Category: Second Life

June 29, 2023: SL20B Visit

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Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: June 29, 2023Topic: SL20B VisitPhotos by Beth Ghostraven After introductions at VWER HQ we will visit some exhibits at the SL20B event. The catalogue to the exhibits with links is here:https://community.secondlife.com/blogs/entry/13614-sl20b-exhibitor-showcase/ The official guide and magazine is here https://issuu.com/secondlifeofficial/docs/sl20bguideWe will follow this trail. The Fantastic Future of Healthhttp://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Fabulous/238/227/23By … Continue reading June 29, 2023: SL20B Visit

June 6, 2023: Open Forum again

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Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: June 6, 2023Topic: Open Forum againPhotos by Beth Ghostraven Abbreviations (not always capitalized) include: IRL / RL = [in] real life (outside of virtual worlds) LM or SLurl = landmark (location in Second Life) RP = roleplay RPing = roleplaying [12:01] Beth Ghostraven: Hi everyone and welcome to … Continue reading June 6, 2023: Open Forum again

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

October 15, 2020: Visiting Educational Locations

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Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: October 15, 2020Topic: Visiting Educational LocationsPhotos by Beth Ghostraven In this VWER session we will visit a few educational locations together and discuss what we find educational about each one, what features we could use in our own educational work, and how we might improve things further. Prepare … Continue reading October 15, 2020: Visiting Educational Locations

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”

2018-09-06 “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”

2018-08-30 “What are MOOCs useful for?”

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Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: August 30 2018 Topic:  “What are MOOCs useful for?” Lightly edited for typos by Sheila Yoshikawa; photo by Sheila Yoshikawa  [2018/08/30 11:05] Sheila Yoshikawa: Hi everyone, and welcome to the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable. We normally meet on Thursdays at 12 noon SLT for an hour. 8pm In UK, … Continue reading 2018-08-30 “What are MOOCs useful for?”

2018-07-19 “Then and now: libraries in virtual worlds”

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Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: July 19 2018 Topic: “Then and now: libraries in virtual worlds” Lightly edited for typos by Sheila Yoshikawa; photo by Sheila Yoshikawa  Note: This was a discussion prompted by a VWER discussion from 10 years ago: https://vwer.info/2008/07/22/2008-07-22-discussion-on-library-services-in-second-life/ [2018/07/19 12:06] Sheila Yoshikawa: Hi everyone, and welcome to the Virtual … Continue reading 2018-07-19 “Then and now: libraries in virtual worlds”