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Learn more about HIVEs in the June/July special issue of Innovate Magazine on Online Simulations, Role Playing, and Virtual Worlds

I have been presenting my model of Highly Interactive Virtual Environments around the world in the last few months. I have been grateful with the amount of excitement it has garnered (and frankly relieved, as successfully implementing HIVEs is the centerpiece of Learning Online with Games, Simulations, and Virtual Worlds, the more traditional of my two upcoming books).

Given that, if you are interested in this subject, I am happy to announce that the June/July special issue of Innovate, on Online Simulations, Role Playing, and Virtual Worlds is out today. Moreover, I have been able to write a "keynote" piece for the issue, called Virtual Worlds, Simulations, and Games for Education: A Unifying View (keynote not in the sense of the most important piece, but as a level setter). My piece introduces the HIVE model, and importantly to many, in a language and tone that is more formal and familiar to many academics than my usual, ah, overly-jaunty prose.

I hope you like the whole issue, and find my piece a worthy addition.