These days I’m attending the Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds conference (#fcvw12) at Washington DC. On May 16th I had the pleasure to lead and facilitate along with Anna Gadler-Pratt, fellow Mentor at the Virtual Worlds Certificate Program of the University of Washington an enjoyable 3-hour workshop
«iHUB: Fast Track Virtual Worlds Education – Best Practices [...]
Ever since the 90s where I was involved in European politics and volunteering initiatives with AEGEE-Europe, there were complaints about the democratic deficit of the EU and the distance of its institutions from the average citizen. Today, thanks to technology and the open mind of intrapreneurs in the European Commission, [...]
Elias Carayannis, Professor of Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at George Washington visited the University of Patras and gave a great lecture on Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Sustainable Growth as an antidote to the economic crisis of Greece. The recording will be published soon. Read here his
OPEN LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE
Re: Initiatives [...]
Scott Merrick, blog administrator of Virtual Environments Special Interest Group (SIGVE) of International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) was kind enough to inform me that Alive Learning is nominated for ISTE SIGVE May 2012 blog of the month.
The winner will be decided after a poll has taken place in April. Check out the other [...]
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Machinimatographer Ariella Languish and Fred Stawitz- Principal of Technical Training of El Paso Corporation in Houston, TX presented at the Train for Success Series how they created a series of training videos depicting true to life scenarios, role-play scenarios of men out on the field in a dig site. The [...]
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Randy Hinrichs, CEO of the award-winning company 2b3d and creator of the University of Washington’s Virtual Worlds Certificate Program (UWVW), gave an exciting speech at the VWBPE12 conference about Virtual Worlds Residency. If you missed the livestreamed session, enjoy the recording. Randy will be keynoting at the fascinating [...]
George Metakides, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Patras, presented (in greek) the Digital Enlightenment concept and Forum in Diakideios School of Patras.
Prof. Metakides, prominent Web Science Inspirator, draws interesting connections between the ideas that appeared in the Age of Enlightenment and modern communication, sharing & co-creation practices thanks the Internet, World-Wide Web and [...]
Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the European Commission, responsible for EU’s Digital Agenda, talks about the amazing potential of information and communications technology (ICT) tools to transform Europe’s education system. She outlines some of the ways we can drive this change – recognising that progress so far has been frustratingly limited.
The Open [...]
UW Maya Island won both best Educational Poster & best Educational Machinima Awards at the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education!
Congratulations to all poster & machinima participants and winners. Special thanks to the conference’s scientific committee and all who voted for us!
Don’t forget to explore Maya Island in 2012 at Second Life while [...]
Our Maya Island Poster and Machinima were selected by Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education (VWBPE) Judge Committee among the Finalists in the 2012 conference competition!
More specifically, our Poster -an interactive 3D exhibit- is nominated for the «Best Example of Educational Practice in a Virtual World» award and Valibrarian’s video is [...]
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