IU School of Ed MUVEs to River City

River City, Indiana University's Quest Atlantis 3D learning
environment (http://crlt.indiana.edu/research/qa.html), is mentioned in
this month"s Campus Technology magazine. River City is an example of an
educational Multi-user Virtual Environment (MUVE).

"'The benefit of educational MUVEs is that students will be more
motivated to learn rather than when they are simply given a textbook to
study and test from,'" says Jeff Cooper, an education technology
support consultant for the Tapped In HelpDesk, and adjunct professor at
Concordia University (OR). " ' With MUVEs, learning becomes
interactive and studentcentered, which is in line with the modern
pedagogy of constructivism.' "

River City is a project of the Center for Research on Learning and
Technology (CRLT) located in the IU School of Education. Dr. Sasha Barab
is the manager of the NSF-funded project, aimed at 9 to 12 year old
learners.

To read the Campus Technology article go to
http://campustechnology.com/article.asp?id=19877&p=1 . A copy of this
email is being posted on the CELT blog at Celtblog.blogspot.com .

Take a break and enjoy.

Gail

Gail A. Rathbun
Director, Center for the Enhancement of Learning & Teaching
IPFW
2101 E. Coliseum Blvd.
Fort Wayne, IN 46805
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge." Albert Einstein
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