About Me
MeMy name is Bill Moseley, and I am a learner. I am a college professor, a dad, and a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. I spend a significant amount of time with my family - we skate together, we swim competitively, and we are avid gamers. In case you were wondering, I am not this Bill Moseley, although I know we look very similar.

I'm a firm believer that education needs to change - Not incrementally, but dramatically. I also believe that the kind of change that I am talking about will only happen if society's view of learning changes along with it.  Real learning is personal, social, creative, and most of all - fun.

My goal is to challenge conceptions of learning at all levels, in my teaching, in my family life, and in my own learning adventures. Please feel free to browse this site and use the resources that you find here.

Innovation Cafe - Bakersfield College
April 24, 2008
"Drinking From the Fire Hose: Channeling the Flow of Internet Information"
PDF Handout

TechEd 2008
April 14, 2008 - Ontaro, CA
"Improving Online Education Across the College"
PPT File (2 Meg) | PDF File (5 Meg)

Software & Information Industry Association
Educational Technology Summit
April 17, 2007- San Francisco
"Will Education Have a "Second Life"? An interview with three who know"

WISCnet
Future Technologies Conference
May 8, 2007- Madison, WI
"Second Life in Education"

Second Life International Conference:
Best Practices in Teaching, Learning and Research
May 25, 2007- Online
"Rethinking Education With Second Life"

My Classes

Spring 2008

BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE [web site]
Click here to visit the course web site

COMS B2 - Intro to Computer Information Systems
COMS b74a - Web Design: Dreamweaver
COMS b74b - Web Design: HTML/XML
COMS b76a - Web Design: Flash
COMS b101 - Web Systems and Security

Interests, Projects, and Links

Second Life

Second Life LogoSecond Life is an amazing, and expansive virtual world where users can create anything their imaginations can dream up, own property, and interact with one another. The educational possibilities are almost endless. I am specifically interested in how Second Life can be used to model new real life educational models for educators.

Starting in May, I will begin teaching an online course on Second Life for Educators.

myOMET.com

The myomet.com web site is designed to develop community among the graduates, current students and prospective students of the online Master of Arts in Educational Technology Program at Pepperdine University. I am spearheading the development of this site, which is long overdue for a redesign.

Moodle

Moodle is a course management system and online learning software that is open source, free, and designed around sound learning principles. I use Moodle, and also do a fair amount of consulting and training in the area.

In the News...


Surfing Second Life

Technology & Learning Magazine

Second Life News Network
Coverage of my keynote and others at the
SLBPE Conference

NY Times Article
Cool article in the Times, with a shot of some Pepperdine group work.

My New Life
Nice mention on Dan Pink's blog after he visited our project with Pepperdine University in SL.

At Colleges, Real Learning in a Virtual World
Christian Science Monitor (quote)

'Second Life' an Internet Virtual Reality Success
KGET News (quote and video)

Links Out


Professional

Moodle
TappedIn
Pepperdine University
Bakersfield College

People

People I know...
Gary Stager
Margaret Riel
Paul Sparks
Debby Kilburn
Pamela Rivers

People I don't know...
Marc Prensky
Seymour Papert
Alfie Kohn

Fun

Second Life
mySpace.com[my page]
World of Warcraft
Lifehacker
Gizmodo
Coconut Joes
Kansas City Chiefs
Levenger
Bakersfield Swim Club

Other Stuff

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