Educators Expand use of Second Life in Ontario
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The IT Business site reports on the surge of teachers using Second Life to teach students at public and post-secondary schools.
The article cites two people who are leading the charge into virtual worlds. One of these is Ken Hudson, managing director of the Virtual World Design Centre at Loyalist College in Belleville Ont. Here is a video of the program he developed that simulated a Border Services training program:
According to Hudson, student grades improved dramatically after using the virtual world program.
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