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DEFENSE TECHNICAL INFORMATION CENTER (DTIC) Slide re: Shannon Bohle 2010 DTIC Conference, March 23, 2010. "Celebrating 65 Years of Providing Access to Defense Information." Presentation: "Virtual Worlds and Federal Government Uses for Information Delivery," March 23, 2010 by Ms. Marjorie Powell, Moderator. See Ms. Powell's complete presentation online: www.dtic.mil/dtic/annualconf/2010/VirtualWorlds.pdf More information about the Library: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lDgQx8OHn8
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Real life organization: NASA Learning Technologies, University of Maryland Baltimore County Email address: daniel.d.laughlin@nasa.gov Avatar name: Greyark Hightower
Real life name: Mary Anne Clark, Ph.D.
Real life organization: Texas Wesleyan University Email address: mclark@txwes.edu Avatar name: Max Chatnoir
Real life name: Debbie Denise Reese, Ph.D.
Real life organization: Wheeling Jesuit University Center for Educational Technologies, NASA-sponsored Classroom of the Future
Email address: debbie@cet.edu
Avatar name: Frecka Salsman
Real life name: Carolyn Lowe, Ph.D.
Real life organization: Northern Michigan University Email address: clowe@nmu.edu Avatar name: Clowey Greenwood
Published on Slideshare with permission of the participants.
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