Tag Archives: education

Wed, Apr 6 2011
Survey: Slow erosion of educators from Second Life to OpenSim

Survey: Slow erosion of educators from Second Life to OpenSim

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In March, I asked educators on the SLED and EDUCAUSE Virtual Worlds lists to tell me how their ownership of land in virtual worlds compares to their holdings a year ago. Here are the results. Analysis:... 

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Thu, Dec 9 2010
University gets $2.5 mil grant for science simulations

University gets $2.5 mil grant for science simulations

Press Release: Online Science Project Launched by CU Nobel Laureate Receives $2.5 Million to Enhance Middle School Science Two students tweak the ramp of a skateboarder in Energy Skate Park, sending... 

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Fri, Oct 29 2010
Practical guide to virtual education

Practical guide to virtual education

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A new book by Coventry University professor Maggi Savin-Baden offers practical advice to educators interested in virtual worlds. A Practical Guide to Using Second Life in Higher Education. According to... 

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Tue, Oct 12 2010
NASA’s Moon World moves to OpenSim

NASA’s Moon World moves to OpenSim

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NASA’s OpenSim-based Moon World — a quarter-million-dollar project –  will go live on December 1, allowing students to experience what it’s like to live and work on a NASA moon... 

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Fri, Oct 8 2010
A Manifesto for Educators in Search of Life After Second Life

A Manifesto for Educators in Search of Life After Second Life

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When I first rezzed in January 2007, educators were investing heavily in Second Life, both its Teen and Main Grids. Throughout the “hype” era that ended the next  year, and amid the inevitable... 

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Wed, Sep 29 2010
NY, Utah educators get $1 mil NSF grant for OpenSim

NY, Utah educators get $1 mil NSF grant for OpenSim

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Press release: NYIT Receives $1 Million Grant from the National Science Foundation Project to Enable Teachers to Use Information and Communications Technologies in the Classroom New York, N.Y.  – New... 

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Tue, Sep 28 2010
Lindens reverse course on teens

Lindens reverse course on teens

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Last month, Linden Lab announced that the Teen Grid was shutting down at the end of the year, sending many educators into a panic at the prospect of losing their virtual projects in the middle of the school... 

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Tue, Sep 28 2010
FireSabre to help educators move content to OpenSim

FireSabre to help educators move content to OpenSim

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Press Release: Virtual World Campus for OpenSim HOUSTON, TEXAS  — FireSabre Consulting, a virtual world developer focused on educational clients, responded this week to the announcement by Linden Lab... 

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Fri, Jul 9 2010
Grant available for virtual butterfly exhibit

Grant available for virtual butterfly exhibit

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The New York-based Fashion Research Institute, Inc. is giving away five copies of its ground-breaking butterfly exhibit to researchers or educators. The exhibit, available in the form of an OpenSim archive... 

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Tue, Jun 8 2010
Harrisburg U. holds ‘serious games’ conference

Harrisburg U. holds ‘serious games’ conference

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Press Release: Serious Games are Effective Learning Solutions for ‘Soft’ and ‘Hard’ Skills From leadership and program management, to emergency evacuation or electrical safety... 

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Tue, May 11 2010
Japan school runs English classes in OpenSim

Japan school runs English classes in OpenSim

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Press Release: 3Di, Inc.’s 3D Virtual World Technology Powers Language Learning Service Offered by NTT Learning Systems and ALC Press “Virtual English Conversation Class” Service Opens,... 

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Sat, Apr 3 2010
Educators save money switching to OpenSim

Educators save money switching to OpenSim

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Educators in primary schools, colleges, and other institutions looking for lower costs, better controls, and no age restrictions are considering switching from Second Life to its open source alternative,... 

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Fri, Apr 2 2010
Clever Zebra offers toolset to educators in virtual worlds

Clever Zebra offers toolset to educators in virtual worlds

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Clever Zebra is about to roll out its Campus toolset for educators in OpenSim, company president Nick Wilson tells Hypergrid Business, with work already underway for the first beta customers. OpenSim is... 

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Fri, Jan 15 2010
10 predictions for 2010

10 predictions for 2010

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I just got off the phone with a company building an educational grid for a company in China — in OpenSim. They picked the platform not for its cheapness, but it’s feature set. This too often... 

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Thu, Jan 14 2010
Power users holding back Second Life?

Power users holding back Second Life?

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Second Life is being held back by an “elite group” of users, according to Forrester Research, Inc. analyst Tom Grant. There is an ” Iron Law of Oligarchy,” Grant wrote this week.... 

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Mon, Dec 21 2009
Why freebies are good for virtual designers

Why freebies are good for virtual designers

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As OpenSim-based social grids continue to grow, Second Life content designers are understandably worried about the free content floating around these grids — content which may have been ripped off... 

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Fri, Dec 18 2009
City Tech charts new ground in Second Life

City Tech charts new ground in Second Life

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Press Release These days, City Tech faculty and students are happy to oblige if anyone tells them to “get a life.” That’s because several classes are involved with developing the College’s presence... 

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Fri, Dec 18 2009
Simulations are future of education

Simulations are future of education

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Virtual Worlds, Simulations, and Games for Education: A Unifying View I wrote this article for Innovate magazine a few months ago, to coincide with the release of Learning Online with Games, Simulations,... 

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Mon, Sep 7 2009
UC Irvine sets up virtual worlds center

UC Irvine sets up virtual worlds center

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Press Release: UC Irvine establishes Center for Computer Games & Virtual Worlds Will join forces with Institute for Software Research and Game Culture & Technology Laboratory UC Irvine’s Donald... 

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Tue, Aug 25 2009
Boston considering mixed reality high school

Boston considering mixed reality high school

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Boston students may be able to attend a virtual high school in September 2010, if Roxbury Institute of Technology‘s plans for a charter high school are approved by the Massachusetts Department of... 

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Wed, Aug 12 2009
Purdue University profs: virtual reality a valuable teaching tool

Purdue University profs: virtual reality a valuable teaching tool

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Professors at Purdue University, Indiana, say their year-long presence in Second Life has made their teaching more engaging by giving students face-to-face interaction, preparing them to use virtual... 

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Mon, Jul 27 2009
Greenbush educates in OpenSim

Greenbush educates in OpenSim

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Just as colleges and universities were among the first to embrace the World Wide Web, educational institutions are now in the forefront of those embracing innovative uses of OpenSim and other virtual worlds... 

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Fri, Jul 17 2009
S. Carolina middle school classes go virtual

S. Carolina middle school classes go virtual

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South Carolina’s Appalachian St. University has been delivering an instructional technology degree almost completely inside virtual worlds for eight years, professor Sean Williams told Hypergrid... 

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Fri, Jul 17 2009
UK university offers OpenSim design course

UK university offers OpenSim design course

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Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland will become the first UK university to offer a comprehensive virtual world creation course, the institution announced this summer. The course, available to fourth-year... 

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