Eduversal+Studios+platform



This project will use the framework provided by //Eduversal Studios//. Check out the //Eduversal Studios// wiki for more detailed information on this service. [|Eduversal Studios Wiki]

The benefits of using //Eduversal Studios// are many and include:

 Virtual worlds like Eduversal Studios provide people with a time and space to engage in deeply immersive experiences, with other people or with pre-programmed ‘objects’. The idea is to provide an experience that closely approximates the real world, not replace the real world.
 * Support from Educational Designers
 * Support from dedicated Virtual Worlds Developers
 * Support for persistent instance of Virtual World

It is a space where people have the opportunity to replicate real-world scenarios that would otherwise be too costly, dangerous or otherwise impractical in reality. It also provides a valuable interaction environment where communication skills, client interaction and team building exercises can be modelled and practised.

Virtual Worlds are new and a little confusing for a lot of people, so we see Eduversal Studios as a space for teachers and students to Play, Learn and Develop.

By Play, we mean you will be invited to come to Eduversal Studios and just play with what is there. Press buttons, turn things on, learn how to move around, use the voice chat, play movies, browse the web and generally get comfortable with an online environment and how to use it.

Then with Learn, you will be invited to work with an Educational Designer and learn how a virtual world can be used in your particular teaching area. You will get the opportunity to work with someone who knows how a virtual world can best be used.

With Develop, you get the opportunity to continue working with an Educational Designer as well as a team of Programming developers who will make the objects, scripts, avatars, equipment and all the other ‘objects’ in-world ready for you to trial and evaluate. Part of the deal is that your creation stays in Eduversal Studios as an example to other teachers and developers to get inspiration from. You get to copy out your space to your own environment, if you want to.