• On The Net Resources - Education and Training - Links to relevant VR websites, maintained by Toni Emerson, Human Interface Technology Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle

• Educating with Virtual Experience (EVE 2003) Workshop, National University of Ireland Maynooth, November 5-7, 2003.

• Symposium on Virtual Worlds for Education (VWE), International Conference on Intelligent Multimedia and Distance Education,  June 1 -3, 2000, Fargo, North Dakota U.S.A.

• Virtual Reality in Education & Training, VRET '97 - Loughborough University, UK, June 24-26, 1997
For reports see VRET '97 Conference Report - Dr. Paul Cronin
Virtual Reality in Education & Training '97... - Dr. Veronica S. Pantelidis
• Virtual Reality in Education & Training, VRET '98 - London, UK, July 7-9, 1998
For a report see Report on the Virtual Reality in Education and Training conference (VRET'98) held at City University, London from the 7-9 July 1998 - Paul Cronin


• Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference - Programs include papers on VR and medical education and training.  9th annual conference was in Newport Beach, California, January 24-27, 2001

• Programme of the First International VR-Learning Seminar - Laval, France, April 20th & 21st, 2005
  

• Teacher Resource Guide:  Virtual Reality; Virtual Reality Modeling Language [VRML, QTVR] - Valdosta State University, Georgia, USA

• A 3D Look at 3D Geometry - Matthew LeGendre, Jason Bunyea, & Adrian Arvizo

• A Virtual Learning Experience in Home Safety Designed For Future Parents - Texas Youth Commission,  Austin

• Becoming VR Savvy:  Girls Learning and Building VR Worlds Together  [using CAVE] - Urbana Middle School and Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois.  "The CAVE is part of the virtual reality laboratory at NCSA (National Center for Supercomputing Applications)."

• Centre Europeen de Realite Virtuelle - Brest, France.  Includes "a virtual reality training center" and a " virtual reality discovery center to raise awareness about the science and technology of the future with schoolchildren and the general public."

• Classroom Subjects - Virtual Reality - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

• Crystal Explorer (crystallography) - University of Michigan, Virtual Reality Laboratory; Jason Johnson, John Mansfield, & Darcy Clark

• Education - Argus VR International

At this site:
         Classroom Simulator
         Space Yacht Ariel

• Education [school-level; social studies, humanities and English; science and math] - Sunrise Virtual Reality
  

• Education and Training Projects -  Virtual Reality Applications Research Team (VIRART), University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
 
• Educational Virtual Reality.  Human Lab, Cat Lab, Frog Lab, Mission to Mars - Virtual Realities

• ExploreNet - Charles E. Hughes & J. Michael Moshell,  Institute for Simulation and Training University of Central Florida, Orlando

• Hellenic Cosmos. Virtual Reality  -  Foundation of the Hellenic World, Athens, Greece [CAVE-type VR use with school groups; Maria Roussou, Virtual Reality Team Coordinator]

• HistoryCity - A Singapore National Project for Children - [Alex Mitchell website] Developed by Kent Ridge Digital Labs for  the National Computer Board, Singapore KDeveloped by Kent Ridge Digital Kent Ridge Digital Labs for the National Computer Board, SingaporeentRidDigital Labs for the National Computer Boangapore
• Hybrid Virtual Environments for Education [text-based & graphics-based combined] - The WorldSmiths Group [The Lanning Group]

• Imprint Interactive Technology, Seattle, Washington

At this site:
Atom World - Dr. Chris Byrne, Ari Hollander, Peter Oppenhiemer, & Paul Schwartz
Global Change - Ari Hollander, Dr. William Winn, and students from Skyview Jr. High, Kentridge High and Washington Middle School
The Atomic KitchenTM - Ari Hollander
The Spillway - Ari Hollander
Wetlands Nitrogen World - Dr. Kimberley M. Osberg, Kellogg Middle School KCOT teachers & students, Andy Hamilton (Division, Inc.), & Paul Schwartz

Zengo Sayu.  Japanese Language Learning Environment - Howard Rose & Mark Billinghurst

• Kelp Forest Exhibit Modeling Project - Don Brutzman, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California (Monterey Bay Aquarium model)

• KidsRoom; An Interactive Narrative Playspace - The Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Learning Sites Inc. "The Leader in Reliable Archaeological Visualizations for Interactive Education and Research" - Williamstown, Massachusetts

Ancient Greece:  Town and Country (for grades 6 and up); The Acropolis; The Sanctuary of Nemrud Dagi, Turkey; The Ancient Greek Town of Olynthus.
"LEARNING SITES works with your Teachers to create instructional materials that are tailored to your specific curriculum objectives...LEARNING SITES works with your Media Center to monitor computer hardware and software installations relating to your use of virtual reality."
 
