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Anthony Fontana is an Instructor of Art and Learning Technologies Consultant at Bowli… (more)

Anthony Fontana is an Instructor of Art and Learning Technologies Consultant at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. As an educator, he is very interested in web 2.0 applications and modes of communication that combine with educational course management technologies to optimize learning outcomes by providing channels of content transfer most familiar to the student; something he calls "The Multichronic Classroom". His research focuses on immersive learning environments such as Second Life and the way in which students engage in socially motivated peer production. As an artist, he has exhibited machinima and other artworks made in Second Life throughout the Midwest and in the virtual world. (less)