A student asked me some questions about distance education and virtual worlds, and I provided the following basic impressions (light on links, lets just get this posted for now). I think that research into the actual stats and studies would be of more help. Check out AERA and Horizon Report, and other distance ed stuff [...]
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My presentation to fellow Communication and Information Sciences doctoral students today is on Play: Research in Multi-User Virtual Environments. The following references are available for further investigation:
Aedhmar Hynes, CEO, Text100 (First lessons in Second Life)
Irving Wladawsky-Berger, Vice President, Technical Strategy and Innovation, IBM (3d Internet)
Sarah “Intellagirl” Robins, Doctoral Student, Ball State University (Cite-u-like library)
Mike Kuniavsky, [...]
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Posted in augmentation, simulation on Oct 13th, 2006
Drs. Fernette and Brock Eide, over at their [Neurolearning Blog](http://eideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/sketching-at-mit-video.html
) posted a great video of an MIT whiteboard that does simulation. Virtual environmented embedded in a whiteboard. Virtual worlds everywhere!
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