The document summarizes the Rock the Academy symposium hosted by the New Media Consortium (NMC) in 2008. The NMC is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to exploring new media and technologies in education. The symposium explored emerging practices in education, both those that work and those not yet fully realized, through presentations, discussions, and participation both within the virtual world Second Life and through streaming. Topics included new media literacy, online collaboration, open education resources, and tools that support subversive teaching and learning.

1. Reflection on Rock the Academy:
Radical Teaching, Unbounded Learning
Mike Bogle

2. About the New Media Consortium
“The New Media Consortium (NMC) is an
international 501(c)3 not-for-profit consortium of
nearly 300 learning-focused organizations
dedicated to the exploration and use of new
media and new technologies.”
http://www.nmc.org/about

3. About The Symposium
“Everywhere we look, we are seeing new
practices for education emerging – some that
work, some that don’t, and some that have not yet
been fully explored. Rock the Academy: Radical
Teaching, Unbounded Learning is about the kinds
of change taking place in education all around us.
”
http://www.nmc.org/2008-fall-virtual-symposium

4. Rock the Academy Promotional Video
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=XVDmJ0L_5cQ

5. Participation Model
Approximately 150 people in attendance
Two means of attending and participating:
The NMC Conference Center on NMC Campus in
Second Life
Streaming video feed with 2-way live chat

6. View of Symposium inside SecondLife
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=_6MijhM0fj0

7. View of Symposium from outside
SecondLife (video streamed + chatbridge)
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Jydm8UYdokY

8. Themes & Topics

9. Themes & Topics
new media and digital literacy
online collaboration and networked learning
DIY Edtech, Edupunk, and learner empowerment
open education resources and open content;
guerilla learning, games, and activist learning;
alternatives to course management systems;
backchannels and alternative communication tools;
quot;...and any technology or practice that shows promise for
engaging students and supporting subversive teaching and
learning.quot;

10. quot;The Revolution Will Be Syndicatedquot;
Jim Groom, University of Mary Washington; Brian Lamb,
University of British Columbia; Tom Woodward, University of
Richmond
quot;This presentation will involve some performance art in an effort
to quot;revolutionizequot; how we imagine web-based publishing in
higher education. Come to this session ready to doff the chains
of LMS slavery and join the brave new world of web-publishing
in the Age of Syndication.quot;
Session Information
Download video recording (QuickTime)
View on blip.tv
View chat transcript

11. NMC: There Be Zombies
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=HNEQWjjUX2U

12. Resources
NMC Conference Overview
http://www.nmc.org/2008-fall-virtual-symposium
NMC Conference Program and Recordings
http://www.nmc.org/2008-fall-virtual-symposium/program
My screen casts from the Symposium
http://au.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=9D80763E94F1A35F
My screen shots from the Symposium
http://flickr.com/photos/acousticdad/sets/72157608679216022/
My Blog
http://techticker.net

13. Questions?
Mike Bogle
eLearning Research Officer
Learning & Teaching @ UNSW
University of New South Wales
Email: m.bogle@unsw.edu.au
Blog: http://techticker.net