http://scienceroll.com/2008/06/03/will-your-next-poster-session-be-in-second-life/ A doctor's journey in genetics PhD and medicine through web 2.0 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 10:42:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://scienceroll.com/2008/06/03/will-your-next-poster-session-be-in-second-life/#comment-35525 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:06:47 +0000 http://scienceroll.wordpress.com/?p=1951#comment-35525 I think it’s a great idea, and it shouldn’t work much differently than online class chat rooms do. But they are going to have problems. The main problem that comes to mind is access. I’m on dial-up as are a significant number of people living outside cities and in other countries. That will definitely impact the ability of some to take part in such discourse. It could possibly create a ruling elite (not that there isn’t already one) that really limits the ability of those people without access to be heard.

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