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> Subject: [News] Project to Build Virtual Learning Platform Within
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> Chronicle of Higher Education (12/10/07); Foster, Andrea L.
>
> Boston College instructor Aaron E. Walsh is leading a multimillion-dollar
> project backed by the Federation of American Scientists and the Kauffman
> Foundation to develop virtual-reality software that can be used for
> educational purposes.
>
> Researchers are working with an international consortium of colleges,
> research institutes, and companies to develop standards and best practices
> for the virtual-reality platform. The project, called Immersive
> Education, will build on Walsh's experience teaching Boston College
> students online in virtual spaces.
>
> Immersive Education includes plans to create mini-games and interactive
> lessons within virtual spaces, including Second Life, Croquet, and Project
> Wonderland.
>
> At a conference announcing Immersive Education, Walsh demonstrated how
> virtual worlds can be used to teach students about real-world places,
> events, and ideas. During the demonstration, the virtual avatar of a
> student, standing in front of a digital jackal, explained that to the
> ancient Egyptians the jackal helped transport the dead to the underworld.
> Three-dimensional models of archaeological sites and tombs in Egypt,
> developed by the Theban Mapping Project, provided a virtual tour of an
> otherwise inaccessible site. Meanwhile, Gene Koo, a fellow at the Berkman
> Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, described how
> students at Emerson College and Boston residents are using Second Life to
> foster civic engagement, and how virtual worlds are being used to design
> real-world spaces.
>
http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/12/925n.htm> (Web Link May Require Paid Subscription)
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