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
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
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
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
On 3rd September 2020 there was a joint event with the Virtual Worlds MOOC, in which we visited Ethnographic exhibits of two cultures from the Republic of Panama: Molas produced by Guna women; and Emberá cosmology & ethnobotany, curated by ethnographer Nexus Dot with the support of Shiloh Emmons. We started as usual at VWER … Continue reading September 3rd 2020: Ethnographic exhibits of two cultures from the Republic of Panama
Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: May 28, 2020 Topic: Aha! Moments Photos by Beth Ghostraven Please come along to share those moments in your teaching (or your learning) where you felt you suddenly had a good insight or enlightenment. It can be large or small: realising why a small activity worked; suddenly understanding … Continue reading May 28, 2020: Aha! Moments
[2019/07/04 12:05] 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. This is a … Continue reading July 4th, 2019: Open Forum
Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: May 9, 2019 Topic: The Horizon Report 2019 Photos by Beth Ghostraven Transcript edited by Scot Headley The annual Horizon report started 16 years ago. The idea is that a panel of experts interact (using a Delphi Study format) to forecast short, medium and long term trends involving … Continue reading May 9, 2019: Horizon Report 2019
Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: April 25, 2019 Topic: Open Forum Photos by Beth Ghostraven Transcript edited by Scot Headley Beth Ghostraven: Hi everyone and welcome to the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable! This is a public meeting in TEXT chat. We log the chat and publish a transcript of each meeting. VWER has … Continue reading April 25, 2019: Open Forum
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
