In an innovative extension of larping (Live Action Role Playing) to education, Dr. Matt Barton (St. Cloud State University) and Dr. Charles Lowe (Grand Valley State University) are experimenting with live action distance education (LADE) in their online writing courses. Rather than using Blackboard or other learning management system software for creating a virtual classroom, Lowe and Barton simulate the distance education learning experience using physical media. Each professor has placed a large cork bulletin board outside of their office. Much like a website, students regularly visit the bulletin board where they find copies of the course syllabi, writing exercises, and project descriptions thumb-tacked. While students never meet together as a full class, groups of students can often be seen huddled around reading the many documents posted on the board.