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Virtual Schools in Europe

July 8, 2006

Online and Virtual Schooling in Europe. ‘The development of interactive online technology has enabled the development of online and virtual schools in Europe, North America and elsewhere. These forms of school education challenge conventional schooling modes characterised by the physical presence of teachers and students in a building using experiential modes of learning. This paper [...]

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Learning with MUVE (Multi-User Virtual Environment)

June 12, 2006

Are virtual worlds the future of the classroom?. ‘This summer, as many as a million virtual kids could catch an infectious virus known as Whypox, causing them to break out in red welts and spout “Achoo” whenever chatting with friends. Meanwhile, at the beach, crowds of “tweens,” 8- to 12-year-olds, will see their popular hangout [...]

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Virtual Clubs

April 10, 2006

UM Online High School Introduces ‘Virtual Clubs’. ‘Online education isn’t just a solitary pursuit anymore. At the University of Miami Online High School, a new wave of “virtual clubs” is putting the “school” back in “virtual school.” Students now have the opportunity to “virtually” participate in a number of clubs and other extracurricular activities, such [...]

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