Andrew Keen has an interview (text and audio versions) with Philip Rosedale, founder of Second Life, a online 3-D alternate reality space. I've never played with the more popular Second Life, but I have spent a little time on Active Worlds, and many who spend time with it believe it's a strong platform for educational applications. In fact, Active Worlds encourages them. With the6 story-telling skills present in most public television stations, think that these online applications present a great opportunity for the creative and adventurous among us. Link: AfterTV.
Update 7/24/2006:
Speaking of Second Life, there's this news from Amanda Michel:
"The Infinite Mind," public radio's weekly health and science program, has announced that it will begin hosting its program through Second Life in August. ΒΆ "The Infinite Mind" is the first regularly scheduled program to be broadcast live from a virtual world, complete with live guests both in-studio and in-world. You can check out its new studio space online here. ...
Link: Berkman Center for Internet & Society. --Dennis
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