Special Events

Virtual Worlds – Best Practice in Education

2010 SL Conference March 12-13, 2010

‘IMAGINATION AROUND THE WORLD’

The Virtual World Best Practies 2010 focus is “Imagination Around the World”.  From the North, East, West and South corners of the physical world what is evident is the collaborate nature of virtual world participants to share knowledge and experience. This 48 hour conference will indeed provide opportunities for sharing and further understanding virtual world technology.

The Virtual World Best Practices in Education (VWBPE) conference originated from the 2007 Second Life Best Practices in Education Conference. This grassroots, community-based conference attracts faculty, instructors, trainers, administrators, instructional designers, technical specialists, and members of organizations from around the world. Those who create teaching/learning environments, resources, tools, support services and professional development opportunities internal and external to virtual world environments participate. During the conference, participants have opportunities to ask: What is education?, What is teaching?, What is learning? and How can we provide virtual world educational environments in which today’s learners can become all they can be.

The VWBPE Conference provides opportunities for virtual world communities to showcase projects, courses, events and research that lead to best practices in education. The end result of collaborating, sharing, and co-construction of knowledge during the conference is the creation of innovative and immersive environments in which virtual world residents can learn, work, and play.

This year proposals are being called for in the following languages:

English

French

German

Portuguese

Spanish

Mandarin Chinese (for information in Chinese see click here)

For further information on the conference, click the link below:

http://www.vwbpe.org/

Australian Virtual World Collaboration

August Meeting

Second Life

If you have Second Life installed and intend to attend the meeting inworld, click the AVWC logo below to teleport directly to the meeting location on Chinese Island:

AVWC logo

No Second Life

If you are unable to run Second Life and cannot attend the meeting inworld, never fear. You can see what is going on during the meeting by watching the screen below:

Video chat rooms at Ustream