Games & Learning

The Ultimate Distance Learning (SL in New York Times)

SL Article in the New York Times "Education Life" section.

Second Life to go Open Source

Second Life to go open source

The creator of the burgeoning 3D virtual world expects it to grow even faster with outside programming help, David Kirkpatrick reports in a Fortune exclusive.

Diana Oblinger Paper

Diana Oblinger on simulations, games and learning:

http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI3004.pdf

'Second Life' faces threat to its virtual economy

Groups of Second Life content creators were gathering digitally Tuesday to protest the dissemination of a program they worry could badly damage the virtual world's nascent economy.

Educators explore 'Second Life' online

Second Life and learning on CNN

25 hottest technology education topics with game design as number one

25 hottest technology education topics with game design as number one. (Bill Sams passed this to me.)

Video Game Programs Look for New Ways to Use Games

Morning Edition, November 14, 2006 · This year, the University of Southern California enrolled its first class of undergraduate students who will major in video-game development. The school is not the first major university to have a program in video games. But the curriculum is not all about car races and shootouts.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6484624

UC Clermont offers gamers a new way to learn

Video games aren't just about playing games anymore - just ask students at UC Clermont.