What’s the value of virtual worlds in education? Alfred Essa, deputy CIO of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, writes that one answer can be found on YouTube.
He points to a video posted by an anonymous MIT researcher. In it, the researcher demonstrates the ASSISST program, which allows users to design moving, mechanical systems by simply drawing on a screen.
Mr. Essa writes:
“All human creativity, including science, art, and literature, are imaginative activities. The ability to imagine different possibilities and interact with them is one of the virtues of virtual worlds.” —Hurley Goodall
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