Upon reading the comments and articles generated by "Students vs Second Life", I had several prominent thoughts: There's nothing so rarely discussed as "the obvious". Often things that are considered to be obvious are then not subjected to further thought or discussion, the problem often being that the thing is rarely obvious to everyone. I'm sure the original article was … [Read more...] about Students vs Second Life: Round 2
Education
Journalism in Second life: research underway
In the past week i had the pleasure of spending an hour with Annabelle Boyd Jones, an Honours research student from the Department of Media and Communications at the University of Sydney. Her research is on the role of journalism and governance in Second Life. To my knowledge this is an unexplored research area and should provide for some fascinating results. I'm pleased to … [Read more...] about Journalism in Second life: research underway
Call for chapters: book on ethics in virtual worlds
Got a hankering to write a scholarly article on an ethics and virtual worlds-related issue? Then check this out. There's nothing like a book credit on your CV. … [Read more...] about Call for chapters: book on ethics in virtual worlds
A typology of virtual worlds
As mentioned previously, the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research launched its first issue and there's some fascinating reading that we'll continue to refer to in coming weeks and months. First cab off the rank is A Typology of Virtual Worlds: Historical Overview and Future Directions . Written by three academics from the Universities of Alberta and Toronto, the paper looks at … [Read more...] about A typology of virtual worlds
Journal of Virtual Worlds Research – it’s here
Volume 1, Issue 1 of the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research is now available. It contains an extensive collection of research: Inductive Metanomics: Economic Experiments in Virtual Worlds Stephen A Atlas Toward a Definition of “Virtual Worlds” Mark W Bell Cityspace, Cyberspace, and the Spatiology of Information Michael L. Benedikt Another Time, Another Space: Virtual … [Read more...] about Journal of Virtual Worlds Research – it’s here