Professional Activities

Recent activities include attending professional meetings, workshops, and conferences using virtual world technology, presenting research and conducting training activities at local conferences, workshops, and guest lecturing for an EHRD course. I have also consulted for an international  consulting firm, Leadership Development International (LDi), in their effort to develop experiential learning curricula for one of their international clients: the Higher Colleges of Technology--Fujairah College in the United Arab Emirates. This partnership resulted in several projects designed to reach the HCT-FC mission: to develop dynamic citizens through the education and training of students via experiential leadership curricula. My research culminated in a mixed-reality project and presentation "Using Second Life--HCT Presentation."Recent Professional Presentations and Activities 

• Kothmann, M., Fowler, D., and Raisor, C. (2011). "Curriculum Assessment Workshop." (Invited presentation and workshop.) From the TAMU Center for Teaching Excellence for Ecosystem Science and Management, 18 August.
• Raisor, C. and McWhorter, R. (2011). “Teaching Technical Communication through Virtual World Technology.” (Book chapter pending review). Virtual Worlds in Online and Distance Education. S. Gregory, M. Lee, B. Dalgarno, B. Tynan (Eds.). Planned for publication by Athabasca University Press in the Issues in Distance Education Series by Terry Anderson (Ed.).    
• Raisor, C. and McWhorter, R. (2011). “Creation and Evaluation of Authentic Technical Writing Assignments Utilizing Virtual World Technology.” (Accepted) for the Innovative Research Virtual Worlds Conference, November 2011, Coventry University, UK.
• Balester, V. and Raisor, C. (2011). “Writing Workshop for GATs of ENGR 482: Engineering Ethics” (Invited presentation and workshop). College of Engineering, Texas A&M University. Feb. 26.
• Raisor, C. and McWhorter, R. (2010). “Training & Development in a Virtual World”  (Invited presentation and workshop). Priya Karup’s EHRD 475: Multimedia Development for Training & Development, Texas A&M University, October 13, 14 (2010) and March 3, 2011.
• Raisor, C.  (2011). Qatar Writing Workshops: “Team Building and Problem Solving Using MUVEs” and “Using Collaborative Tools for Documentation: VYEW and Google Docs” (Invited presentation and workshop). Feb. 14 and 16, 2011.
• Raisor, C., Kenney-Kennicut, W., McWhorter, R. R., McGeachin, R., Nowlin-Obanion, A., Snell, J. (2011). “Using Second Life® to Teach Across the Disciplines” (Panel presentation). Teaching with Technology Conference, Texas A&M University, February 7-8.
• Raisor, C. and McWhorter, R. (2010). “Training & Development in a Virtual World”  (Invited presentation and workshop). Priya Karup’s EHRD 475: Multimedia Development for Training & Development, Texas A&M University, October 13, 14 (2010) and March 3, 2011.
• Kenney-Kennicutt, W., Rutherford, T., Raisor, C., and Dorsey, L, (2010). “Using Virtual World Technology to Instruct University Students.” (Panel discussion). Instructional Technologies Services Showcase, Texas A&M University, Oct. 27.
• Raisor, C. and McWhorter, R. (2010) “Online Education Through a Virtual World Platform.” (Invited presentation). Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirates, June 2.
• Raisor, C., Kenney-Kennicut, W., McWhorter, R. R., McGeachin, R., Nowlin-Obanion, A., Snell, J. (2010). “Using Second Life® to Teach Across the Disciplines” (Panel presentation). Teaching with Technology Conference, Texas A&M University, February 10-11.
• Raisor, C. and Small, N. (2008). “You Might be a Techneck if. . . Blending Technology with Writing Intensive Courses.” Teaching with Technology Conference, Texas A&M University, February 12-13.
• Raisor, C. (2005). “Using and Assessing Technology in Teaching.” Teaching with Technology Conference, Texas A&M University, February 23-24.