New interface for Second Life
Young, J. (1010) Will Second Life Upgrade Help Virtual Classrooms? Chronicle of Higher Education, February 25
Following Jeffrey Young's earlier article suggesting some disillusionment of...
Rape in virtual worlds
Bugeja, M. (2010) Avatar Rape Inside Higher Education, February 25
I hesitated about posting this blog, not because of the content, but because I already...
More on the Chronicle’s virtual world article
I know that if you write a blog, you will get criticism, and it's been a good week for that, what with the Tapscott...
From Second Life to authentic educational Virtual Worlds?
Young, J. (2010) After Frustrations in Second Life, Colleges Look to New Virtual Worlds Chronicle of Higher Education, February 14
This excellent article looks at...
50 educational games for higher education
The How To E-D-U Your How-To guide for Higher education has just published a list of 50 educational games, including 13 aimed at college...
Books and articles on games, simulations and virtual worlds
Natasha Boskic has just updated a comprehensive list of books and articles on educational games, simulations and virtual worlds.
Go to: Books on virtual learning...
Conferences on educational games, 2010
From Natasha Boskic
Conferences
Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair, Hong Kong, January 11-14, 2010 (http://hktoyfair.hktdc.com/dm/201004/Potential/index_e.htm)
Design for Children, Industrial Design Centre (IDC), Indian Institute of Technology...
The state of e-learning 2009
It's that time of year again. Here's a personal look back at e-learning in 2009 (I will do another blog on priorities for Canadian...
R2D2: A model for using technology in education
Bonk, C. (2009) R2D2: A model for using technology in education eSchool News, December 11
For all you Luke Skywalkers and Princess Leias in e-learning,...
Research into virtual worlds: call for proposals
The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research has issued the following call for proposals:
I. Editorial Team
• Tom Boellstorff, University of California, Irvine
• Celia Pearce, Georgia...