• Magic Book - Human Interface Technology Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle; ATR Media Integration & Communications Research Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan; and Hiroshima City University, Japan

• makebelieve - "an interactive immersive experience design and consulting company" - Dr. Maria Roussou, Athens, Greece
  

• Mobile Aeronautics Education Laboratory, VRML Walkthrough - NASA Glenn Research Center & Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio

• PC-BLOX - [3D VR building blocks for age 4 & up; version 2.0 available as freeware] Vector Space Educational Software Publishing

• PC Simulation SIG [education and training] - The Image Society

• Project ScienceSpace (science education)- George Mason University, the University of Houston, and NASA's Johnson Space Center.

• Teleimmersion at the Electronic Visualization Lab - University of Illinois at Chicago

At this site:
N.I.C.E.: Research in Narrative Immersive Constructionist/Collaborative Educational Environments
The Round Earth Project: "As a sequel to NICE, the Round Earth Project is investigating how virtual reality technology can be used to help teach concepts that are
    counter-intuitive to young learner's."
 
• The Educational Approaches to viRtual Reality TecHnologies Laboratory;  " the EARTH Team"  (The EARTH Lab) - Dr. Tassos Mikropoulos, director, Department of Primary Education, University of Ioannina, Greece

• The Elumenati; Immersive Projection Design - Projects.  Includes education-related and museum-related projects
  

• The JASON Project - Dr. Robert Ballard, founder

• The Learning Center - Human Interface Technology Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle

• The Narrative Immersive Constructionist/Collaborative Environments Project (N.I.C.E.) - Interactive Computing Environments Lab & Electronic Visualization Lab - University of Illinois at Chicago

• The Naledi3d Factory - "VR in Africa for Africa by Africa for you..." - Persequor Park, Pretoria, South Africa

• The River City Project; A Multi-User Virtual Environment for Learning Scientific Inquiry and 21st Century Skills - Harvard University (Dr. Chris Dede), Arizona State University, Temple University

• The Virtual Playground -   " an engaging simulation environment for children between 9 and 12 years old."  - Maria Roussou, Athens, Greece

• VESAMOTEX - Virtual Education - Science and Math of TEXas - Marcia Talkmitt

• Virginia Modeling and Simulation Center - Dr. R. Bowen Loftin, director, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia

At this site:
Project Activities - Includes Training & Education  

• Virtual Globe Theatre - Karl Herbst and Clemson University (South Carolina) VR Project
  

• Virtual Harlem - Bryan Carter, project initiator, University of Missouri-Columbia
• See also Virtual Harlem description
  

• Virtual Playground - Human Interface Technology Lab, University of Washington, Seattle
  

• Virtual RadLab [learning about radioactivity] - Virtual Reality Applications Research Team (VIRART), University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

• Virtual Polyhedra - George W. Hart

• Virtual Reality and Education Laboratory - East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina

• Virtual Reality and Education Laboratory, College of Education, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

• Virtual Reality Future Camp - Sasha Barab's Research Projects:  Virtual Reality Future Camp, Indiana University, Bloomington

• Virtual Reality in Chemical Engineering Laboratory - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

• Virtual Reality Laboratory - Many projects, including some of interest to K-12 educators.  College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Virtual Reality Roving Vehicles (VRRV) Human Interface Technology Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle

• Virtual Reality in Education: On-line Survey - Daniel Fällman, Department of Informatics, Umeå University, Sweden

• Visualization in Science and Mathematics - Department of Integrated Science and Technology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia

• Welcome to Learning in Virtual Reality - Sunrise Virtual Reality

At this site:
Education [school-level; social studies, humanities and English; science and math]

• Zoning in on Physics - Graduate School of Education,  George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

• VLearn3D - Shared Virtual Spaces for Learning

At this site:
Colleges and Universities
Schools and Consortia - K-12
Museums and Other Institutions
Virtual University and School Prototypes

• 3DLearn  Interactive Academy - 3D virtual reality private school, grades 7 - 12 [Willoworlds]
  

