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At the VET eStandards Expert Group meeting yesterday there was an update on the four projects selected for the emerging technology trials. The one that I was really interested in is the trial Canberra Institute of Technology is doing on Virtual Worlds. The platform they have selected is Croquet, an open source development environment really worth looking into if you have any sort of interest in virtual worlds.


Have a look at the Croquet website, the people behind it (such as Alan Kay) and you will get a feel for why this platform is worth some serious consideration if you are considering your own virtual worlds project.

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This entry was written by Jerry Leeson and posted on June 19, 2008 at 8:45 am and filed under Educationau, Virtual Worlds. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

4 Comments

  1. Tat Banerjee
    Posted June 25, 2008 at 12:52 pm | Permalink

    I just read this and am pretty interested in virtual worlds. I’m at the ANU and was wondering who was behind the trial that you mention. It’d be good to meet some people in the ACT who were doing similar things.

    cheers

    tat

  2. jleeson
    Posted June 25, 2008 at 2:44 pm | Permalink

    Hi Tat,
    I will get in touch with them and forward details on to you.

    Cheers,
    Jerry

  3. Marg
    Posted July 6, 2008 at 12:38 pm | Permalink

    Hi folks,

    Aaron Pont is the project manager on this at CIT. He’d be more than happy to connect with you about the project.

    Cheers,
    Marg

  4. Aaron Pont
    Posted July 7, 2008 at 9:20 am | Permalink

    Hello,

    I am the project lead for the Virtual Worlds in VET.

    I am more than happy to hear from interested parties who would like to make contributions or provide support.

    You can contact me at aaron.pont@cit.act.edu.au

    Thanks,

    aAron

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