VWBPE 2015
Crossroads
March 18-21, 2015
Contents
Organizational
Executive Committee
- Kevin Feenan, Rockcliffe University Consortium
- Leticia De Leon, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
- Dirk McKeenan
Organizational Committee
- Logistics / Finance - Kevin Feenan
- Programs - Leticia De Leon
- Social - Roseanne Vojtec
- Volunteers - Becky Adams
- Outreach - Lorraine Mockford
- Marketing - Elisa Butler
- Information Technology - Dirk McKeenan / iSkye Silverweb
Sub-Committees
Awards
2015 Thinkerer Award - Alice Krueger, President, Virtual Abilities
Keynotes and Featured Speakers
Opening Keynote
Virtual Education in Second life and in the Future
Ebbe Altberg
President, Linden Labs
Closing Keynote
Building Global Communities through Virtual Worlds
Jay Jay Jegathesan
Featured Presenters
How to Gain the Freedom to Use Immersive Experiential Technology in Your Teaching Practice
Gord Holden
Reconstructing and Navigating the Cross- roads of Community
Pamela Broviak
Creating Dinosaurs & Earning Badges
Jeroen Frans
Bootcamp for Virtual Teachers
Sensuous Maximus
7 Years of Adaptation and Renewal in Second Life
Susan Toth-Cohen
Shared Environments: Shaping Immersive Experiences
John Fillwalk
Featured Panels
Virtual Ability: Support, Collaboration, Research, Community
Seanchai: A Virtual Library Out Loud
Lecture Abstracts
Advocacy
Gaming and Machinima at the Crossroads of Gender and Culture
Sonicity Fitzroy (Phylis Johnson, RL)
Real Democracy in a Virtual World
Gwyneth Llewelyn
Best Practices
Crossroads in Designing through the Reality- Virtuality Continuum
Marta Turcsanyi-Szabo
The Food Processors of Education – The Normalisation of Virtual Worlds
Briarmelle Quintessa (Merle Hearns RL)
Immersion = Engagement in Corporate L&D
Julie LeMoine
Learning by Leading – Discover Your Destiny
Zinnia Zauber
Mr.
Raychin Rachev, Jim Shuker, prof. Valearia Fol
Second Life Style: Fashion and Learning at the Virtual Crossroads
Sonicity Fitzroy (Phylis Johnson, RL)
Transcending Culture in Global Settings
Steven Van Hook/Kip Roffo
UnicamEarth Island: A Teacher Training on Geoscience Serious Games
Eleonora Paris
Annalisa Boniello
Games and Simulation
Doctors Learn via Immersive Games
Julie LeMoine
How-To
Ten Tips for Designing Your Build
Kimberly Rufer-Bach (Kim Anubis in SL and OS)
The Story of Science during the Scientific Revolution: Designing an Educational Exhibit
Marie Vans/Amvans Lapis
K-12
Creating, Playing, and Learning in Minecraft as STEAM Knowledge Building Blocks
Christine Liao
Research
Comparison of Teen Gamers and Non-Gamers in A Virtual Learning Simulation
Brian Cleveley/Eyem Beck
Joey Peutz/Zoey Jeruben
K.D. Hatheway-Dial/Jorgia Blackburn
Karen Richel/Kaylee Innovia
Lori Wahl/Diantha Petrov
Cyber Campus Environments for Effective Learning Support
SL: Skoui Aironaut RL: Louis Nisiotis
How Do Virtual Experiences Alter Users’ Visual Cognition?
Hsiao-Cheng (Sandrine) Han
Learning in Virtual Spaces - Jabbing the Education
Dinosaur Towards the Information Age
Yen Verhoeven (a.k.a. Blue Myanamotu)
Patterns and Journeys in Quest Based Learning
AgileBill Krebs, Dr. Chris Haskell
The Third Culture: The Transforming Culture in Virtual Worlds
Hsiao-Cheng (Sandrine) Han
Tools and Products
Crossing the Bridge to Immersive Educational Experiences
Beth Reischl
Workshop Abstracts
Advocacy
Open Your Eyes and See NUMBERS: Without Words or Symbols!
Cooper Macbeth RebeccaLPatterson
Best Practices
Symbolic Modeling in SL
Marly Milena/Niela Miller
How-To
The Importance of Space
Eyem Beck, Diantha Petrov, jorgia.blackburn, