Author: Sheila Yoshikawa

I am an educator, who also likes shopping, interior decorating and KittyCats. I own Infolit iSchool, home for the University of Sheffield's Information School, and some private land in Noyo.

January 13, 2022: What do people mean by “Metaverse”?

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Transcript of the Virtual World Education Roundtable January 13th 2022Topic: What do people mean by "Metaverse"?Photos by Sheila Yoshikawa VWER 13 January 2022: Photo by Sheila Yoshikawa Sheila Yoshikawa: Hi everyone, and welcome to the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable. We meet on Thursdays at 12 noon SLT for an hour.Sheila Yoshikawa: VWER is a forum … Continue reading January 13, 2022: What do people mean by “Metaverse”?

August 19, 2021: Education through the Looking Glass

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Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: August 19, 2021Topic: Education through the Looking GlassPhotos by Sheila Yoshikawa In this VWER session we visited the Alice in Wonderland location and used it to stimulate discussions [2021/08/19 12:02] Sheila Yoshikawa: Hi everyone, and welcome to the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable. We meet on Thursdays at 12 … Continue reading August 19, 2021: Education through the Looking Glass

July 29, 2021: Creativity with Marly

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Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: July 29, 2021: Topic: Creativity with Marly Strandwind (l) and Marly (r) Photos by Sheila Yoshikawa Note: this session was mainly in voice (after people had teleported to the Butterfly Gallery). These were the instructions given to participants: We will have the usual introduction to VWER and each … Continue reading July 29, 2021: Creativity with Marly

July 22, 2021: Better together? Pros and Cons of an educational grid

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Topic: Better together? Pros and cons of an educational gridPhoto by Sheila Webber Photo of VWER Discussion 22nd July 2021 [2021/07/22 12:01] Sheila Yoshikawa: Hi everyone, and welcome to the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable. We meet on Thursdays at 12 noon SLT for an hour.[2021/07/22 12:02] Sheila Yoshikawa: VWER is a forum to educate and … Continue reading July 22, 2021: Better together? Pros and Cons of an educational grid

2018-10-11 “Applications of 3D virtual worlds in Higher Education”

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[2018/10/11 12:03] Sheila Yoshikawa: Hi everyone, and welcome to the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable. We meet on Thursdays at 12 noon SLT for an hour. 8pm In UK, 3pm EST. VWER is a forum to educate and inform the community about issues that are important and relevant to education in virtual worlds. [2018/10/11 12:03] Sheila … Continue reading 2018-10-11 “Applications of 3D virtual worlds in Higher Education”

2018-10-04 “Horizon Report 2018”

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Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: October 4 2018 Topic: “Horizon Report 2018” - the report is at https://library.educause.edu/resources/2018/8/2018-nmc-horizon-report Lightly edited for typos by Sheila Yoshikawa; photo by Sheila Yoshikawa Sheila Yoshikawa: Hi everyone, and welcome to the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable. We meet on Thursdays at 12 noon SLT for an hour. 8pm … Continue reading 2018-10-04 “Horizon Report 2018”

2018-09-06 “Through Despair and Hope: The Circle of Second Life”

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Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: August 30 2018 Topic:  “Through Despair and Hope: The Circle of Second Life” - a presentation/discussion led by Mark Childs (Gann McGann in SL) Note that Gann's main talk was in voice: he copied key information into text chat, but some chat comments relate to his untranscribed speech. Lightly … Continue reading 2018-09-06 “Through Despair and Hope: The Circle of Second Life”