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 Clemson University and Appalachian State University are partnering in research, development and implementation studies related to 3-D virtual worlds through the newly established Carolinas Virtual World Consortium.
At 11 a.m. Friday, representatives from both schools will participate in a signing ceremony at Appalachian State making the partnership official.
The consortium leverages faculty expertise at each university to secure funding that will drive research in virtual world technologies, practices and implementation, particularly those focused on education and training, according to Sean Williams, associate dean of the graduate school and associate professor of English at Clemson.
“We’ve assembled an amazing team of researchers and teachers. The creative synergy we’ve generated positions us to ask – and answer – some questions that nobody else has even considered yet,” Williams said.
There is an informal working group of researchers, graduate students and information technology (IT) support staff at Clemson working in one way or another to conduct research on 3-D virtual worlds, Williams said. They are experimenting with new 3-D virtual worlds and researching the construction of IT infrastructure to support it.
“All told, there are probably 25 to 30 people at Clemson disbursed across four of the five colleges actively doing something with 3-D virtual worlds,” Williams said.
The four colleges represented in the research are the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities; the College of Engineering and Science; the College of Business and Behavioral Science; and the College of Health, Education and Human Development. The College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences will be represented soon.
“The experience of Appalachian faculty in using virtual worlds as part of a learning environment and the research resources of Clemson make this partnership a natural,” said Dick Riedl, a professor in the Reich College of Education at Appalachian State.
Riedl, along with Appalachian State professors John Tashner and Stephen Bronack, created the software program Appalachian Education Technology Zone to enhance the online learning of master’s degree students enrolled in Appalachian’s instructional technology, library science, educational leadership and curriculum and instruction programs.
The two universities have collaborated on grant proposals to help fund the work.
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