Mark This is a remarkable publication - many case studies and reasoning in favor of the virtual environment approach. Also, many instances of OpenSim, demonstrating its significant worth in the education area. -p
On Sep 2, 2013, at 8:18 AM, "Lee, Mark" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear colleagues, > > In 2010-12, with colleagues from Charles Sturt University (CSU), the > University of New England (UNE), and the University of Southern Queensland > (USQ), I worked on a project that involved conducting an Australia and New > Zealand-wide scoping study on the use of virtual worlds for learning and > teaching in higher education. The final report from the project is now > available as an open-access publication: > > Dalgarno, B., Gregory, S., Carlson, L., Lee, M. J. W., & Tynan, B. (2013). A > systematic review and environmental analysis of the use of 3D immersive > virtual worlds in Australian and New Zealand higher education institutions > [Final report]. Armidale, Australia: University of New England, DEHub. > Available from http://www.dehub.edu.au/publications/books/ > > Please feel free to direct others who you think might be interested to this > resource. > > The scoping study project was funded by the Distance Education Hub (DEHub), a > research consortium based at UNE and involving CSU, USQ, and CQU (Central > Queensland University) in Australia as well as Massey University in New > Zealand. DEHub was initially established through a grant from the Australian > Government Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary > Education (DIISRTE) and now continues to operate under the sponsorship of > UNE, providing a wealth of resources and activities aimed at promoting > scholarship and innovation in online and distance learning. I encourage you > to check out their newly redeveloped website at http://www.dehub.edu.au/. > > Kind regards, > > > > Mark J. W. Lee > Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Education, Charles Sturt University > (Former Adjunct Senior Lecturer, DEHub, University of New England) > Editor, MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching > Visiting Scholar (2013-14), California State University > > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users > Paul Fishwick, PhD Chair, ACM SIGSIM Distinguished Chair of Arts & Technology and Professor of Computer Science Director, Creative Automata Laboratory The University of Texas at Dallas Arts & Technology 800 West Campbell Road ATC 3.206 Richardson, TX 75080-3021 http://www.utdallas.edu/atec/fishwick Blog: creative-automata.com
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