Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: October 30, 2025Topic: Encourage Open Dialogue & Media LiteracyPhotos by Beth Ghostraven The presentation & discussion “Encourage Open Dialogue and Media Literacy”, led by Sheila Yoshikawa will be in voice and text. It celebrates UNESCO's Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2025 (24-31 October) [12:05] Sheila Yoshikawa: Hi … Continue reading October 30, 2025: Encourage Open Dialogue & Media Literacy
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February 22, 2024: Telling Our Mythic Story
VWER will be exhibiting at the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference - telling our mythic story! What stories would you like the exhibit to tell? Do you have your own story to contribute? What stories would you like to learn at the VWER exhibit?
January 4, 2024 – Open Forum
Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: January 4, 2024Topic: Open ForumPhotos by Beth Ghostraven [12:05] Sheila Yoshikawa: Hi everyone, and welcome to the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable. VWER meets on Thursdays at 12 noon SLT for an hour, in the UK 8pm, 3pm EST.[12:05] Sheila Yoshikawa: VWER is a forum to educate and inform … Continue reading January 4, 2024 – Open Forum
July 20, 2023: Belonging and Connectedness
Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: July 20, 2023Topic: Belonging and Connectedness]Photos by Beth Ghostraven This week we discuss how we can foster feelings of Belonging and Connectedness in virtual worlds education - both for educators and for students.Some readings:Barker, V.E. (2016). Flow in Virtual Worlds: The Interplay of Community and Site Features as … Continue reading July 20, 2023: Belonging and Connectedness
June 6, 2023: Open Forum again
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
December 9th 2021, Open Forum
Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable 9th December 2021Topic: Open ForumPhotos by Sheila Yoshikawa VWR on 9 December 2021 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 to educate and inform the community about … Continue reading December 9th 2021, Open Forum
2018-05-10 – Longevity in Virtual Worlds
Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: May 10, 2018 Topic - Longevity in Virtual Worlds In the past week Sheila Yoshikawa had her 11th rezday in Second Life and Beth Ghostraven had her 8th rezday. This has set us thinking: what is it that keeps people in Second Life (or any virtual world) for so … Continue reading 2018-05-10 – Longevity in Virtual Worlds
2018-01-04 – New Media Consortium
Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: January 4, 2018 Topic: New Media Consortium In late December sudden news came that the New Media Consortium was closing. The NMC is best known for the annual Horizon Reports, but was also very active in the early days of SL (with several sims, free educator tools etc.) & … Continue reading 2018-01-04 – New Media Consortium








