By Tony Bates, on June 17th, 2010
The Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC) offers a range of applied and academic programs that span the spectrum of safety – from prevention to response and recovery. The JIBC offers Canada’s only Bachelor’s Degree in Fire and Safety Studies, which had 80 students enrolled from across Canada and other countries in 2007/08. [...]
By Tony Bates, on January 14th, 2010
The How To E-D-U Your How-To guide for Higher education has just published a list of 50 educational games, including 13 aimed at college or adult students.
Try them out and let me know what you think of them.
By Tony Bates, on January 4th, 2010
Natasha Boskic has just updated a comprehensive list of books and articles on educational games, simulations and virtual worlds.
Go to: Books on virtual learning and games (annotated)
and: Journal articles and reports on virtual worlds and games for learning
Many thanks, Natasha, for sharing this tremendous resource on this topic. [...]
By Tony Bates, on November 30th, 2009
BCIT (2009) BCIT launches The CUBE: Centre for the use of 3D simulation technology taking teaching and learning to a new level Vancouver BC: BCIT, November 2
Here in Vancouver, the British Columbia Institute of Technology (a polytechnic anywhere else), is now using 3D simulation technology for aeronautical engineering and health education, with substantial [...]
By Tony Bates, on May 27th, 2009
Wimba is offering a free online seminar on Simulations in Higher Education
This session will demonstrate examples of simulations that use a mixture of web technologies, social networking and virtual worlds.
Date: June 11 Time: 10:00 am EDT Place: Online – Sign-up Here
If you can’t make the time, sign-up to get an email [...]
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