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arvelsigNewsletter Applied Research in Virtual Environments for Learning arvelsig.ning.com
Obituary by the Austin American-Stateman, Nov 29, 2009 Leslie Jarmon/Bluewave Ogee UT Austin SL Memorial, http://slurl.com/secondlife/UT%20Austin%207/118/86/29 Dr. Leslie Jarmon related sites, Educators Coop: http://educatorscoop.org/; Embodied Research: http://embodiedresearch.blogspot.com/; Journal of Virtual World Research: http://journals.tdl.org/jvwr/article/view/624/453; The First Statewide Rollout of a Virtual World Learning Environment: The University of Texas in Second Life, by Pathfinder Linden (09/15/09) –an interview with Dr. Leslie Jarmon and summary on 3DTLC; NMC Connect: http://www.nmc.org/connect/2009/november Metanomics: Virtual Classrooms Became Reality with University of Texas Finally, you may find Dr. Jarmon’s last article in a chapter book that came out on November 23, 2009:
Jarmon, L., Traphagan, T. W., Traphagan, J. W., & Eaton, L. J. (2009). Aging, Lifelong Learning, and The Virtual World of Second Life. In C. Wankel & J. Kingsley (Eds.), Higher Education in Virtual Worlds: Teaching and Learning in Second Life (pp. 221-242). Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
Edusim: 3D virtual world for the classroom interactive whiteboard.
Abstract: 3D multi-user virtual world platform and authoring toolkit intended for the classroom interactive
whiteboard, Edusim is also powerful on the students’ laptop or desktop computers. Edusim is extendable allowing
multiple classrooms to connect their interactive whiteboards for collaborative learning sessions. Cobalt-Edusim has
been tested and works on the Smartboard, Activeboard, Interwriter, Polyvision, Mimio, eBeam, and Wiimote
Whiteboard. Edusim seeks to model a new way to engage students through immersive touch by leveraging 3D
virtual environments on an interactive surface.
Resources: Website, Demo video, Wiki, 5 ways to use Cobalt-Edusim in the Classroom
Events: Edusim will be at the Immersive Education Summit in April 23-25th, 2010 at Boston College. Details:
http://mediagrid.org/summit/
Remembering Dr. Leslie Jarmon
Educators Coop 5 6,98,44
Remembering Bluewave Ogee, by Joe Sanchez Dear Friends, With sadness I regret to inform you that a wonderful and kind soul, Dr. Leslie Jarmon aka Bluewave Ogee passed away last night (11-24-09). Read More >>
MUVEing It: Exhibiting VW Research in a Virtual World
ARVEL Featured Applied Research
Poll#2: What’s a virtual world? Rheingold defines virtual reality as an experience in which a person is “surrounded by a three-dimensional computer-generated representation, and is able to move around in the virtual world and see it from different angles, to reach into it, grab it, and reshape it.” Rheingold, H. (1991). Virtual Reality. New York: Summit, 1991.
With literally hundreds of social cyberspaces to 1. Does Augmented Reality count? Blackboard? research/train/teach, how do you define ‘virtual 2. How essential is sensory ‘immersion’ to a environment’? In this ARVEL survey, we are virtual environment? looking for a common language. This poll should take less than 2 minutes. Click here to answer