Virtual Worlds Evolution - Product Based Virtual Spaces for EDU

Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education, VWBPE 2011

Andrew Hughes

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Date: 2011-03-17 04:00 PM – 05:00 PM
Last modified: 2011-03-11

Abstract

With the evolution of the virtual world industry there's been a large demand for targeted virtual world platforms. With over 450 virtual worlds classified by K-Zero it is imperative that educators learn which virtual world spaces can be adapted to reach their initiatives. This presentation will discuss some of the open-source platforms in which are being adopted by many of the universities and will also talk about some commercial platforms used for recruiting a potential students. As virtual world platforms continue involved we will see more specialization and enhanced features that will make it more convenient for users to be able to quickly enter the virtual world space and utilize the tools within it.