Search results for author:"Margaret Corbit"
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Museum Discovery Institute: Girls Designing in Cyberspace
Suzanne Kolodziej; Margaret Corbit; Jennifer Wofford
Journal of Virtual Worlds Research Vol. 6, No. 2 (Jun 20, 2013)
In 2007, Cornell University piloted the Museum Discovery Institute (MDI), adding a new dimension to its commitment to educational outreach. The pilot program was aligned with the Girl Scouts’ National GirLink Initiative and its Museum Discovery...
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Virtual outreach through virtual worlds: A model for attracting and keeping women in computing
Jan Mahar; Margaret Corbit; Jennifer Wofford
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 1036–1041
This Best Practices session will detail a trial site implementation of a virtual world outreach program at Penn State University. Under the direction of a PSU faculty member, volunteer instructors were recruited from the Information Sciences and...