Article: NY Law School & There.com Launch State of Play Academy, an Initiative Designed to Develop Education in Virtual Worlds.

Voice-Enabled Avatars Simulate Real-World Classroom Interaction

NEW YORK and SAN MATEO, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- New York Law School and There.com parent company Makena Technologies today announced the formation of the State of Play Academy (SOPA), the first voice-enabled virtual world learning environment and the first project specifically designed to explore strategies for using virtual worlds for distance education. Results of the first 10 classes will be reported at the State of Play / Terra Nova Symposium being held today and tomorrow in New York as part of an ongoing study of virtual world communities.

SOPA offers free online classes where ...

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