May 2, 2019: Fantasy in Virtual Worlds Education

Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: May 2, 2019 Topic: Fantasy in Virtual Worlds EducationPhotos by Beth Ghostraven We are approaching the end of Fantasy Faire https://fantasyfairesl.wordpress.com/ so it seems a good time to discuss the role of fantasy in virtual worlds education. Is it liberating? Creative? Or can it be alienating for some … Continue reading May 2, 2019: Fantasy in Virtual Worlds Education

April 11, 2019: GUINEVERE Island in OpenSim

Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: April 11, 2019 Topic: GUINEVERE Island in OpenSim We had planned to attend the VWBPE Immersive Experience scheduled for this time. It was in voice only, and most of us were not able to get in, so there is no transcript. More information on the GUINEVERE language learning … Continue reading April 11, 2019: GUINEVERE Island in OpenSim

April 4, 2019: VWBPE Conference

Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: April 4, 2019 Featured Image by Beth Ghostraven We attended the opening day of the VWBPE Conference in lieu of our regular meeting; see http://vwbpe.org for more information. VWER Meeting Transcripts by Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on … Continue reading April 4, 2019: VWBPE Conference

March 21, 2019: Where We Gather and Discuss

Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: March 21, 2019 Topic: Where We Gather and Discuss Photos by Beth Ghostraven Where are the online places and applications that you like to gather with other people and exchange ideas and information? Virtual worlds: and if so, which places and events? Social media: if so, which ones? … Continue reading March 21, 2019: Where We Gather and Discuss

March 14, 2019: Open Forum

Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: March 14, 2019 Topic: Open Forum Photos by Beth Ghostraven The topic for this week’s meeting will be: Open Forum! Come join us to talk about whatever’s on your mind about education in virtual worlds. Sheila Yoshikawa: Hi everyone, and welcome to the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable. We … Continue reading March 14, 2019: Open Forum

March 7, 2019: Learning Through Wonder

Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: March 7, 2019 Topic: Learning Through Wonder Photos by Beth Ghostraven This Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable session again takes a theme from the 2019 ed. of *Innovating Pedagogy* (the annual publication from the Open University that identifies education trends). This report is at https://iet.open.ac.uk/file/innovating-pedagogy-2019.pdf (section on Learning Through … Continue reading March 7, 2019: Learning Through Wonder

February 21, 2019: Symbolic Modeling

Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: February 21, 2019Topic: Symbolic ModelingPhotos by Beth Ghostraven Marly and Sheila Sheila Yoshikawa: yes just start! You can contact Fran if you have problems. also to rez here you need to have the VWER group active. I will do some transcribing for those who need textBluezy (bluezy.bleac) knows … Continue reading February 21, 2019: Symbolic Modeling

January 31, 2019: Digital Badges

Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: January 31, 2019 Topic: Digital Badges Photos by Beth Ghostraven Digital Badges: pros, cons and their use in virtual worlds: This week we will discuss the use of digital badges: whether they are useful in digital environments generally and specifically in virtual worlds. In virtual worlds (VWs), there is … Continue reading January 31, 2019: Digital Badges