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Where next? Virtual Worlds and Technology Trends

John — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 20:58:56 +0000

The closing keynote presentation from the recent ReLIVE11 conference in Milton Keynes. By Andy Piper.

Virtual Education Worlds Scotland Forum Meet, Glasgow Caledonian University, 13th December

John — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 07:29:12 +0000

Word up from Kenji Lamb, e-Learning Advisor (e-Assessment) at the JISC Regional Support Centre Scotland North & East

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Apologies for the short notice – but we would like to invite all those with an interest in Virtual/Simulated Worlds to a meeting of the VIEWS (VIrtual Education Worlds Scotland) forum next Monday (13th December) at Glasgow Caledonian University (directions to the venue on the wiki).

Virtual world technology has had its ups and downs recently, with users drifting away from platforms such as Second Life and Linden Labs removing their educational discounts. On a more positive note, groups like SQA have been forging ahead with their summative exams based in Caspian’s Thinking Worlds platform and Learn Direct & Build have had great success with their college and Historic Scotland projects.

Still, it seems like a good time to meet up and discover what’s happening in our institutions around the country. The forum meeting is open to all – to book in, all you need to do is add your name to this wiki page: http://bit.ly/gQKqke (no need to register, just click on edit and start typing!).

One other thing… we’ve started to pull together an agenda of the kinds of topics we’ll be discussing, but if you’d like to add something, then just add it to the bottom of the wiki!

Look forward to seeing you there!

Mark Childs, “Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?”, in 15 minutes :)

John — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:42:59 +0000

Dr. Mark Childs (Gann McGann) will be leading the discussion on the University of Worcester in Second Life.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/University%20of%20Worcester/140/204/25

11.11.2010 at 1200hrs GMT/UMT (that’s 4am PST) on the University of Worcester island.

The Session is entitled, “Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?”

Don’t look back in anger…

John — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:16:42 +0000

The presentation and discussion point for the Big Issues in Immersive Virtual Worlds annual conference at Coventry University on November 4th 2010.

There is some additional information on the Games and Virtual Worlds Special Interest Group.

Virtual worlds in education … why?

John — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:42:35 +0000

The presentation given by VWW to the Department of Information Studies at the University of Sheffield, last thursday, is on Slideshare:

Thanks to Sheila Webber for organising and supporting this.

Virtual Worlds and the (real) West Midlands

John — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:48:28 +0000

A presentation meditating on the West Midlands, virtual world use in UK HE and FE, and the perceptions of virtual worlds – and the Internet – in the media. Done at the JISC RSC-organised #VWEF7 workshop in Birmingham.

Some other presentations from Virtual World Watch are also on Slideshare.

Surveying VW use in UK universities and colleges

John — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:14:02 +0000

The presentation by Virtual World Watch for the #immersed2009 (learning in virtual worlds) conference in Derry this week is on Slideshare:

JISC Innovating e-Learning online conference

John — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:31:46 +0000

The annual JISC online conference is open for registrations, and is worth considering.

This is now open for pre-event activities, such as reading and guided tours. The conference proper runs from November 24th to 27th. Being online you can, of course, access it from anywhere; no travel, train or plane costs, required.

The conference website is at:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/2009/11/elpconference09.aspx

Note that you have to register, and there’s a small fee.

There’s two sessions on Second Life. One is by Kathryn Trinder from Glasgow Caledonian University:

The other is by Virtual World Watch:

In addition to this, there’s a number of scheduled events and guided tours in Second Life, facilitated by the JISC Regional Support Centres. So not bad – a conference that runs for several days, costs only £50 for attendance, travel and accommodation, and has hardly any climate impact. To quote James Clay …

Virtual worlds, real learning?

John — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:55:20 +0000

Another presentation by Andy Powell from Eduserv; this one subtitled “The uptake of virtual worlds for teaching and learning in UK universities”.

Annabeth Robinson

John — Sun, 17 May 2009 23:07:23 +0000

Annabeth is a multi-media artist and lecturer, based in Leeds and working at Leeds College of Art and Design. In this week’s Start the Week with Virtual World Watch podcast, Annabeth describes how she got into Second Life, her art developments within, and her experimentation and educational work with other virtual worlds.

Her personal website contains information about her art projects in Second Life. She’s on twitter as Angrybeth.