The seventeenth annual Digital Worlds Finest Practices in Training Convention, starting on Thursday, March 14, 2024, might be an internet distributed convention taking place in a number of digital areas. This convention focuses on the usage of immersive digital environments for academic functions together with digital and augmented actuality.
This yr we’re returning to our Earth construct. Every area represents a unique terrestrial biome, together with wetlands, desert, badlands, grasslands, and forests. Convention attendees might be among the many first to have the ability to discover!
To the very best skill attainable, VWBPE gives academic and networking alternatives which can be related to academic curriculum improvement using digital environments and “greatest practices.” These embody
serving to to construct group by extension of studying greatest practices to sensible software of these concepts and strategies;
offering networking alternatives for educators and the communities that assist assist training; and
offering entry to present improvements, tendencies, concepts, case research, and different greatest practices for educators and the communities that assist assist training
One of many key challenges confronted by the tutorial group is learn how to make the very best use of recent immersive applied sciences in a manner that’s sustainable and accessible primarily based on restricted budgets obtainable to each instructors and college students. Platforms which can be free or open supply, or that may be shared throughout a broad viewers are showcased, together with strategies and analysis round greatest practices of their use and applicability.
Our theme for this yr is Mythic Origins.
Mythic tales can present a strategy to interact college students in essential considering and evaluation, in addition to growing their creativity and creativeness. Mythic origins can present college students with a deeper understanding of their very own cultural heritage and the way it has advanced over time. It permits us to discover the origins of our socially constructed myths and legends which have impressed educators and their numerous works.
Be part of us as all of us share experiences and successes in how digital applied sciences used within the classroom have helped form training for the higher.
This yr’s keynote audio system are Wagner James Au and Dr. Nellie Deutsch. Invited audio system embody representatives from Linden Lab, and the 2020 Thinkerer – Renne Emiko Brock.
The VWBPE convention keynote audio system and their respective displays are featured on the convention web site, together with a program of thrilling displays, social actions, and networking occasions that can set extraordinary discussions in movement.
The VWBPE Immersive Experiences showcase distinctive and fascinating work being carried out throughout the metaverse. We invite you to hitch us as we discover eleven interactive and interesting places throughout 5 digital environments. The Immersive Experiences are scheduled from March ninth by thirty first (unique of the convention dates). Particulars and entry directions for the experiences are discovered on our program web page.
Moreover, this open and free convention wouldn’t be attainable with out the beneficiant contributions of our VWBPE sponsors.
The Rockcliffe Registration Portal is open for folks to register new Second Life® avatars and discover out extra in regards to the VWBPE convention in-world. Go to https://www.enroll.onl/secondlife.php . The directions are there to get you and your folks began at this educator-friendly newcomers’ area in Second Life.
The complete convention program is on-line.
You can too view displays dwell on YouTube.
All the convention occasions might be in Second Life this yr, and the places are included within the listings. If you click on on a convention occasion and click on Add to Calendar, you may add the occasion to your personal calendar.
Direct SLURL hyperlinks to VWBPE places:
You can too observe VWBPE on social media: Second Life group, Fb, Flickr, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.
Keynote: “Mythic Origins of Metaverse Myths”
Speaker: Wagner James Au, also called Hamlet, Creator
Time and Location: 4 p.m. SLT on Thursday, March 14 within the VWBPE Auditorium.
Keynote: “The Hero’s Journey of Studying Transformation within the Digital Age”
Speaker: Nellie Deutsch, also called Nellie Homewood, Co-Chair of TESOL CALL-IS and teacher on the Worldwide Hellenic College
Time and Location: 9 a.m. SLT on Friday, March 15 within the VWBPE Auditorium.
The complete checklist of audio system is right here.
The foremost sponsors of this week’s VWBPE occasion are Linden Lab, Rockcliffe College Consortium, Rent A Helper, Porch.com, Knomaze Company, Digital Skill, Agile Dimensions, Journal of Digital Research, and Entire Mind Well being.
Beth Ghostraven is the communications chair at Digital Worlds Finest Practices in Training, a retired librarian, and the proprietor of the E-book & Tankard Pub in Victorian Steampunk Caledon in Second Life.
