I am so very pleased to be able to publish this video online! It documents the TAFENSW – Western Institute Tourism and Hospitality Project at jokaydiaGRID and was created by the super talented Kerryj aka Pandora Kurrajong! It was funded by the Australian Flexible Learning Framework.
Huge congratulations to Rob Alderton aka Rob Merchi and her team in the Tourism and Hospitality section at Bathurst TAFE. They have created a fantastic set of resources and strategies which demonstrate a clear and effective use of virtual worlds in vocational education and training. They’ve also demonstrated how immersive learning environments can be used to address distance and offer customised learning options for our students. It has been an absolute pleasure to work with them and to see their students enjoy learning inworld.
A special thanks also to Azzura, Sapphy, Will, Talvin and the kids from Year 9 IT at the Illawarra Grammar School for making cameo appearances in the movie! Yay!
To visit the Virtual Tourism Project inworld, simply login to jokaydiaGRID and teleport to the Western Institute 1 sim. For more information about the project visit: http://bit.ly/virtualtourismnsw.
Very cool – I love these uses of OpenSim.
Aww thanks Justin – it has been such a fun project to work on ..
So I should add to this post YAY opensim dev team for enabling such a fantastic platform.. it is having real impacts in teaching and learning for many students!
Kudos on the warmth and ease arriving in Jokadiagrid.
Freebies are interesting and creative..inventory gifts on arrival is top shelf. Pathlandia is inspiring. We have a world group who are registering in Jokadiagrid and wish to visit often…and invite all those in Jokadiagrid to share our experimental space and platform ideas. We are all interested in promotion of HyperGrid as we solidify our birth, ( been up nearly a year – running OpenSimulator .7 …Nov. to January versions) We operate region servers in Sydney, U.K., Balgium, Canada, U.S.A. and Japan so far. Our Robust is in Belgium. We cross platform Mac/Linux/Windows. Thanks for the opportunity to introduce here and comment. Looking forward to more collaboration in VW on opensim.
Again, great work you and your associates do.
Warmest regards, Blues
Awww thanks for your kind comments Blues! Looking forward to meeting you guys inworld! 😉