Philadelphia, PA -- The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announces its annual Higher Education Web Symposium, a two-day conference on campus beginning July 21, 2010. Speakers at the conference include Dr. Don Norman, author of acclaimed usability books, such as The Design of Everyday Things and Cory Ondrejka, co-founder of Linden Lab and principal architect of Second Life.
In conjunction with the live conference, and as an exploration of virtual technology, Wharton will host an interactive virtual event that will stream live the Web Symposium sessions. This event will continue to be open and available online until August 23, 2010. Streamed session videos and content can be viewed by visiting http://wharton.veplatform.com.
Wharton Computing partnered with 6Connex to offer the virtual conference experience. Far more than just streaming videos and message boards of traditional collaborative learning, the 6Connex Virtual Experience Platform is designed to deliver compelling solutions that create an immersive and engaging experience.
“At Wharton, we are continuously evaluating innovative technologies that are intuitive, cost-effective and add value to the user experience,”
Deirdre Woods, associate dean and CIO of the Wharton School added, “This virtual exploration is one of many initiatives and part of Wharton Computing’s mission to foster creativity and the development of new tools to provide Wharton’s community transformative experiences that connect, engage, inform and educate audiences, while delivering real business results.”
"We are pleased to partner with The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in delivering this distinctive virtual technology solution that allows them to extend their reach to the Wharton community of students, alumni, faculty and friends ," adds Brian Lane, vice president of vertical practices at 6Connex. "Offering a virtual knowledge and collaboration center, leveraging our Virtual Experience Platform, provides organizations such as The Wharton School the opportunities to cost effectively extend their educational reach worldwide."
About Higher Education Web Symposium
The Wharton Higher Education Web Symposium (Wharton UICONF) is a two-day event held every July that brings together web site designers, programmers, and project managers who want to create amazing experiences for their users. This year, there are over 30 sessions covering topics ranging from “HTML 5, the Future of the Web” to “Neuroscience and Usability”. Other topics covered include “Usability Testing in the Wild!” and “Designing Navigation that Works.”
About the Wharton School
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania — founded in 1881 as the first collegiate business school — is recognized globally for intellectual leadership and ongoing innovation across every major discipline of business education. The most comprehensive source of business knowledge in the world, Wharton bridges research and practice through its broad engagement with the global business community. The School has more than 4,900 undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, and doctoral students; more than 9,000 annual participants in executive education programs; and an alumni network of 85,000 graduates.
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