Papers & Presentations

Since the project started, we have disseminated our work through a variety of articles and various events. The links below will take you to either paper, abstract, article, Powerpoint or video presentations:

Innovative Uses of Teaching and Learning Space in History, Classics & Archaeology Workshop organised by the Subject Centre for History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Warwick, December 2008.

JISC project – Virtual Immersive Environments, stand at the University of Bristol’s annual Teaching and Learning Exhibition, Bristol, 8 January 2009

Enhancing Digital Content for Teaching and Learning in Social Virtual Environments, Presentation at the JISC Digital Content Conference 2009, Gloucestershire, UK, 30 June – 1 July 2009,

Earle, N. Hales, S (2009) Pompeii in the Crystal Palace: Comparing Victorian and Modern Virtual, Immersive Environments, proceedings of Electronic Visualisation in the Arts Conference, British Computing Centre, London, UK, 6 - 8 July 2009, pp 37-46

Earle, N. (2009) Designing Engaging Visualisations to Support History Learning, Introduction and Abstracts – Association of Learning Technology Conference, Manchester, UK, 8-10 September 2009, pp 102

Resurrecting the past: Virtual antiquities in the 19th century, JISC projecr final export, 30 September 2009

Official Virtual Model & Collection Launch Event, Bristol and Second Life, 16 December 2009

Visit Pompeii with the Victorians in Second Life, University of Bristol press release, 16 December 2009

Virtual Pompeian Court Now Open For Visitors, alumni news letter Sphinx 2010 (Classics and Ancient History), 2010

The Pompeii Court in the Crystal Palace and in Second Life:  Comparing Victorian and Modern Immersive Environments, presentation at the University of Bristol’s annual Teaching and Learning Exhibition, Bristol, 7 January 2010

Snowbound students visit Pompeii through their own computers, JISC Press release, 11 January 2010

Bristol historians give the old world a Second Life, article in Bristol Evening Post newspaper, 20 Januray 2010

Pompeii and The Crystal Palace, Treet.tv, Designing Worlds programme special, 2 February 2010

Crystal Palace Project, exhibition stand at Discover Bristol Event, Bristol, 12 March 2010

Crystal Palace Project, exhibition stand at the University of Bristol’s Public Engagement Event, Bristol, 23 September 2010