<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Mark<div> This is a remarkable publication - many case studies and reasoning in</div><div>favor of the virtual environment approach. Also, many instances of</div><div>OpenSim, demonstrating its significant worth in the education area.</div><div>-p</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Sep 2, 2013, at 8:18 AM, "Lee, Mark" <<a href="mailto:malee@csu.edu.au">malee@csu.edu.au</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><br>Dear colleagues,<br><br>In 2010-12, with colleagues from Charles Sturt University (CSU), the University of New England (UNE), and the University of Southern Queensland (USQ), I worked on a project that involved conducting an Australia and New Zealand-wide scoping study on the use of virtual worlds for learning and teaching in higher education. The final report from the project is now available as an open-access publication:<br><br>Dalgarno, B., Gregory, S., Carlson, L., Lee, M. J. W., & Tynan, B. (2013). A systematic review and environmental analysis of the use of 3D immersive virtual worlds in Australian and New Zealand higher education institutions [Final report]. Armidale, Australia: University of New England, DEHub. Available from <a href="http://www.dehub.edu.au/publications/books/">http://www.dehub.edu.au/publications/books/</a><br><br>Please feel free to direct others who you think might be interested to this resource.<br><br>The scoping study project was funded by the Distance Education Hub (DEHub), a research consortium based at UNE and involving CSU, USQ, and CQU (Central Queensland University) in Australia as well as Massey University in New Zealand. DEHub was initially established through a grant from the Australian Government Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIISRTE) and now continues to operate under the sponsorship of UNE, providing a wealth of resources and activities aimed at promoting scholarship and innovation in online and distance learning. I encourage you to check out their newly redeveloped website at <a href="http://www.dehub.edu.au/">http://www.dehub.edu.au/</a>.<br><br>Kind regards,<br><br><br><br>Mark J. W. Lee<br>Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Education, Charles Sturt University<br>(Former Adjunct Senior Lecturer, DEHub, University of New England)<br>Editor, MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching<br>Visiting Scholar (2013-14), California State University<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Opensim-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Opensim-users@lists.berlios.de">Opensim-users@lists.berlios.de</a><br>https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users<br><br></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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