World Wide Classrooms: Taking Online Education into a New Dimension

With communications technologies accelerating at breakneck speed, it's only natural that educational institutions would adopt online learning in ever more interesting ways. Celia Lambert looks at one Australian course that was partially taught in 3D virtual world Second Life and considers what such developments might mean going forward. Additional keywords: teaching media, pedagogy, virtual learning, Griffith University, Amir Ghapanchi, 3D, Charles Nesson, Rebecca Nesson, Mark Peterson, education, technology.