My research focuses on sociotechnical systems in virtual worlds,
communities of practice, and social informatics. I teach two courses I
designed as an
Assistant Instructor about the societal impacts of technology and the
use of Web 2.0 and Web 3D as information platforms for knowledge work.
My course web sites are located here Working
in Virtual
Worlds and Social
Issues in a
Networked Society
Most recently I held the position of Systems Analyst at
the University of Texas at Austin where I consulted with scientist and
researchers enabling them to implement state-of-the-art technologies
into their research and teaching. I co-founded the Educators Coop a non-profit
organization connecting educators at large in virtual worlds.
I frequently blog about my virtual world research at the Educators Coop and I
can be found in Second Life at my teaching
and research facility
Email: joesanchez@mail.utexas.edu
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Recent Publications
Sanchez, J. (2008 in press) Real World Learning in Virtual
Spaces: Service Learning 3.0. In The
Service Connection: Library and Information Science Education and
Service to Communities. Edited by Loriene Roy and Alex Hershey.
ALA Editions. American Library Association
Jarmon, L., & Sanchez, J. (2008 in Press) The Educators Coop: A
Virtual World Model for Real World Collaboration. Proceedings of
the American Society for Information
Science and Technology.
Jarmon, L., & Sanchez, J. (2008 in press). The Educators Coop
Experience in Second Life:
A model for collaboration. The Journal of the Research Center for
Educational Technology.
Sanchez, J. (2007). Second Life: An Interactive Qualitative Analysis.
In C. Crawford et al.
(Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher
Education
International Conference 2007 (pp. 1240-1243). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. (pdf)
(html)
Sanchez, J. (2007). A Sociotechnical Systems Analysis of Second Life in
an Undergraduate
English Course. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational
Multimedia, Hypermedia and
Telecommunications 2007 (pp. 4254-4258). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. (pdf)
(html)
Mayrath, M., Sanchez, J., Traphagan, T., Heikes, J. & Trivedi, A.
(2007). Using Second Life in
an English course: Designing class activities to address learning
objectives. In Proceedings of
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and
Telecommunications 2007 (pp. 4219-4224).
Chesapeake, VA: AACE. (pdf)
Sanchez, J., Svinicki, M., McGregor, A. & Kim, M. (2005). Creating
Online Faculty
Development Resources Through IRIS: Information Resources with
Instructional
Strategies. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for
Information
Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (pp.
1224-1226). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Rhodes, S. & Sanchez, J. (2002). Assessing out-of-the-box thinkers:
Professional development
for IT support staff. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational
Multimedia, Hypermedia
and Telecommunications 2002 (pp. 1637-1639). Chesapeake, VA: AACE
Sanchez, J. & Deloca, D.(2003). Web Video as an
Administrative
Solution. In C. Crawford et al.
(Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher
Education
International Conference 2003 (pp. 1548-1549). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Upcoming Presentations:
- 5th ALA Forum on Education. The Service Learning Connecion.
6-27-08 2008
American Library Association Annual Conference
- Panel on Doctoral Education. 6-28-08. 2008
American Library Association Annual Conference
- Storytelling
in Virtual Environments. Center for Digital Storytelling 5-17-2008
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Recent Speaking Engagements:
- Experiential Learning in Virtual Environments : Internet Public
Library, Second Life, and Web 2.0. Association for Library and
Information Science Education (ALISE).
January 2008
- The
Service Connection: Library and Information Science Education and
Service to Communities. Association
for Library and
Information Science Education (ALISE).
January 2008
-
4th ALA Forum on Education - The Ph.D. Experience: Research
into Practice. American
Library Association Mid-Winter Conference January 2008
- The Current State and the Future of Education and Music
Education in Second Life. National
Symposium for Music Instruction Technology
October 2007
- Developing a Community of Practice in the Shared Virtual Environment
of
Second Life. Learning
and Research in Second Life Workshop @ Association of
Internet Researchers 8. Vancouver, Canada. October
2007
- The Educators Coop Experience in Second Life. The Sociological
Significance of Virtual Worlds Supplanting Cyberspace. American Sociological Association
August, 2007
- Creating Transitional Spaces in Virtual Places: Learning in
Second
Life. Association of Internet
Researchers 8. Vancouver, Canada. October
2007
-
Evolving
Marketing into Virtual Worlds : Austin Technology Council.
July 18, 2007.
-
Virtual Worlds: Connecting people,
places, and spaces. Austin Technology Forum sponsored by Texas Advanced Computing Center
May 3, 2007
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Learning 2.0 .
Third Annual Texas Blackboard User Group Conference , Fall 2006
- Second Life: People, places, and spaces. The University of Texas at
Austin Faculty Development Workshop, 2007
- Information Architecture in Virtual Worlds. School of Information
April, 2007.
