Ιανουαρίου 13, 2012 – 10:15
Check out Simon Stevens‘ inspring story. Simon is a consultant who uses Virtual Worlds and specifically Second Life to enhance the life of people with disabilities. He has also been a successful entrepreneur running the club wheelies.
Watch live streaming video from alivelearning at livestream.com
Ετικέτες: business, disability, second life, T4S
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Οκτωβρίου 21, 2011 – 07:03
Gamers today spend more than 20 hours per week in average next to job, family etc. working really hard. How can we tap this potential and motivation in the workplace?
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Οκτωβρίου 13, 2011 – 18:40
Randy Hinrichs, CEO of 2b3d, is presenting his book «Transforming Virtual World Learning», relevant 3d projects and research data about Virtual Words, Virtual and Augmented Reality in Learning. The book is a must read according to a New Media Consortium (NMC) review.
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Οκτωβρίου 7, 2011 – 22:45
Yesterday was the special premiere of University of Washington’s Certificate Program in Virtual Worlds, 2012 Class.
At the magnificent UW Avalumni Island, old and new friends, participants from all over the world with various cultures, disciplines and experience in virtual worlds started discovering and experiencing the potential of Second Life.
Mentor Team, Sicily Zapatero and Stylianos Ling, [...]
Σεπτεμβρίου 29, 2011 – 11:41
Education thought leader, author of provoking books and top educational simulation designer Clark Aldrich delivered a sensational speech at the 2011 Class graduation ceremony of the University of Washington’s Virtual Worlds Certificate program.
Clark reveals the potential by defining challenges for pioneers in Immersive Learning Environments (Virtual Worlds). Watch the speech on youtube or vimeo. Clark [...]
Σεπτεμβρίου 17, 2011 – 15:35
This week-end don’t miss the very interesting SLanguages virtual conference. SLanguages is the 5th FREE annual symposium focusing on language learning in virtual worlds and game-based learning taken place in Second Life.
Even if you’re not a language teacher, join us for an enjoyable experience & discussion on pedagogical innovation in virtual worlds.
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#uwvw #uwvw11
When one experience is so powerful and deep it’s hard to be described in words.
The Graduation Ceremony & Spring Show of the University of Washington Virtual World Certificate Class of 2011 in Second Life was such a special experience.
Heike/Gwen has offered us a wonderful recap of the evening.
Enjoy now also video highlights by Valerie/Valibrarian [...]
#uwvw #uwvw11
On June 9th, Thursday 6 pm PST/SLT, we will have our in-world Graduation celebrating the University of Washington’s Certificate in Virtual Worlds graduation, Class of 2011.
At 6:00 pm (PDT/SLT), the ceremony begins on UW Avalumni Island (http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/UW%20Avalumni/55/61/27) with
an introduction by Ran Hinrichs, followed by
our distinguished guest speaker Clark Aldrich, and ending [...]
During #fcvw11 I discovered a simple way to use Second Life from an iphone or an ipad. Here are the promised photos:
As you can see, I stream SL, control my avatar and I am able to move and fly. Here is how you can do it too.
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The inspiration: think outside of the box to do [...]