My research focuses on shared virtual environments, technology enhanced
learning, 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 Social Issues in a
Networked Society and Working
in Virtual
Worlds
Currently I provide virtual world consulting through Sanchez Social
Media. 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 recently co-founded the Educators Coop in Second Life,
Second Life's first residential community for Educators.
I frequently blog about my virtual world research at the Educators Coop
Email: joesanchez@mail.utexas.edu
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Recent Publications
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.
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.
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.
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
Deloca, D. & Sanchez, J. (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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Recent Speaking Engagements:
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
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.
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Upcoming:
Developing a community of practice in the shared virtual environment of
Second Life. Second Life Preconferecne 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