• Active Worlds and Education - Active Worlds

• Avatars '98 - Virtual Education - Bonnie DeVarco

At this site:
Active Worlds in Education [Universities and Educational Institutions]
Other Virtual Worlds in Education [Universities and Educational Institutions Who Use The Palace, Onlive, Blaxxun or other Virtual World Platforms ]
Publications & Research on VW & Education [Online Papers, Publications and Research Projects on Virtual Worlds and Education]

• Avalon; Collaborative Virtual Environments Applied to Education - EAFIT University, Medellin, Colombia

• CitySpace Project - Exploratorium, San Francisco, California

• Collaborative Work in Virtual Environments - Kai-Mikael Jää-Aro, Interaction and Presentation Laboratory, Royal Institute of Technology,  Stockholm, Sweden

• COSE Virtual Learning Environment - for Active Collaborative Distributed Learning [Creation of Study Environments] - Staffordshire University, United Kingdom

• Construct3D - An Augmented Reality System for Mathematics and Geometry Education - Hannes Kaufmann, Interactive Media Systems Group, Institute for Software Technology and Interactive Systems, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

• DEVRL; The Distributed Extensible Virtual Reality Laboratory - Lancaster University, University of Nottingham, UCL, United Kingdom

• LinkWorld - [Imperial and San Diego Counties]  BorderLink Project, Imperial County Office of Education, California
  

• Multi-User Virtual Environment Experiential Simulator  [ MUVEES] - Dr. Chris Dede, Harvard University

• MUVES (Multi-User Virtual Environments):  Museum-Related Multimedia and Virtual Environments for Teaching and Learning Science - Chris Dede, Harvard University; Jim X. Chen, George Mason University; L. Fontana, Thoughtful Technologies; D. Allison, Smithsonian Institute
  

• MUVERS - Multi-User Virtual Environment Related to Science; Museum-Related Multimedia and Virtual Environments for Teaching and Learning Science - George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia; Arlington County (Virginia) Public Schools; Smithsonian Institute; Thoughtful Technologies

• N.I.C.E.: Research in Narrative Immersive Constructionist/Collaborative Educational Environments - Electronic Visualization Lab, University of Illinois at Chicago

• Online Multi-User Systems Share Cornell's Research in Cyberspace - Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, New York

• Quest Atlantis - Dr. Sasha Barab, Indiana University,  Bloomington, Indiana
  

• Research Projects [Collaborative augmented reality, virtual reality] - Interactive Media Systems Group, Institute for Software Technology and Interactive Systems, Vienna University of Technology, Austria [A  number of education-related projects at this website.]

• SciCentr.org [online multi-user virtual worlds, K-20 science and technology] - Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, New York
  

• Second LifeGrid - Education & Non-Profit Organizations - Second Life

• Second Life:  Education - Dokimos

• Second Life Education Wiki - SimTeach, Jeremy Kemp

• SimTeach: Information and Community for Educators using M.U.V.E.'s - Jeremy Kemp
  

• TheU [virtual university] - Contact Consortium

• Virtual Worlds - Real Learning!  - Australian Government, Department of Education, Science and Training; Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE
  

• Virtual Worlds in Formal and Informal Education Workshop Program, May 20 - 21, 1999 - Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, New York

• On The Net Resources - Museums and Cultural Heritage - Toni Emerson, HIT Lab, University of Washington, Seattle

• Learning Sites Inc. "The Leader in Reliable Archaeological Visualizations for Interactive Education and Research" - Williamstown, Massachusetts

Ancient Greece:  Town and Country; The Acropolis; The Sanctuary of Nemrud Dagi, Turkey; The Ancient Greek Town of Olynthus, and more.
"LEARNING SITES works with your Education Department to create instructional materials that use advanced computer graphics and that are tailored to your specific objectives, re-creating the original context of objects in your collection..."


• Multi-User Virtual Environment Experiential Simulator;  Introducing MUVEES - Dr. Chris Dede
  
 
• Psidian Antioch - 3d model from the Kelsey Museum exhibit "Building a New Rome - The Imperial Colony of Pisidian Antioch." University of Michigan 3D Lab

• The Elumenati; Immersive Projection Design - Projects.  Includes education-related and museum-related projects

• The Virtual Fishtank - The Computer Museum (Boston), Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, & NearLife, Inc.

