55,000 USD in grants for work in Second Life
“The University of Houston department of health and human performance has received over $55,000 in grants from the UH Faculty Development Initiative Program (FDIP) and the Network Culture Project of the University of Southern California-Annenberg School for Communication to move various classes and research into Second Life. Department Chair Charles Layne received $30,000 from the FDIP to research whether students using Second Life for academic purposes receive better grades than those who do not; the Texas Obesity Research Center, sponsored by USC, will be using Second Life to promote healthy diets; and Brian McFarlin, assistant professor of health and human performance, received $25,000 from the FDIP to move his class on Public Health Issues in Physical Activity and Obesity into Second Life.”
This is very interesting, and I’m curious to see other researches and studies come in Second Life and displace some common sense!
Also, some thing such as bots, AI, and the Amazon Mechanical Turk, may unveil very interesting informations about how we behave, or how we respond to things.
Any things to suggest?
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