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MITx will offer a portfolio of MIT courses for free to a virtual community of learners around the world. It will also enhance the educational experience of its on-campus students, offering them online tools that supplement and enrich their classroom and laboratory experiences.

22 July 2010 Tan Le's astonishing new computer interface reads its user's brainwaves, making it possible to control virtual objects, and even physical electronics, with mere thoughts (and a little concentration). She demos the headset, and talks about its far-reaching applications. (Recorded at TEDGlobal 2010, July 2010 in Oxford, UK.

At the UnSymposium - we spent some time and came up with a CFP for a Games and Simulation Fest for VWBPE! The crowd thought it was especially important to celebrate creativity and user created content whether it was in a very open system like Second Life or if it was developing additional quests for World of Warcraft.

A machinima shared at the Wednesday Meeting, it was sheer coincidence it had aliens in it. Very funny.

The Chronicle of Higher Education January 25, 2012, 8:00 am article - There's a lot about THATCamp that's inherently playful: as participants show up early to vote on sessions and let the structures evolve as needed, it turns the traditional conference model on its head.

The Virtual World Framework (VWF) is a fast, light-weight, web-based architecture for creating and distributing secure, scalable, component-based, and collaborative virtual spaces. It leverages existing web-based standards, infrastructure, and emerging technologies with the intent of establishing a powerful yet simple to use platform that is built on top of the next generation of web browsers.

The NMC Horizon Project, as the centerpiece of the NMC Emerging Technologies Initiative, charts the landscape of emerging technologies for teaching, learning, research, creative inquiry, and information management. Launched in 2002, it epitomizes the mission of the NMC to help educators and thought leaders across the world build upon the innovation happening at their institutions by providing them with expert research and analysis.

We think technology should work for you-to be there when you need it and get out of your way when you don't. We started Project Glass to build this kind of technology, one that helps you explore and share your world, putting you back in the moment.

Lyr Lobo's educational Blog Great Apples! *grins* What a fun project! Love it! Project by a student in EM 210 Winter 2012.

I'll vamp more or less brilliantly about the leveling value of three dimensional virtual worlds. As Lowly High Grand Poobah Emeritus of the 5,000 member international organization ISTE's Special Interest Group for Virtual Environments, 2010 National Ass'n of Independent Schools' "Teacher of the Future," and recipient of ISTE's "Making IT Happen" award in 2011, I know whereof I speak.

Social presence theory was developed by John Short, Ederyn Williams, and Bruce Christie at a time when computer-mediated communication as we know it today was yet to be conceptualized, let alone implemented through computers connected via the Internet. In spite of that, the theory has influenced much computer-mediated communication research over the years.

from the Caledon Oxbridge University Wiki: "Caledon Oxbridge was originally founded as a collaboration between NCI and the Independent State of Caledon. It provides a complete Second Life tutorial for new residents.

Add Facebook, Skype, Multi-IM and much more to your games! Overwolf is a free software client which brings your life into your games. It seamlessly integrates social media tools like Facebook, Twitter, Skype or MSN Messenger in order to help you share game experiences and connect with your friends while playing.

Normally, Kitely launches the default virtual world viewer. This is usually the last viewer that was installed. However, if you have multiple viewers installed then you can choose explicitly which viewer to use by entering it in the file kitely-config.txt.

The Blu is the ocean, connected! Inspired by the Oceans, theBlu is a socially-connected, global interactive screensaver. Each time you participate, your interactions and connections impact the flow of life in theBlu and everyone's experience of it. Explore and experience a beautiful online 3D underwater world as easily as browsing the Web. Connect and interact with your friends via Facebook and go diving together in theBlu. Have fun learning about the Oceans because theBlu is both entertaining and educational. Support oceanic conservation each time you purchase 3D species and habitat art work.