The EcoMUVE project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education is a recently funded project of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES). The goal of EcoMUVE is to develop a Multi-User Virtual Environment (MUVE)-based ecosystems science curriculum for middle school, and to conduct feasibility studies on the practicality, integration, and acceptance of the MUVE-based curriculum for student engagement and learning in classroom settings. MUVEs enable multiple participants to access virtual worlds simultaneously, interacting with other students and with computer-based agents to facilitate collaborative learning activities of various types.

The research is based in part on our previous work with River City, a MUVE-based curriculum on scientific inquiry skills.

Chris Dede, PI
Tina Grotzer, co-PI
Shari Metcalf, Project Director
Jody Clarke, Research Associate
Harvard Graduate School of Education