• The Virtual Gorilla Exhibit:  Teaching Principles of Zoo Habitat Design Using an Immersive Virtual Environments Application - Doug A. Bowman

• Virtual Gorilla - [Atlanta Zoo, University of Georgia, Georgia Institute of Technology]  Dr. Kenneth E. Hay (Learning & Performance Support Laboratory, University of Georgia)
 
• Virtual Reality Applications:  Museum Exhibits - Argus VR International

• Welcome to Learning in Virtual Reality - Sunrise Virtual Reality

At this site:  Museums

• Barriers, the Awareness Challenge - game "provides an opportunity for children without disabilities to gain a greater understanding of the barriers that impact children with physical disabilities' - Developed and created by Jayne R. Pivik and  Joan McComas, of Rehabilitation Sciences Virtual Reality Lab, University of Ottawa, Canada, and Ian Macfarlane of Nortel Networks, as part of the Disability Awareness Virtual Reality Project.
  

• Human-Machine Interface Lab, Rehabilitation Projects.  Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey

• Internatiuonal Workshop of Virtual Rehabilitation - 5th annual workshop - August 29-30, 2006.

• Medical Simulation Research - Mixed Reality Rehabilitation for Brain Injuries - Institute for Simulation and Training, University of Central Florida, Orlando

• Pictures & Screen Shots From Virtual Environments - Applied Computer Simulation Labs, Oregon Research Institute, Eugene
  

• Research Areas - Applied Computer Simulation Labs, Oregon Research Institute, Eugene.
• Wheelchair Mobility Training
• Sonic Trainer Software - to teach blind and vision impaired students
• Virtual Science Lab:  Doppler Shift
  

• Research at ORI.  Using Virtual Reality for Education and Rehabilitation.  - Dean Inman, Oregon Research Institute, Eugene.
  
• Teaching Orientation and Mobility Skills to Blind and Visually Impaired Children over the Internet (Blind Net)
• Teaching Children to Cross Streets in Virtual Reality (Blind Street)
• Learning to Drive a Wheelchair over the Internet (Wheelchair Training)  

•   The AS Interactive Project - Virtual Reality Applications Research Team (VIRART), University of Nottingham, UK; The National Autistic Society; & The Shirley Foundation
  
• Use of virtual environments to support people with Asperger’s Syndrome (AS)

• The "Rutgers Ankle" Rehabilitation Interface  Human-Machine Interface Lab, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey
  

• VERAT - Virtual Environments in Rehabilitation, Assessment and Training, University of East London, UK

• Virtual Reality/Computer Simulations and the Implications for UDL Implementation - The Access Center.  Improving Outcomes for All Students K-8.  Washington, D. C.

• Wheelchair User Proficiency Through Virtual Simulation - Ohio Supercomputing Center

• Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference - Programs include papers on VR and medical education and training.  15th annual conference,  Long Beach, California, February 6 - 9, 2007

• Virtual Medical Worlds -  "monthly Virtual Magazine on Telemedicine and High Performance Computing and Networking for readers interested in computer applications in medical environments. "  Often has articles relevant to VR and medical education and training.

• A Virtual Environment for Endotracheal Intubation Training - Dr. Thenkurussi (Kesh) Kesavadas, Dr. James Mayrose, & Dr. Kevin Chuah.  Project of Virtual Reality Lab, State University of New York at Buffalo

• Anaesthesia Training Program [Queens Medical Centre, UK] - Maelstrom Virtual Productions, Ltd., UK

• Medical Readiness Trainer - Virtual Reality Laboratory, MRT® - College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Medical Simulation Research -  Institute for Simulation and Training, University of Central Florida, Orlando
• Cognitive Modeling          Human Factors          Human Patient Simulator          Interactive Surgical Simulator           Endoscopic Surgery Simulator
• Team Training/Team Dynamics          Mixed Reality Rehabilitation for Brain Injuries          3D Anatomical Imaging
• Emergency Medical Management Training                 
  

• Medical Staff Training - Argus VR International

• Patient Education - Argus VR International

• Realistic Modeling and Simulation  Techniques for Deformable Objects in a VR-Based Minimally Invasive Surgery Trainer - Dr. Hüseyin Kemal Çakmak

• The AS Interactive Project - Virtual Reality Applications Research Team (VIRART), University of Nottingham, UK and The National Autistic Society

• The European Site for Virtual Reality in Medicine - Dr. Giuseppe Riva

• The Haptic Training System [knee arthroscopy surgery] - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College, London

• Virtual Medical Trainer - Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

• Virtual Reality Dental Training System  - Novint Technologies, Inc.
  
