CU There Project

Homecoming Party
Monday 30 November 2009
Glasgow Caledonian University and Glasgow: Scotland with style are proud to present a virtual party to celebrate St Andrew’s Day this Homecoming year.
Video & Screenshots:
Click here for a small film. ~9 Mb
Click here for a big version of the film ~26 Mb.
They both have sound (hence the file size)
Click here for a selection of images zipped ~13 Mb.
Click here for a huge pack of images zipped ~100 Mb.

Virtual World Watch is surveying virtual world use in UK universities and colleges and funded by the Eduserv foundation. In February they have started a weekly podcast interview and the very first one (consisting of two parts) is with Glasgow Caledonian University. Here it is:
CU There - interview podcast

"If you thought that 'distance learning' was the only educational application of Second Life, think again," Writes Hight Tech Scotland. "Glasgow Caledonian University is already utilising the environment in a wide range of projects". Hi Tech Scotland featured a centre spread with the CU There project in their February issue, the pages are reproduced here: Click the images for the full left and right page. These links will open in a new tab/window, which Firefox might consider scary.

The podcast was announced on Twitter by Joe_Librarian aka John Kirriemuir from Virtual World Watch:

There has been several requests for media, especially pictures, 10 of which you can find at the bottom of this page. Recently we've published this video on youtube and we thought it's only reasonable to post it here as well:

some screenshots, click to open a larger version, which will open in a new window (or tab)

 

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