Location: Grading Finals During the Spring Semester of 2007, this fool rushed into Second Life, something he felt would not only change education but the world beyond. Virtual worlds looked like a utopian technology with lots of zealous folks ready to evangelize the masses. Six years later, grading what may be my last-ever student projects …
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Leaving Las Vegas: 6 Years in Virtual Worlds, Farewell
May 1st, 2013 | Posted by in The Rebel Yell - (0 Comments)April 25, 2013: Language Learning in Virtual Worlds
April 25th, 2013 | Posted by in Transcripts - (0 Comments)VWER Meeting Transcripts by Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at www.vwer.org. Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable April 25, 2013 Topic: “Language Learning in Virtual Worlds” Special note from Iggy: This will likely be my last transcript for VWER. I’ll …
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April 18, 2013: MOOCing Hell! End of the world, or is it?
April 18th, 2013 | Posted by in Transcripts - (0 Comments) VWER Meeting Transcripts by Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at www.vwer.org. Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable April 18, 2013 Topic: “The Wild Frontier: MOOCing Hell! It’s the end of the world as we know it, or is it? Photos …
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Last week we had a great house warming at the new home on Glasgow Caledonian University. Thanks to all that managed to come and bop into the new place. Kali
VWER Meeting Transcripts by Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at www.vwer.org. Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable April 11, 2013 Topic: Opening Party at GCU Photos by Sheila. Join our VWER groups at Flickr and Koinup to add …
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Moving home is always a difficult decision especially when you have had some great times in your current home. However, sometimes you must move on and find new adventures elsewhere. This is what is happening to VWER, from this week 11th April 2013 we will be moving to our new home at Glasgow Caledonian University! …
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April 4, 2013: The Wild Frontier! Where to Take Students in Virtual Worlds
April 4th, 2013 | Posted by in Transcripts - (0 Comments)VWER Meeting Transcripts by Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at www.vwer.org. Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable April 4, 2013 Topic: “The Wild Frontier: Where to Take Students in Virtual Worlds.” Photos by Kali . Join our VWER groups at Flickr …
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VWER Meeting Transcripts by Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at www.vwer.org. Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable March 28, 2013 Topic: Open Forum Photos by Iggy. Join our VWER groups at Flickr and Koinup to add your own pictures! Kali …
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March 21, 2013: The New Linden Lab Education/Nonprofit Discount
March 21st, 2013 | Posted by in Transcripts - (0 Comments)VWER Meeting Transcripts by Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at www.vwer.org. Transcript of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable March 21, 2013 Topic:”Weren’t YOU Invited? The New Linden Education Discount & How to Lobby For It” Photos by Sheila & Iggy. Join our …
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“This technology will completely change education.” We have heard that before, haven’t we? A few years back, the world-changer would be 3D virtual worlds with lots of user-generated content. For reasons too complex to untangle here, virtual worlds have not turned higher education on its head. The technology did, however, accomplish much. Great projects abound, …
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