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randy Comment by randy on December 21, 2009 at 7:25pm
Are the premiers of Ontario and quebec living in a vertual world or Ontario and Quebec hard to tell difference
randy Comment by randy on September 9, 2009 at 11:41am
they got money for something like that for sure but who knows how its spent
Skylar Smythe Comment by Skylar Smythe on September 9, 2009 at 11:38am
I didn't know they had received funding for that purpose! Wicked! ~ Skylar
randy Comment by randy on September 9, 2009 at 11:29am
well i think this ties into the province dumping money into the UOC to teach using the vertual library they just built (library no books)-- like build it then run around in circles looking for way to use it acedemic stradigy
Skylar Smythe Comment by Skylar Smythe on September 9, 2009 at 11:15am
Four years ago, I met a Prof from the University of Calgary. I tried to articulate the benefit of virtual worlds, but of course, he had an opinion formed on misreporting the content of our online communities, re: freaks, perverts, cheating spouses and scam artists. I talked for two hours touting the possible uses in education, business and social networking abilities of virtual spaces, to no avail.

Two weeks ago he contacted me and indicated that the University of Calgary was starting to take a look at the potential for education in virtual spaces.

:) All I could do was smile broadly.

Within the next five years I expect the Government will start to incorporate programs for education, employment and social supports using virtual access points.

I think we need to remember that current productive members of online communities are really in the Early Adopter phase of the product lifecycle. We are the "lighthouse users" of virtual worlds, contributing to it's refinement and development.

We wait... for the rest of the world to catch on :) Aren't we a clever bunch?

xo Skylar Smythe
randy Comment by randy on September 9, 2009 at 11:10am
cool
Buffy Bye Comment by Buffy Bye on September 9, 2009 at 11:09am
Hi @randy, no but the pilot training will be.
randy Comment by randy on September 4, 2009 at 11:57am
So your saying the helicopters promiced buy the goverment for the army years ago will be virtual ???
Buffy Bye Comment by Buffy Bye on September 3, 2009 at 8:24pm
Did anyone see this? Cdn gov putting out RFI for vw...
*Other government tenders for Virtual Worlds:
http://www.betterverse.org/2009/09/flood-of-new-government-tenders-for-virtual-world-projects-from-dhs-us-army-canada-and-nato.html
randy Comment by randy on September 2, 2009 at 10:15am
With a election coming soon are we in a vertual world or in a Ottawa nightmare???
Its hard to tell difference??
 

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Dave Elchoness Shaun G. Lynch, CFRE Laura Jaffrey Geneviève Lord Vahe Kassardjian Samer Faraj RAD 556 clemens fobianke Tim DeJager Trevor Meister Skylar Smythe randy Buffy Bye John Dough
 
 

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