 
• Virtual Reality in Medicine:  A Survey of the State of the Art (extensive; see especially sections 3.3-education and training & 4-Sources & Resources) - J. A. Waterworth, Umea University, Swedes

• Virtual Reality in Medicine Lab - University of Illinois at Chicago

• Virtual Reality Training in Laparoscopic Surgery: A Preliminary Assessment of Minimally Invasive Surgical Trainer Virtual Reality (MIST VR) - Queen's University Centre for Endoscopic Training and Research, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland;  School of Psychology, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland;  Ethiskill, Ethicon Ltd., Edinburgh, Scotland

• Web-Based Surgical Simulators and Medical Education Tools [simulators to run]- Nigel John, University of Manchester, UK; Nick Phillips, Leeds General Infirmary, UK; & Ken Brodlie, University of Leeds, UK
  

• 3Dsolve; The Simulation Learning Company -
  

• Adams i-solutions, Inc. - Includes virtual reality training solutions
  

• Bomb Threat Training Simulator - Dr. Christopher A. Chung & Abu Md. A. Huda, National Institute of Justice & University of Houston, Texas
  

• Carnegie Mellon Undergraduates Test  Virtual Reality Pre-Flight Training on NASA's Vomit Comet - Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• E/Semble - Computer Based Training Product for Emergency and Disaster Response [ambulance service, fire service, police]
  
• DiaboloVR virtual incident exercises
• CrisisSim exercise design and management system
  

• Firefighter Training.  Training Virtual Environment Project -  Dr. Chris Shaw, Virtual Environments Group,  Graphics, Visualization & Usability Center, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

• First Responder Simulation and Training Environment (FiRST) - Virtual Reality and Rapid Prototyping Laboratory, University of Missouri - Rolla

• Ford's Use of Virtual Reality in Training - OSC Video Library - Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC), Columbus
  

• Hubble Space Telescope Repair Training System - NASA Images and text.

• Industrial Virtual Reality Institute - University of Illinois at Chicago

• Institute for Simulation and Training - University of Central Florida, Orlando

• Maelstron.com Maelstrom Virtual Productions, Ltd UK - [Immersive VR software] Training & Simulation - maritime, military, transportation, educational
  

• Police Training Simulator - Shoot, Don't Shoot - University of Michigan, Virtual Reality Laboratory, Anthony Gugino, Matthew Gedris, Scott Romer, Joe Wong, Joey Sima .   Faculty Advisors: Jeffrey McDole, Terry Seames
  

• SafeVR [Free VR software for developing training systems for safety training] - AIMS Research, University of Nottingham, UK

• Sunrise Virtual Reality - Training, safety training, manufacturing training, retail marketing, law enforcement, airlines and aircraft
  

• The Virtual Laboratory: Accident Training and Prevention through Simulation - University of Michigan, Virtual Laboratory,
  Michael Cataletto, Robert King, Tim Mygatt, Michelle Westbrook

• Training Crane Operators in a Virtual Factory - Ronald R. Mourant, Bruce Wilson, Man Li, & Weidong Xu, College of Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts

• Training Iowa's Snowplow Drivers - Virtual Reality Applications Center, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames
  

• Training Simulations [Forklift Training]- Tietronix Software, Inc., Houston, Texas
  

• Training Solutions - Virtual Design Modeling

• 3D Animation  & Illustration  [Using Computer Animations for Training and Accident Simulations] - Typical Applications - Moxie Training

• Using Virtual Reality to Improve Inspection Quality - Anand K. Gramopadhye, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina  (aircraft inspection)

• Using Virtual Simulations for Evaluating Safe Practice for Tractor Certification  - OSC Video Library - Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC), Columbus

• VET: Virtual Environments for Training - Behavioral Technology Laboratories, University of Southern California, Los Angeles

At this site: VIVIDS Authoring for Virtual Environments
 
• Virtual Computer Integrated Manufacturing System - Denford Ltd., United Kingdom

• Virtual Environments for Training  - ["pedagogical agent called Steve (Soar Training Expert for Virtual Environments) that supports the learning process"] Center for Advanced Research in Technology for Education (CARTE), Lockheed AI Center & USC Behavioral Technology Laboratories

