In this eighth episode, we look back at the evolution of the ‘Technology and Society’ class over the last decade. John O’Connor, the course leader – known as Acuppa Tae in Second Life – introduced students to the ideas of Marshall McLuhan and Bernard Stiegler to promote discussion and inform their project work. The conversation, generated by Google NotebookLM from content on www.virtualenvironmentsmodule.com, is produced by Acuppa Tae in 2025.

In this seventh episode, we reflect on the evolution of the ‘Metaliteracy and Digital Citizenship’ class over the years. Our guest speaker, Dr. Valerie Hill – known in Second Life as Valibrarian Gregg and author of Metamodernism and Changing Literacy: Emerging Research and Opportunities (2020) – examines how the post-Gutenberg Parenthesis reality is shaping contemporary life and education. The conversation, generated by Google NotebookLM from content on www.virtualenvironmentsmodule.com, is produced by Acuppa Tae in 2025.

The sixth episode of The Deep Dive podcast looks back on how team building and collaboration has been taught over the years. Guest speaker Sitearm Madonna has taken the class since 2011 and developed a unique approach to teaching in a virtual world, bringing students from Ireland and Turkey together on mixed teams to deliver projects. The conversation, generated by Google NotebookLM from content on www.virtualenvironmentsmodule.com, is produced by Acuppa Tae in 2025.