Posted on September 17, 2009 by johnwaugh
CAN NEW ZEALAND USE THIS LESSON?
Texas shows the way forward in
virtual world education …
John Lester (SL: Pathfinder Linden) and Leslie Jarmon (SL: Bluewave Ogee)
meet in front of the virtual version of Johnson Claudia Taylor Hall
at the University of Texas System.(Picture: Pathfinder Linden)
The New Zealand tertiary education system should probably be looking at following the virtual [...]
Filed under: Distance education, Education, Education in Second Life, Education in virtual worlds, ONGENS, SL Medicine, SLENZ Project, Second Life, Virtual Worlds | Tagged: Educators Coop, John Lester, Leslie Jarmon, Linden Labs, Ongens, Second Life, slenz, University of Auckland, University of Texas | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 1, 2009 by johnwaugh
CARTOON OR SUPER-REALISM
Do the graphics really matter
in virtual worlds?
… and is Blue Mars really the third generation?
Blue Mars 2050 … does super-realism matter?
I have always wondered just how much the graphics matter in virtual worlds: I know my personal preference falls into the super-realism category when it comes to graphics but [...]
Filed under: Education, Virtual Worlds | Tagged: Blue Mars 2050, Club Penguin, Cryengine2, Entropia Universe, Facebook, Grand Theft Auto, Habo Hotel, Kaneva, kzero, Larry Johnson, Lenova Lounge, Linden Labs, MySpace, Nebraska, Neopets, New Media consortium, OLIVE Forterra, Ongens, OpenLife, OpenSimulator, OSgrid, Outback, Poptropica, Second Life, Star Dolls, There, Twinity, Vastpark, Victor Keegan, Wonderland, World Of Warcaft | 4 Comments »
Posted on July 22, 2009 by johnwaugh
Upcoming Aotearoa New Zealand events
GNI Project Symposium ‘09
An invitation has been issued by Melanie Middlemiss to the GNI Project Symposium ‘09 to be held from 8.30 am – 5 pm on Friday, September 4, 2009, at the School of Business, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Online Registration is free but must be completed before [...]
Filed under: Education, ONGENS, Virtual Worlds | Tagged: Ako Aotearoa, Angie Farrow, Canterbury University, Colin Cox, eFest 2009, GNI Project, Helen McPhun, KAREN, Lisa Emerson, Massey University, National Virtual World Grid, Neuro Semantics, Ongens, Paul McElroy, Teaching and Learning, UCOL, University of Otago | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 8, 2009 by johnwaugh
New spirit of NZ tertiary ‘cooperation,
collaboration’ across virtual worlds
ADA Symposium Poster
With New Zealand tertiary institutions – polytechnics and universities – sometimes at loggerheads with each other its good to see a spirit of cooperation and collaboration in their working with and within virtual worlds.
This was brought home to me 10 days ago when The 6th [...]
Filed under: Education, Education in Second Life, Education in virtual worlds, Second Life, Sl Conferences, Virtual Worlds | Tagged: ADA, Aotearoa Digital Arts Symposium, Creative New Zealand, De Balie Centre for Culture and Politics, Dr Clare Atkins, Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Eric Kluitenberg, Koru, Leonardo Education Forum, Matthew Fuller, Mike Baker, None Gallery, Ongens, Otago Polytechnic, Phil Dadson, rollo kohime, slenz, Su Ballard, Victora University, Victoria University School of Design, Wellington Railway Station | 1 Comment »
Posted on June 18, 2009 by johnwaugh
Is there really virtual world
promise in peer-to-peer
… at this stage?
As if, worrying whether the soon-to-be-released Second Life Viewer 2009 will require educators to completely revamp their techniques and training of students, was not enough, we still have to wonder whether we might not have backed the wrong horse and that the [...]
