Fitou (FRA) / Cologne (GER) 8th April 2008 - Striking a new path together.
eduate.eu wants to use a virtual environment with Second Life to present national and international projects regarding lifelong learning. The presentations shall offer both information about the project works and suggestions for other project executing organisations, in order to implement Second Life as a learning and communication tool for their project work.
People interested in the realisation of education projects in Second Life can stroll on a learning path and follow the individual steps of such implementation. Of course, eduate.eu is also available for other educational institutions, that wish to include Second Life in their project work.
With the preparations suited to the media of complex project contents for Second Life, eduate.eu wants to address users, for whom learning and Second life have so far been contradictory to each other.
For the realisation of the plan, eduate.eu engages the consultancy agency y.s. authentics situated in Cologne. y.s. authentics is specialised in the use of virtual worlds as a communication tool and decisively contributed to the development of the first professional TV station in a virtual world. Besides successful projects in Second Life, y.s. authentics is equally active in many other virtual worlds.
During the coming weeks, a virtual European meeting place will be created namely on the island acquired by eduate.eu, that invites to the first information exchange. The offerings will be expanded perspectively through teaching rooms and a sandbox, in which knowledge is conveyed in a practical manner. Furthermore, a learning path will be designed, explaining clearly by means of a detailed example how one can use a virtual environment in order to be creative, to learn and to make money. The completion of this new presence is planned for September 2008.
About eduate.eu
eduate.eu, an independent, non-profit consulting company, develops concepts for lifelong learning, which are implemented in organisations, company and educational institutions. The aim is the adequate adoption of modern technologies for the inclusion of learners of all age groups independent of social backgrounds.
eduate.eu participates in national and international education projects and offers its services in different languages.
About y.s. authentics
The private limited company was founded beginning of 2007 with the aim to consult firms, that wish to position their brand and/or product in a virtual world. y.s. authentics has sound experiences in the area of immersive environments, ranging from the creation of virtual objects to the use of virtual environments for the integration in an innovative marketing strategy and management of brand communities.
