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NSF proposals on Cyberlearning

Started Nov 22, 2011 0 Replies

If any experts on learning are interested in responding to this call:http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503581please…Continue

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Immersive VR / Virtual Worlds as an educational platform

Started this discussion. Last reply by Steve Guynup Sep 13, 2010. 1 Reply

I would be interested in hearing from the members who have already explored the use of VWs (such as SL) for educational activities. Please contact me here, by email (george@astro.caltech.edu), or in…Continue

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NSF proposals on Cyberlearning

If any experts on learning are interested in responding to this call:http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503581please email me, george@astro.caltech.edu. I am considering an exploratory proposal on the uses of immersive VR as an educational platform.  We have a good use case, teaching astronomy and computational science, at a range of levels, from popular lectures to grad school, and we have some experience in…See More
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Steve Guynup replied to George Djorgovski's discussion 'Immersive VR / Virtual Worlds as an educational platform'
Hello George, I've been building virtual worlds for about 15 years now. Some history of my work is here: http://noel.pd.org/~thatguy/exit/in_video.html http://www.web3ddesign2010.org/sub_students.html I currently use Exit Reality, but am…
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Immersive VR / Virtual Worlds as an educational platform

I would be interested in hearing from the members who have already explored the use of VWs (such as SL) for educational activities. Please contact me here, by email (george@astro.caltech.edu), or in SL (avi = Curious George), and maybe we'll set up a virtual discussion or two. Thanks!
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