Filed under: Education, Education in virtual worlds, Second Life, Virtual Worlds | Tagged: Australia, Colyseus, Croquet, Duisburg-Essen and Hanover, Entropia, Feldspar Epstein, Forterra, Hipihi, Hydra, Joaquin Keller, Kaneva, Kazaa, NICTA, OLIVE, Ongens, Open Cobalt, Open Source, OpenLife, OpenSim, OSgrid, peer-to-peer, Peer2peer, peers@play, Project Outback, Prototerra, Second Life, Shun-Yun Hu, Solipsis, The Metaverse Journal, TwinVerse, University of Mannheim, University of Melbourne, University of Singapore, University of Taiwan, Vastpark, Virtual Worlds, Wonderland | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 13, 2009 by johnwaugh
University of Illinois Global Campus entry point
Do SL public health training
applications really work?
US$1.6m to find the answer
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health have secured a grant of US$1.6 million to fund a study to determine if collaborative virtual environments designed to improve public health preparedness and response planning [...]
Filed under: Education, Education in Second Life, Education in virtual worlds, ONGENS, SLENZ Project, Virtual Worlds | Tagged: Midwifery Pilot, Ongens, Otago Polytech, Second Life, SLENZ Project, University of Auckland, University of Illinois, US Centre for Disease Control andPrevention, Virtual World News | 2 Comments »
Posted on June 9, 2009 by johnwaugh
‘Exciting’ Kiwi development
Major New Zealand universities seek funding
to establish national virtual world grid
Proposal pdf here
Three major New Zealand universities are planning to establish an open-access, open-source New Zealand National Virtual World grid based on the ONGENS OpenSim grid which is currently under development.
The universities are Otago University, the University of Canterbury, and the University of [...]
Filed under: Distance education, Education, Education in virtual worlds, ONGENS, Virtual Worlds | Tagged: Telecom, OpenSim, Weltec, Ongens, University of Canterbury, University of Auckland, KAREN, Otago University, Melanie Middlemiss, New Zealand National Virtual World Grid, NZNVWG, NVWG, GNI Project, ONGENS Testbed, REANNZ Donald Clark | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 21, 2009 by johnwaugh
THE ‘OPENSIM’ EXPERIENCE
Worlds of difference but ones that Kiwi
developers should probably try out
My experience in OpenSim, OSgrid, OpenLife and New Zealand’s own ONGENS would suggest to me that the variety and usability of multi-user virtual worlds are really opening up and educators should not rule out any of the possibilities.
I have [...]
Filed under: Distance education, Education, Education in virtual worlds, Second Life, Virtual Worlds | Tagged: Second Life, OpenSim, OpenLife, Ongens, KAREN, Capalini, OSgrid, Open Space | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 20, 2009 by johnwaugh
AUCKLAND U’s VIRTUAL MEDICAL CENTRE
Students learn those communication,
teamwork, clinical skills – virtually
Virtual simulation in an Auckland University, New Zealand, virtual medical centre training environment is returning similar results to a real life training facility at a fraction of the cost of a facility of that type, according to Dr Scott Diener [...]
Filed under: Distance education, Education in Second Life, Education in virtual worlds, SL Medicine, Second Life, Virtual Worlds | Tagged: Diener, Distance Education, Medical, Ongens, University of Canterbury, University of Auckland, Otago University | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 29, 2009 by johnwaugh
SL: import-export with ‘SLENZ Shuffle’
The new ‘Arfur Daley’?
Import-export “expert” bot, SLENZ Shuffle, with creator, Toddles Lightworker
SLENZ Shuffle? Well he might not be the new “Arfur Daley” (of TV Minder fame) but it looks like he might be able to do a good job in the virtual world import-export business.
He has already successfully [...]
Filed under: Education, Education in virtual worlds, Virtual Worlds | Tagged: Cochrane, IBM, Import-Export, Interaction design, KAREN, Ongens, OpenSim, SLENZ Shuffle, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, Zha Ewry | Leave a Comment »
