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11.14.08Educators Expand use of Second Life in OntarioThe 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. Continue Reading...
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05.18.08Pioneer Virtual College Looks To Profit from its PioneeringLoyalist College in Belleville, Canada was the first Canadian college to build a virtual campus in SL, in 2003. Ever since then, the college has been fielding calls from all manner of sources asking them to use their expertise to build them a viable SL educational presence, according to itbusiness.ca. So, building on their reputation for innovation, Loyalist College recently launched Infinite Spaces, their Virtual World Design Centre that will build exclusively for SL. Here's an example of another SL campus, this one made for Ohio University (with the groooooviest music):
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