http://connect.educause.edu/browse/content/lib_item/4928,4973,2176 http://connect.educause.edu/browse/content/lib_item/4928,4973,2176 http://connect.educause.edu/educause/images/e_rss.png events, concepts, and conversation from EDUCAUSE The EDUCAUSE Podcast Crew EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. Our podcasts provide information about a range of topics including Leadership, Policy and Law, Teaching and Learning, Emerging Technologies, Open Source, Research Computing, Cyberinfrastructure, and Digitial Libraries. http://connect.educause.edu/browse/content/node/691/list/feed Recent library resources tagged with Contributed by Organizations or Campuses; Articles, Papers, and Reports; and Virtual Worlds. en http://connect.educause.edu/display/46709 <p>Educational games and simulations can engage students in higher-level cognitive thinking, such as interpreting, analyzing, discovering, evaluating, acting, and problem solving. Recent technical advances in multiplayer, user-created virtual worlds have significantly expanded the capabilities of user interaction and development within these simulated worlds. This ability to develop and interact with your own simulated world offers many new and exciting educational possibilities. This article explores the technical capabilities and educational potential of these new worlds. Additionally, it presents and illustrates a model, which uses interaction combinations, to identify course content and topics having educational applications in virtual worlds. </p> http://connect.educause.edu/display/46709#comments AACE-Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education Games and Gaming Instructional Technologies Interaction and Engagement Online Teaching Strategies Second Life Teaching and Learning Virtual Learning Community Virtual Worlds Contributed by Organizations or Campuses Articles, Papers, and Reports Tue, 06 May 2008 12:03:10 -0500 elilly 46709 at http://connect.educause.edu http://connect.educause.edu/display/46358 <p>Higher ed learns how to live in a virtual world.</p> http://connect.educause.edu/display/46358#comments Online Teaching Strategies Second Life Virtual Worlds Contributed by Organizations or Campuses Articles, Papers, and Reports Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:14:17 -0600 elilly 46358 at http://connect.educause.edu