CEIT becomes a virtual reality

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The virtual opening of CEIT in Second Life

The University of Queensland’s new Centre for Educational Innovation and Technology positions UQ at the forefront of research into teaching and learning technologies to be disseminated to universities around the world.

From remote online laboratories where students and educators are provided with unlimited access to iLab experiments, to lecture browsers that allow students to pinpoint words or phrases from within a lecture stream, the research potential of CEIT is endless.

CEIT’s digital innovations are continuations of projects started with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) iCampus Project, a Microsoft/MIT Research and Development partnership.

UQ Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Deborah Terry said UQ was proud to be leading Australia when it came to educational innovation.
“The potential impact of CEIT on teaching and learning worldwide is enormous and at the centre is the intellectual synergy of The University of Queensland’s researchers and academics, powering a new digital education age,” Professor Terry said.

CEIT founding Director UQ Professor Phil Long, who comes to the University from MIT, will help create access to research on technology-assisted teaching and learning, assisted by UQ iCampus co-ordinator Dr Mark Schulz as the centre’s associate director.

By Eliza Plant

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