• Virtual Environments in Rehabilitation, Assessment and Training (VERAT)  - The University of East London Group, UK

• Virtual Reality [training systems] - Denford, Ltd., United Kingdom
• VR Robot
• VR CIM [Computer Integrated Manufacturing]
  
• Virtual Wind Tunnel

• Virtual Reality at RTI - Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC

• Virtual Reality Fire Inspection Training Program - Wilson, North Carolina
  

• Virtual Reality Training for First Responders - Ming Leu, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla [brief description]
  

• Virtual Reality Training Decision Tool - Nina Adams, Adams i-solutions, Inc. & Carol Gunther-Mohr, Research Triangle Institute
  

• Visual Systems Laboratory - Institute for Simulation & Training, University of Central Florida, Orlando

• VR CNC Milling - Denford Ltd., United Kingdom

• VR CNC Turning - Denford Ltd., United Kingdom
  

• VR Mariner.  Marine Simulation, Visualization, Realtime 3D [training] - VR Mariner

• Welcome to Learning in Virtual Reality - Sunrise Virtual Reality

At this site:
Airlines and Aircraft
Corporate Training
Law Enforcement
Manufacturing Training
Safety Training

• Close Combat Tactical Trainer - ECC International Corporation; The Simulation Training Company

• Conning Officer Virtual Environment - BBN Technologies
  

• Puma Helicopter Trainer - Maelstrom Virtual Productions, Ltd., UK

• Simulation Network (SIMNET) Upgrades - ECC International Corporation; The Simulation Training Company

• Virtual Environment Training Technology (VETT) -  U. S. Navy
  

• Virtual Reality at RTI - Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC

• Cafe MOOlano - University of California, Berkeley MOO
  

• Education and Moo, Mud, Mush - Many links to educational text-based virtual reality sites as well as other VR and education websites

• Educational Technology:  Educational VR (MUD) subpage - Major resource of links, annotated.  Maintained by Daniel Schneider, Technologies de Formation et Apprentissage (TECFA), University of Geneva, Switzerland

• enCore Open Source MOO Project - Jan Rune Holmevik and Cynthia Haynes

• Hybrid Virtual Environments for Education [text-based & graphics-based combined] - The Lanning Group [The WorldSmiths Group]

• GrassRoots: An Online, Text-based Virtual Community

• MOOfrancais; The French Language Learning MOO

• MOOing in English [ESL/EFL and language instruction] - John Grether and Sharon Cogdill

• MOOniversity Online - Companion website for MOOniversity: A Student's Guide to Online Learning Environments, by Jan Rune Holmevik and Cynthia Haynes.
 
• MUDs, MOOs, MUSHs  - Created by Steve Thorne, maintained by Erika Shuh,  University of California at Berkeley.  Many links

• MundoHispano; The Spanish Language Learning MOO - Created and founded by Lonnie Turbee

• NAU Solar System Simulation  (anthropology, social and communications sciences)- Reed Riner, Northern Arizona University

• The EduMOO Forum - Technologies de Formation et Apprentissage (TECFA), University of Geneva, Switzerland

• The TecfaMOO - Technologies de Formation et Apprentissage (TECFA), University of Geneva, Switzerland

• Virtual Reality for Education - Kristin Hurst (About.com)  Many links on MOOs.

• Building and Using Graphics-based Virtual Environments for Education - Dr. Veronica Pantelidis, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina

• Designing Shared Virtual Environments for Learning - Dr. Chris Dede, George Mason University

• Sloan-C Online Seminar Series:  Virtual Reality Worlds for Online Educators [workshop] - David Cillay
  

• Virtual Solar System Project - Indiana University; Sasha Barab. Kenneth E. Hay (University of Georgia), director, Scott Shaw & Peter Hauschildt

• Virtual Solar System; Introductory Astronomy - Indiana University; Mike Barnett, instructor

• Edinburgh Virtual Environment Centre - University of Edinburgh, UK

For more information, contact:

Virtual Reality and Education Laboratory
Department of Library Science and Instructional Technology
College of Education, East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina 27858-4353 USA
Phone: 252-328-6621  Fax: 252-328-4368

Co-Directors:
Dr. Veronica S. Pantelidis
David Vinciguerra

Dr. Larry Auld, Co-Director emeritus

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