It's been a great couple of weeks for interesting new Australian presences in Second Life. Last weekend, 'Foul Whisperings, Strange Matters' launched. It's a fascinating take on Shakespeare's Macbeth character, a "timely use of pop culture as an adaptive bridge between classic texts and new media technology". The first five minutes of my wanderings around the build were … [Read more...] about Foul Whisperings, Strange Matters
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$100,000 in virtual learning prizes up for grabs
The New Media Consortium (NMC) have announced they have 100 thousand US dollars available to fund up to twenty "innovative open-source learning experiences". Read all about it here - I get really inspired by the momentum that's behind education in virtual worlds now. … [Read more...] about $100,000 in virtual learning prizes up for grabs