes one step beyond the Safari. Now that attendees have a basic understanding of SL through the Safari, the Basic Building workshop offers attendees the chance to learn the basic skills associated with creating 3D objects in the SL world. Attendees participate in a hands-on introduction to begin to 'lift the hood' to reveal the inner workings of SL.

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Adobe Connect

This workshop introduces participants to the Adobe Acrobat Connect program. AC is a a web-based teleconferencing playform that offers a collaborative synchronous workspace that includes audio and video, shared whiteboard, document and desktop sharing, and many other features. This software has been used in the M4 Theraputics course and in support of Informed Consent standardized patient exercises.