Virtual Worlds
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Virtual University Projects
and other Worlds for Education
- Pedagogical Projects using Virtual Worlds
- MOO and MUD-Based Learning Projects
- Internet-enabled Distance Learning (CSCL) Projects
- Initiatives in Internet-based Distance Learning
- Books, Theses, Papers, Articles and Courses on Avatars and Virtual Worlds
Pedagogical Projects using Virtual Worlds
Visit the California Virtual High School Project
Download the Active Worlds Browser and then
Teleport Directly to the VHS
- The Contact Consortium TheU Virtual University and architecture competition
- The Integrated Immersive Learning Environment and virtual campus of the College of Business at the University of Colorado at Boulder
- The Biota.org Nerve Garden a shared, generative virtual terrarium for learning about form and function in nature
- Susan Mackey's University of Victoria Site for TheU Virtual University
- Missouri's VR in education page
- Center for Electronic Communication Florida Atlantic University.
MOO and MUD-Based Learning Projects
- SolSys Sim a pedagogical MUD simulating future human societies, Reed Riner, Northern Arizona University
- Diversity University
- MOOse Crossing, a kid's MOO for learning, by Amy Bruckman, MIT Media Lab (now at Georgia Tech)
- MOOs for Education
Internet-enabled Distance Learning (CSCL) Projects and Institutions
- Turoff and Hiltz at New Jersey Institute of Technology, originators of the Virtual Classroom. Also please see many papers at Roxanne Hiltz's homepage.
- Virtual Online University
- Great paper on a Virtual Campus in Spain
- Amsterdam Virtual University (in Dutch)
- Virtuosi Project at Nottingham University
- University of Western Florida Virtual Classroom
- The Open University of the UK
- Science Space Worlds at George Mason University
- Southern California University for Professional Studies (SCUPS), a distance education university offering both undergraduate and graduate degrees
- The Virtual Lecture International Project
- The EDUTEC project at the El Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONCYTEC) in Peru.
Initiatives in Internet-based Distance Learning
For a growing list of initiatives and research, see the California Virtual High School Pedagogy Page. The VHS Hotlinks Page offers an extensive list of distance learning and online resources for educators.
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