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Virtual Worlds Education Roundtables 2010-present
VWER Grid Meetings:
March 2011: Special Guest Justin Clark Casey, OpenSim Developer
Feb. 2011: Special Guests AJ Kelton, Pathfinder Lester, Jokay Wollongong
Dec. 1: Grid Grand Opening Bash!
Second Life & Other Grids: 2011
June 9-Present: See our Library of Transcripts at VWER.org
June 2: Open Forum
May 26: Making Movies: Machinima Tips & Resources
May 19: Open Forum
May 12: Meet our BGSU hosts!
May 5: First Meeting at BGSU; AJ and Wainbrave Bernal discuss virtual worlds
April 28: Final Open Forum at Montclair State U Amphitheater
April 21: Making the Case for Avatars (vs. Teleconferencing)
April 14: Convincing Students of the Validity of Virtual Worlds for Teaching
April 7: Special Guest Dusan Writer
March 31: Open Forum
March 24: Open Forum
March 17: Special Meeting at VWBPE 2011 Conference
March 10: Across the Great Divide: Sharing Content Across Grids
March 3: 3rd Anniversary Reflections by VWER Officers
Feb 24: Which Grid for Me? Pros and Cons of VW Grids for Teaching
Feb. 17: Questions We'd Put to Linden Lab's CEO, Rod Humble
Feb. 10: Open Forum, with focus on student negative reactions to virtual worlds
Feb. 3: Virtual Worlds in Aerospace & Defense (Special Guests Greg Moxness & Charles O'Connell)
Jan. 27: Open Forum
Jan. 20: Assessment in Virtual Worlds
Jan 13: Open Forum (excellent resource links)
Jan 6: "Possible,
probable, and preferable futures of Education in Virtual Worlds." Special Guests: Anthony Fontana (SL: AnthonyFontana Chevalier),
Chris Collins (SL: Fleep Tuque), Daniel Livingston (SL: Buddy
Sprocket), Jonathon Richter (SL: Wainbrave Bernal), Ken Hudson (SL:
Kenny Hubble).
Second Life & Other Grids: 2010
Dec. 30: What Do You Think Will Happen in Virtual Worlds in 2011?
Dec. 23: VWER Holiday Party!
Dec. 16: Resolutions for 2011
Dec. 9: Special Guest, John "Pathfinder" Lester
Dec. 2: Favorite Builds
Nov 18: Do we learn better in immersive environments?
Nov. 11: A View from the UK. Special Guest John Kirriemuir (SL: Silversprite Helsinki) of Virtual World Watch
Nov. 4: Talking to colleagues & administrators about virtual worlds in education
Oct 28: Best Practices for Communications in Second Life
Oct. 21: Open Forum Discussion
Oct. 14: Resources for Consolidating in SL and Exploring OpenSim Grids
Oct 7: Special Guest: Jokay Wollongong
Sept 30: How have we changed since beginning work in virtual world environments?
Sept. 23: Tips for Classes and Events Held Simultaneously in SL and F2F
Sept. 16: "Does Visiting Other Virtual Worlds Change Your Mind About SL?"
Sept 9: "A Linden Perspective" with Terrence Linden, Manager of Customer Strategy and Development at Linden Lab
Sept 2: Immersive Literature
August 26: Tools for Teaching in Virtual Worlds
August 19: Reflections on SLCC 2010
August 14: SLCC 2010, Boston, MA (and in SL)
August 10: Back to School! What do we need to know as the school year starts?
August 3: Virtual Tech Museum (Special Guests, Linden Prize Winners Stephe Roux and Agent Heliosense
July 27: Grassroots Volunteering in SL
July 20: "What the hell are you wearing?" (Appearance of avatars)
July 13: How does SL enhance learning?
July 6: interview with Jonathon Richter (SL: Wainbrave Bernal)
June 29: What Educators would tell Philip Linden were he at the meeting
June 22: Open Forum, with focus on meshes in SL, "creepy treehouses" and more
June 15: Open Forum, with focus on Linden Lab Layoffs & Future of SL in education
June 8: SLCC 2010 in Boston. Special Guest Chris Collins (SL: Fleep Tuque)
June 1: UT System in SL. Special Guest Mario Guerra (SL: Luigi Miles)
May 25: Managing Large Classes in Second Life
May 21: VWER visit to Third Rock Grid
May 18: Reading Meeting on "The Learning Gains and Student Perceptions of a Second Life Virtual Lab," by Cobb, Stephanie; Heaney, Rose; Corcoran, Olivia; Henderson-Begg, Stephanie.
May 11: How To Teach In SL Without Owning Land
May 4: Copyright and Intellectual Property. Special Guest Stephen Wu (SL: Legal Writer)
April 27: Visual & Multimedia Literacy in SL
April 23: Field Trip to Heritage Key's Ancient Egypt & Stonehenge. This transcript is in parts one and two
April 20: Reading Meeting for April, "Press Enter to 'Say': Using Second Life to Teach Critical Media Literacy" with authors Jennifer deWinter & Stephanie Vie
April 13: How to Use Second Life as an Environment to Stimulate Reflection
April 6: Canadian Border Crossing Project (Special Guest: Ken Hudson, SL: Kenny Hubble)
March 30: Lightning Round--Favorite Places in Second Life
March 23: The New Viewer in Second Life
March 16: The Reading Meeting for March, "Children's Participation in a Virtual
Epidemic in the Science Classroom: Making Connections to Natural
Infectious Diseases." by Special VWER Guest Nina Neulight/June Grantly
March 11: Visit to New Zealand Grid (Host: Scott Diener)
March 9: Faculty Panel Special Guests: Lee Carleton (U Richmond) (SL: Beeble Baxter );
Dan Holt (Lansing CC) (SL:Profdan Netizen); Paula Selvester (CSU Chico)
(SL: Cotton Dover ) & her student Maximum Goldshark
March 2: Special Guest Sarah Robbins (SL: Intellagirl Tully)
Feb 23: Special Interview with Jeff Young, Chronicle of Higher Education
Feb.18: Field trip to Reaction Grid
Feb. 16: Reading Discussion of "Promoting Reflection through Action Learning in a 3D Virtual World." by
R.L. Sanders, L. McKeown in the International Journal of Social
Sciences (vol 2, No1)
Feb 9: Special Meeting with Dr. Barry Fishman, Associate Professor of Learning Technologies in the University of Michigan
Feb. 2: "Legal & Ethical Issues in Teaching in Virtual Environments." Special Guests: Hope Botterbusch (SL:Esparanza Freese) and Rosemary Talab (SL:Veronique Ansar).
Jan. 26: "What Do We Want?"
Jan. 19: Reading Discussion of "A Methodology for Measuring Usability Evaluation Skills Using the Constructivist Theory and the Second Life Virtual World"
Jan 12: "The Future Through the Eyes of M. Linden" [response to his predictions & reflections]
Jan 5: "Possible, probable, and preferable futures of Education in Virtual Worlds - Redux." Special Guests: Anthony Fontana (SL: AnthonyFontana Chevalier),
Chris Collins (SL: Fleep Tuque), Daniel Livingston (SL: Buddy Sprocket), Jonathon Richter (SL: Wainbrave Bernal), Ken Hudson (SL: Kenny Hubble). Note: Video available as well here.
Looking for older transcripts from the Second Life Education Roundtable? Visit this page.