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The Archives
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05.02.09The Future of Education in Virtual Worlds: My Discussions at Orange IslandA big thanks to the folks at Orange Island for putting on an amazing series of panels and presentations on education in multi-user virtual environments (MUVEs). I didn't have a lot to add to the discussions other than to maybe set a bit of context, but the presentations that followed were pretty incredible - great examples of where education is at, what methods are working, the challenges and experiences. Mogulus archived the presentations. You can catch my discussion on Mogulus (it takes a bit to get rolling but it's there! Forward to about 24 minutes to where I'm introduced). Click "On ...
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11.16.08A Sense of Place: Mapping in Second Life and Virtual WorldsI often regret that I wasn't around for the days of telehubs and a contained land mass: Second Life is too vast now, teleports make it too easy to bounce around, and private islands mean that the majority of the Grid isn't a continuous space. Over on the OpenSim grids, you get a sense of place: it's still small enough to wander around and meet all your neighbours. The map of SL isn't much of a map really. Show it to a cartographer and they'd scorn it: it's an information dashboard, maybe, showing land for sale or green dots, but ...
recent posts
- M Linden Gets Real: Metanomics Discussion and Second Life
- Quick Hit: Dynamic Shadows in Second Life
- Setting the Stage: Metanomics and M Linden
- The Future of Education in Virtual Worlds: My Discussions at Orange Island
- Education in Virtual Worlds: Where It’s Headed (Today at Orange Island)
- Where Virtual Worlds are Going: Why is the New What, How is for Tomorrow (Report on 3DTLC)
- Google 3D Take Two: Moving Towards the 3D Browser
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