Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: July 12 2018 Topic: "Open Forum” Lightly edited for typos by Sheila Yoshikawa; photo by Sheila Yoshikawa [12:04] 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 … Continue reading 2018-07-12 “Open Forum”
2018-06-28 Visit to CVL “Crystal Futuristic Library”
Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: June 28 2018 Topic: The Community Virtual Library's "Crystal Futuristic Library” This week’s session was mainly in voice, without transcription. Valibrarian gave a tour, firstly of the Community Virtual Library's "Crystal Futuristic Library" at the SL 15 year birthday celebration at http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SL15B%20Stupendous/188/238/23 Val wrote in her notecard “Title: … Continue reading 2018-06-28 Visit to CVL “Crystal Futuristic Library”
2018-06-21 Virtual Worlds MOOC: Part 2
Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: June 21 2018 Topic: Virtual Worlds MOOC 2018: Part 2 SLMOOC organizer Nancy L Zingrone (Maggie Larimore in SL) returns to talk about the upcoming Virtual Worlds Massive Open Online Course VWMOOC18. [2018/06/21 12:07] Sheila Yoshikawa: Hi everyone, and welcome to the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable. We meet … Continue reading 2018-06-21 Virtual Worlds MOOC: Part 2
2018-05-31 – Virtual Worlds MOOC 2018: Part 1
Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: May 31, 2018 Topic: Virtual Worlds MOOC 2018: Part 1 SLMOOC organizer Nancy L. Zingrone will talk about the upcoming Virtual Worlds Massive Open Online Course (VWMOOC 2018). Camie Rembrandt: Hi everyone! Welcome to the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable. VWER is a forum to educate and inform the … Continue reading 2018-05-31 – Virtual Worlds MOOC 2018: Part 1
2018-05-17 – Open Forum
Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: May 17, 2018 Topic: Open Forum Come join us to talk about whatever's on your mind about education in virtual worlds. Camie Rembrandt: Hi everyone! Welcome to the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable. VWER is a forum to educate and inform the community about issues that are important and … Continue reading 2018-05-17 – Open Forum
Find Us at VWER.info now!
We have a new, easy-to-remember URL for this website: http://VWER.info ! We are still working on updating the transcripts; this will likely be a lengthy process. If you are interested in helping with this, please contact Beth Ghostraven in Second Life.
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
We’re back!
The Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable has continued to meet weekly, our website has had an unexpected hiatus. We hope to have new transcripts appearing shortly. We'll be working on restoring our archives from the previous site, vwer.org, which is no longer functional. Thank you for your patience! Good company in a journey makes the way … Continue reading We’re back!
2018-05-03 – Feature Presentation: Identity, Literacy, Immersion and Presence
Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: May 3, 2018 Speaker: Mark Childs Topic: Identity, literacy, immersion and presence; joining together the building blocks of virtual world learning – part two! Mark Childs (Gann McGann in Second Life) is a researcher and teacher who has been working in virtual worlds since 2005. His PhD on … Continue reading 2018-05-03 – Feature Presentation: Identity, Literacy, Immersion and Presence
2018-04-26 – VR & AI Robots
Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable: April 26, 2018 Topic: VR & AI Robots Will VR and AI Robots Transform Education? Can virtual reality and artificially intelligent robots upend the role of teacher and dramatically change education? Camie Rembrandt: Hi everyone! Welcome to the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable. VWER is a forum to educate … Continue reading 2018-04-26 – VR & AI Robots








