2018-05-03 – Feature Presentation: Identity, Literacy, Immersion and Presence

May 3, 2018June 12, 2018 ~ Beth Ghostraven ~ Leave a comment

Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: May 3, 2018 Speaker: Mark Childs Topic: Identity, literacy, immersion and presence; joining together the building blocks of virtual world learning – part two! Mark Childs (Gann McGann in Second Life) is a researcher and teacher who has been working in virtual worlds since 2005. His PhD on … Continue reading 2018-05-03 – Feature Presentation: Identity, Literacy, Immersion and Presence

2018-04-26 – VR & AI Robots

April 26, 2018June 4, 2018 ~ Beth Ghostraven ~ Leave a comment

Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: April 26, 2018 Topic: VR & AI Robots Will VR and AI Robots Transform Education? Can virtual reality and artificially intelligent robots upend the role of teacher and dramatically change education? Camie Rembrandt: Hi everyone! Welcome to the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable. VWER is a forum to educate … Continue reading 2018-04-26 – VR & AI Robots

2018-04-19 – Open Forum

April 19, 2018June 4, 2018 ~ Beth Ghostraven ~ Leave a comment

Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: April 19, 2018 Topic: Open Forum Join us for an open discussion of anything about virtual worlds and/or education. Kali Pizzaro: Hi everyone, and welcome to the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable. We meet Thursday 12 noon SLT for an hour. 8pm In UK, 3pm EST. VWER is a … Continue reading 2018-04-19 – Open Forum

2018-04-12 VWER – Misinformation

April 12, 2018June 12, 2018 ~ Beth Ghostraven ~ Leave a comment

Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: April 12, 2018 Topic: Misinformation Disinformation, misinformation or fake news? There are increasing numbers of official reports and discussions about misinformation and fake news at the national and international level. This week, Sheila Yoshikawa will introduce key points from the recent European Commission expert group report http://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/final-report-high-level-expert-group-fake-news-and-online-disinformation. We … Continue reading 2018-04-12 VWER – Misinformation

2018-04-05 – Using Avatars to Bring Students into Historical Spaces

April 5, 2018June 4, 2018 ~ Beth Ghostraven ~ Leave a comment

Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: April 5, 2018 Topic: Using Avatars to Bring Students into Historical Spaces Join the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable for a TEXT discussion based on "Empathy and Engagement: Using Avatars to Bring Students into History" by Steven S. Volk https://www.aacu.org/publications-research/periodicals/empathy-and-engagement-using-avatars-bring-students-history Camie Rembrandt: Hi everyone! Welcome to the Virtual Worlds … Continue reading 2018-04-05 – Using Avatars to Bring Students into Historical Spaces

2018-03-29 – Open Forum

March 29, 2018June 4, 2018 ~ Beth Ghostraven ~ Leave a comment

Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: March 29, 2018 Topic: Open Forum Note: The local chat from this meeting might look rather strange because the only members attending (besides me [Camie]) were Selby and Marly and they used voice most of the time. Some things mentioned during the meeting might be useful, like the … Continue reading 2018-03-29 – Open Forum

2018-03-15 – No Meeting (VWBPE)

March 15, 2018June 7, 2018 ~ Beth Ghostraven ~ Leave a comment

March 15, 2018 - VWBPE Conference In lieu of our regular meeting, we attended the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education (VWBPE) Conference in Second Life, which was underway at the time. For more information about the conference, see http://vwbpe.org. VWER Meeting Transcripts by Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs … Continue reading 2018-03-15 – No Meeting (VWBPE)

2018-03-01 – Favourite Tools for Educators in Virtual Worlds

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Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: March 1, 2018 Topic: Favourite Tools for Educators in Virtual Worlds What are your favourite tools or equipment for teaching and learning in virtual worlds? Please bring along examples of them, to demonstrate if you can! Sheila Yoshikawa: Hi everyone, and welcome to the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable. … Continue reading 2018-03-01 – Favourite Tools for Educators in Virtual Worlds

2018-02-15 – Managing Our Time

February 15, 2018June 13, 2018 ~ Beth Ghostraven ~ Leave a comment

Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: February 15, 2018 Topic: Managing Our Time We’ll discuss how we do this, and any tools or tips for managing and planning our time well as educators. Moderator: Sheila Yoshikawa Sheila Yoshikawa: Hi everyone, and welcome to the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable. We meet on Thursdays at 12 … Continue reading 2018-02-15 – Managing Our Time

February 1, 2018: Global Citizens

February 1, 2018March 15, 2019 ~ Beth Ghostraven ~ Leave a comment

Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: February 1, 2018 Topic: Global Citizens Photos by Beth Ghostraven This weeks theme is Can avatars become global citizens and influence change? Kali Pizzaro: Hi everyone, and welcome to the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable. We meet Thursday 12 noon SLT for an hour. 8pm In UK, 3pm est … Continue reading February 1, 2018: Global Citizens