Category Archives: Education

26 points about virtual worlds for 2011

Posted on January 28, 2011 by mandy

Here are some ruminations from my research project, Immersive Internet Australia , commissioned by the Smart Services Cooperative Research Centre  and Swinburne University of Technology. The list is neither exhaustive, nor final. Comments welcome. The immersive Internet is a generic term for … Continue reading →

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Please don’t mention virtual ‘worlds’: why does enterprise steer clear of the ‘w’ word?

Posted on January 24, 2011 by mandy

Reading a press release from technology company Avaya, I was reminded of  Basil Fawlty’s desperately funny attempt not to use the ‘W’ word , in this case standing for ‘war’, when German guests come to his stay at his guest house, Fawlty Towers. … Continue reading →

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New Report: Immersive Internet Australia: Education

Posted on December 7, 2010 by mandy

I’ve posted my report, (the full PDF version is located under the Immersive Internet Australia tab, profile on education), profiling Australian educators’ use of virtual worlds and other immersive technologies. Hopefully, it is something of a roadmap for those contemplating such … Continue reading →

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Immersive Learning: on or off the boil?

Posted on October 9, 2010 by mandy

Immersive Learning was very much on the agenda in Australia in 2008, as this video made by Educationau enthusiastically demonstrates. A group from Gippsland TAFE, in Victoria, drafted a set of protocols for immersive learning here but, like Educationau, the … Continue reading →

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Swinburne University’s Koala Island

Posted on June 30, 2010 by mandy

Thrilled to be using Swinburne University’s ‘Koala Island‘ in Second Life for an event with VicRoads. We’ll be  introducing them to virtual environments. Roads, urban planning, their own distributed work force… it  makes sense to start exploring a swag of … Continue reading →

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Aarnet's mixed reality workshop

Posted on September 18, 2009 by mandy

AARnet  is considering a move into hosting virtual environments on its academic research network, and is exploring the idea of creating an  intra-world  for Australia’s research institutions  to whom it supplies superfast connectivity. The workshop (program here) was held at Wollongong University’s new  iC (Innovation … Continue reading →

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