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Exploring the Metaverse: Virtual Worlds and Games for Learning
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Virtual Worlds and Games are increasingly being used in education and training to create learning experiences which are immersive, authentic and media rich. Join jokay Wollongong and members of the Islands of jokaydia Community to explore some of ways educators from around the world are using spaces like Second Life, ReactionGrid, Quest Atlantis and World of Warcraft with their students.
This discussion topic lead to a live chat with Jo Kay and the 'jokadia' community as part of e-Gems series of web-conferencing .
Exploring the Metaverse: Virtual Worlds and Games for Learning session slides
As people we have developed this skill of allowing our minds to see and believe the things we wish to be our reality.
Submitted by Angel Ofire on 7 April 2011 - 10:39am. - Angel Ofire's blog
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Dear colleagues,
(Apologies for cross posting, and please feel free to pass this information on to others who you think might be interested.)
Submissions are invited for a forthcoming special issue of the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET), entitled 'Virtual worlds in tertiary education: An Australasian perspective', guest edited by Mark J.W. Lee (Charles Sturt University and University of New England), Dr Barney Dalgarno (Charles Sturt University) and Dr Helen Farley (University of Southern Queensland).
Submitted by Mark Lee on 19 March 2011 - 3:46am. 
I thought i'd highlight a few session recordings that might appeal in particular:
Submitted by Jo Kay on 16 March 2010 - 6:23pm. 
As part of the VWBPE celebrations jokaydia is holding a little open house on our public sim at ReactionGrid! All welcome!
Friday 12th March - 9pm SLT / Saturday 13th March - 4pm AEST (Sydney time!)
To join us, simply signup for an avatar via the ReactionGrid website - reactiongrid.com/Default/Register.aspx
Submitted by Jo Kay on 12 March 2010 - 10:02pm. 
Just a quick reminder to everyone about the Virtual Worlds Best Practice Conference which is happening in Second Life this weekend! There's a schedule of event available at: https://sites.google.com/a/vwbpe.org/schedule/main-schedule-page
I thought I'd highlight a few events you might be interested in:
Friday Night
The 3rd Annual Best Practices in Virtual Worlds Education Conference is coming up this weekend - 12-13 March 2010! This is a free event which draws together virtual worlds educators from around the world. Check out the Press release below for information on the event!
You can also find out more via the VWBPE Conference website @ http://www.vwbpe.org.
We'll be holding a couple of meetups later in the week to help educators who are new to Second Life to get ready for the conference. Stay tuned! ;)
Submitted by Jo Kay on 9 March 2010 - 7:31am. To get things started I'd love to hear about the virtual worlds and games you are using - both personally and professionally! Feel free to use this space below to introduce your various 'virtual selves!' ;)
Welcome to our new forum - Exploring the Metaverse: Virtual Worlds and Games in Education, which will focus on some of the innovative ways educators and their students are using a range of virtual worlds and gaming platforms in education.
Submitted by Jyothi Jayaram on 4 March 2010 - 7:38am. 