What does the Press have to say about the Virtual Historian?
The Virtual HistorianTM is a web-based educational program for teaching Canadian history in both official languages, developed by a scholarly team at the Althouse Faculty of Education, the University of Western Ontario. Designed with the most advanced technology in computer programming and reality-like imaging, the Virtual HistorianTM places students in the virtual environment of authentic historical investigations of key events and issues in Canadian history, such as the Halifax Explosion (1917), the Person's Case (1929), The Dieppe Raid (1942), and the October Crisis (1970).
Students are provided with various interactive objects from the library, which include declassified documents, newspaper articles, personal letters, photographs, artifacts, and videos. The Virtual HistorianTM is financed in part by the Western Innovation Fund (WIF) of the University of Western Ontario. To register or receive information on the Virtual HistorianTM , please contact the Virtual Historian Team: info@virtualhistorian.ca
Ontario teachers, fill out the OSAPAC survey on 'software needs' to have this program licensed in Ontario.