The seventeenth annual Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference, starting on Thursday, March 14, 2024, will probably be an internet distributed convention occurring in a number of digital areas. This convention focuses on using immersive digital environments for academic functions together with digital and augmented actuality.
This yr we’re returning to our Earth construct. Every area represents a unique terrestrial biome, together with wetlands, desert, badlands, grasslands, and forests. Convention attendees will probably be among the many first to have the ability to discover!
To the very best potential attainable, VWBPE gives academic and networking alternatives which might be related to academic curriculum improvement using digital environments and “greatest practices.” These embrace
- serving to to construct group by way of extension of studying greatest practices to sensible software of these concepts and strategies;
- offering networking alternatives for educators and the communities that assist help training; and
- offering entry to present improvements, tendencies, concepts, case research, and different greatest practices for educators and the communities that assist help training
One of many key challenges confronted by the tutorial group is the right way to make the very best use of latest immersive applied sciences in a means that’s sustainable and accessible based mostly on restricted budgets obtainable to each instructors and college students. Platforms which might be free or open supply, or that may be shared throughout a broad viewers are showcased, together with strategies and analysis round greatest practices of their use and applicability.
Our theme for this yr is Mythic Origins.
Mythic tales can present a method to have interaction college students in important pondering and evaluation, in addition to growing their creativity and creativeness. Mythic origins can present college students with a deeper understanding of their very own cultural heritage and the way it has developed over time. It permits us to discover the origins of our socially constructed myths and legends which have impressed educators and their numerous works.
Be part of us as all of us share experiences and successes in how digital applied sciences used within the classroom have helped form training for the higher.
This yr’s keynote audio system are Wagner James Au and Dr. Nellie Deutsch. Invited audio system embrace representatives from Linden Lab, and the 2020 Thinkerer – Renne Emiko Brock.
The VWBPE convention keynote audio system and their respective displays are featured on the conference website, together with a program of thrilling displays, social actions, and networking occasions that can set extraordinary discussions in movement.
The VWBPE Immersive Experiences showcase distinctive and fascinating work being performed throughout the metaverse. We invite you to affix us as we discover eleven interactive and fascinating areas throughout 5 digital environments. The Immersive Experiences are scheduled from March ninth by way of thirty first (unique of the convention dates). Particulars and entry directions for the experiences are discovered on our program page.
Moreover, this open and free convention wouldn’t be attainable with out the beneficiant contributions of our VWBPE sponsors.
The Rockcliffe Registration Portal is open for individuals to register new Second Life® avatars and discover out extra concerning the VWBPE convention in-world. Go to https://www.enroll.onl/
The full conference program is online.
You can even view displays live on YouTube.
All the convention occasions will probably be in Second Life this yr, and the areas are included within the listings. Whenever you click on on a convention occasion and click on Add to Calendar, you’ll be able to add the occasion to your individual calendar.
Direct SLURL hyperlinks to VWBPE areas:
You can even comply with VWBPE on social media: Second Life group, Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.
Keynote: “Mythic Origins of Metaverse Myths”
Speaker: Wagner James Au, also referred to as Hamlet, Writer
Time and Location: 4 p.m. SLT on Thursday, March 14 within the VWBPE Auditorium.
Keynote: “The Hero’s Journey of Studying Transformation within the Digital Age”
Speaker: Nellie Deutsch, also referred to as Nellie Homewood, Co-Chair of TESOL CALL-IS and teacher on the Worldwide Hellenic College
Time and Location: 9 a.m. SLT on Friday, March 15 within the VWBPE Auditorium.
The full list of speakers is here.
The most important sponsors of this week’s VWBPE occasion are Linden Lab, Rockcliffe University Consortium, Hire A Helper, Porch.com, Knomaze Corporation, Virtual Ability, Agile Dimensions, Journal of Virtual Studies, and Whole Brain Health.
