Practicum: Leading in Virtual Environments ((3 Credits))

Catalog description

This course provides an overview of virtual environments; including the context, processes, production, and usage of various virtual environments of shared spaces such as MOOs, MUDs, MMORPGs, MUVE, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Mixed Reality. The course will attempt to survey most of the important conception of virtual environments (VEs). Examples of existing VEs will be shown whenever possible, but students will learn primarily through exploration and collaboration. The course will take on a variety of formats, as the disparate subjects dictate. Examples will be presented in MOOC, video lectures, collaborate tools, demonstrations, and Open Sim. Students will first define, choose, and then use or create a virtual environment as part of their project for the course. Papers and videos will be discussed. Students will present their VEs on a variety of formats, subject to instructor approval.