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The New Media Consortium (NMC) is an international 501(c)3 not-for-profit consortium of more than 250 colleges, universities, museums, corporations, and other learning-focused organizations dedicated to the exploration and use of new media and new technologies. NMC member institutions are found in almost every state in the United States, across Canada, and in Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Australia. 〔(An Invitation to Join NMC | nmc )〕 ==History== The New Media Consortium (NMC) was founded in 1993 by a group of hardware manufacturers, software developers, and publishers who felt that the ultimate success of their multimedia-capable products depended upon their acceptance by the higher education community. The founding partners launched an international search in April 1993 to identify schools in which an investment in multimedia capacity could bear fruit. The first New Media Center was established at Stanford University and 21 others quickly followed. The colleges among the first group of 22 academic institutions were chosen for their demonstrated competence at using new media technologies, as well as their geographic distribution and breadth of academic specialties. Those 22 institutions initiated a number of collaborative activities, and their working group — then called the New Media Centers — quickly evolved into an independent not-for-profit 501(c)3 corporation by early 1994, with headquarters in San Francisco. In 1995 and 1998, the organization expanded the membership in two international searches. In 2002, the NMC moved its national headquarters from San Francisco, CA to Austin, TX. Over the years, the NMC expanded to the present status (in 2006) of approximately 250 colleges, universities, research centers, and museums ((current member list) ) and evolved into an organization known for exploring the frontiers of learning technology and the issues that surround it. In early 2006 the NMC established a virtual campus in Second Life. The (NMC Campus Observer ) is a blog that chronicles the activities on (the virtual campus ). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Media Consortium」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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