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Written by Clark Columbia
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Saturday, 09 June 2007 |
 Eduserv the not-for-profit IT services group, has announced that its Foundation has awarded grants totalling £333,000 to fund four research projects, each of which involve investigations into the use of virtual worlds in learning and education. The Foundation’s grant programme is designed to drive the effective application of IT in education.
The projects, conducted by Oxford University, Kings College London, London Knowledge Lab and University of Paisley, will investigate how educators can develop effective means of incorporating 3-D virtual worlds into teaching and learning.
Diane Carr, post doctoral research fellow in media and education at the London Knowledge Lab, will use the grant to analyse the effectiveness and appropriateness of learning in online worlds such as World of Warcraft and Second Life. Courses will be taught in Second Life and the outcomes assessed.
http://www.publictechnology.net...
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Written by Clark Columbia
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Saturday, 09 June 2007 |
Nik Berg goes for a drive in a computer-generated virtual world where the roads are empty, the cars are cheap and anything is possible.
In a world where you can fly like Superman or even teleport, Star Trek-style, across vast distances, cars are fast becoming the favourite form of transport.
Electric dreams: Second Life would be paradise with more realistic driving.
That world is Second Life - a virtual planet, populated by about 5.5 million virtual people, all living alternate existences free from the responsibilities and restrictions of real life.
Second Lifers enter this brave new world via their computer screens, creating virtual selves (known as avatars) and choosing virtual careers, love lives and entertainment. Second Life was opened to the public in 2003 and its population has been encouraged to create ever since. They've created dance clubs and clothes stores, shopping malls and surf shacks. In what has become a real, multi-million-dollar economy, people have built up property empires, political parties and even a mafia. And as if to prove how deeply cars are embedded in our culture, even in this limitless land, people are building, driving, buying and selling them.
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Written by Clark Columbia
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Saturday, 09 June 2007 |
If the proverbial genie gave Internet users three wishes for an improved network what would they ask for? Peace of mind about secure financial transactions? Protection from hackers? Inventive new applications that improve the quality of life?
With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), researchers are working together to design a bold new research platform called GENI, the Global Environment for Network Innovations. As envisioned, GENI will allow researchers throughout the country to build and experiment with completely new and different designs and capabilities that will inform the creation of a 21st Century Internet.
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Written by Clark Columbia
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Saturday, 09 June 2007 |
Walt Disney will triple the amount of money it spends developing video games to benefit from strong growth prospects in the global market, the entertainment company's chief financial officer said on Friday.
"We are ramping up our investment in video games...It is a market where there is real opportunity," Disney's CFO Tom Staggs told journalists during a briefing in London.
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Written by Clark Columbia
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Saturday, 09 June 2007 |
By Tim Ferguson
Virtual worlds are all the rage at the moment for businesses and consumers but they also have the potential to be used in the military sphere too.
The RAF is testing a new simulator using technology that will eventually allow RAF and US Air Force pilots to train together in the same virtual training environment.
This is the view from one of the simulators currently being tested by frontline pilots at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire.
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Written by Clark Columbia
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Saturday, 09 June 2007 |
Virtual world used to hold class, create simulations By LISA ROSSI
Ames, Ia. - He's a stud with a ponytail, his name is Gut, and he's your professor.
At least that's who he is online. In real life, he's a bald white guy named Brian Mennecke whose wife won't let him grow a ponytail.
This summer, he will hold discussion sessions for Iowa State University students studying e-commerce led by his beefier online self (Gut), a cartoon character who can fly. The classes will be held in Second Life.
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http://www.desmoinesregister.com...
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