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Educational Opportunities in Virtual Worlds

Educational Opportunities in Virtual Worlds. What will the Future Bring?. Learning Landscapes. The Virtual World Landscape. What is a MUVE?. Modern MUVEs have: 3D isometric/third-person graphics Are accessed over the Internet Allow for some dozens of simultaneous users to interact

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Educational Opportunities in Virtual Worlds

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  1. Educational Opportunities in Virtual Worlds

  2. What will the Future Bring?

  3. Learning Landscapes

  4. The Virtual World Landscape

  5. What is a MUVE? • Modern MUVEs have: • 3D isometric/third-person graphics • Are accessed over the Internet • Allow for some dozens of simultaneous users to interact • Represent a persistent virtual world

  6. By 2011 80% of all active internet users will have a second life style virtual experience, most likely not Second Life. - Gartner Inc

  7. Google lively

  8. Desktop Virtual Worlds Revolution

  9. The Skeptic

  10. Get a First Life

  11. The Believer

  12. Harvard Law CyberOne

  13. The Evangelist

  14. Loyalist College

  15. Loyalist College in Second Life

  16. For Education Virtual Worlds… • Expand the classroom • Enhance experience • Augment materials • Accelerate learning

  17. “Our virtual identity is not separate from our physical identity.” Jeremy N. Bailenson April 4, 2008 Chronicle of Higher Education

  18. Canadian Border Thousand Islands

  19. Second Life Border Simulation

  20. “More realistic than traditional role plays.”

  21. “Interview questions stuck.”

  22. “As close as it could be to real life.”

  23. “Learned from watching classmates.”

  24. “Seeing hearing doing…we were actually there.”

  25. 28% Better Result

  26. URL

  27. Digital Natives

  28. Virtual World Natives

  29. Club Penguin

  30. Barbie Girls

  31. Teen Second Life

  32. Global Kids Second Life

  33. Collaboration and Community Building

  34. Virtual Conferences

  35. Immersive Learning Experiences

  36. Globalkids.org

  37. Eye4You Alliance

  38. Ohio University

  39. Kidzconnect.org

  40. Suffern Middle School

  41. Educators and Students Create the Future of Education Together

  42. kenhudson@infinitespaces.ca Kenny Hubble - SL www.infinitespaces.ca

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