For Immediate Release: VWBPE 2023 Conference UNCOMMON REALITIES 23 - 25 March 2023 in Second Life®

 The 16th annual Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference (#vwbpe23), beginning on Thursday, March 23rd, will be an online distributed conference happening in multiple virtual spaces. This conference focuses on the use of immersive virtual environments for educational purposes including virtual and augmented reality. VWBPE provides educational and networking opportunities that are relevant to educational curriculum development...

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EDUCATION IN CYBERSPACE – VIRTUAL WORLDS BEST PRACTICES IN EDUCATION: JOSH(THOMAS1 BELLIC) REPORTING

The SecondLife Grid is home to a great many innovative groups of people who have devised new ways to incorporate Virtual Worlds into our daily lives. The areas of art, entertainment, finance, education, and others, have all been enhanced through their creative efforts. Leaders in the use of cyberspace in education, the folks at VWBPE just wrapped up their 15th annual Conference.  I recently sat down with Beth, iSkye, LV, and Kevin, me of the...

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The Sonic Lab and Machinima World at Virlantis - Lacy Muircastle reporting ....

Sonicity Fitzroy continues to be a trailblazer in Second Life.  Her latest project is a collaboration between Southern Illinois University & the University of Western Australia.  On Saturday 20th July Soni celebrated her RL birthday by launching this new project and its associated sims. The Southern Illinois University-University of Western Australia virtual worlds project at Virlantis, Second Life is an educational themed experiment...

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