Interview with SL Woodbury University’s new Administrator Madelena Rossini
Writing by Green Guy on Sunday, 27 of January , 2008 at 11:50 am
by Jessica Holyoke
Madelena Rossini
Woodbury University is reappearing in Second Life. Madelena Rossini is the new administrator listed on the Woodbury group. Ms. Rossini was a SL resident who was introduced to members of the Woodbury faculty through SL. She recently started teaching classes at the California school and took some time to talk with me early one morning.
Madelena Rossini: I want to start emphasizing the positive work that is being done by Woodbury in SL with regards to education. I know that may sound boring to some people but really it isn’t. It is about each person going on fantastic journeys of self-discovery and learning. It is also about people discovering that they can do more and be more than they thought possible. We focus on the people who have been marginalized by society. We may not be Harvard or Yale, but we cater to the little people. In many respects that is what it is like for Woodbury in SL. Of course when you open your doors to just about anyone you are also bound to attract people that will give you a bad name as quickly as they would give you a good one. Hence the fact that the PN got through our door.
Woodbury University in real life recruits in places like Compton in LA. These are places people want to forget. Students are often the first in their family to get a college education. “
When asked about the recent uproar with Edward Clift’s land purchase and seizure, she had this to say:
“He did not know it was next to Prokofy Neva. He knew it was prime real estate and close to the Linden Lab headquarters. That is what motivated him to buy it. He is currently appealing the ban and we do not anticipate there being a problem once it is proven that he was and is in control of his own account.’ “Professor Clift received no e-mail notifying him of a ban which leads us to assume that his account has been suspended rather than banned. This only happens when there is suspicion that an account has been compromised. That is what has lead us to arrive at the conclusion we have come to.”Â
Ms. Rossini claims authorship of the metaversemuse blog which lists Susanna Hendy as the author of the blog posts. Susanna Hendy is a recently hired instructor for the purpose of conducting Second Life based learning at Woodbury University according to the VP of Academic Affairs, David Rosen.Â
Mr. Rosen confirms that Woodbury remains interested in using Second Life as a platform for learning. In a previously published e-mail at Second Thoughts, Mr. Rosen was quoted as saying that there is no authorized representative of Woodbury in SL, even though the Woodbury students are still bound by the Woodbury Student Code of Conduct.
You can read more from Ms. Rossini at metaversemuse.blogspot.com.
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