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Eduserv in 3D virtual worlds
Eduserv has an island in Second Life called Eduserv Island.
The island offers a number of different meeting facilities, all of which are available for public use. IM Art Fossett (or email Andy Powell) if you wish to use them. The island is shaped into the Eduserv 'E' logo built out of 10m grass cubes with the ground underneath coming thru into mounds and hills to give a bit of interest. Buildings on the island are themed around Bath stone, white concrete, glass, dark metal frames and wood floors, with gravel paths connecting areas of interest. The Eduserv Symposium, "Virtual worlds, real learning?" was streamed into SL and the presentations are now available in viewing areas alongside the Virtual Congress Centre. To house the virtual symposium we have built a venue inspired by the Congress Centre (in London, where the symposium will be held in RL). Note that we haven't bothered with a roof, to make entry and exit easier. Just outside the Virtual Congress Centre there's a tall stone needle, inspired by the one in Queen Square, Bath. Three members of Eduserv staff are resident in SL - Art Fossett (Andy Powell), Peregrine Juneau (Pete Johnston) and Ed Kamachi (Ed Barker). Please feel free to visit us at any time. Why are we in SL? Partly to try to evaluate what is happening in SL, particularly with regards to its use in education, and partly with the intention of providing help and support to educators and librarians as they begin to make use of SL as part of their service delivery to end-users. 3D virtual world activities
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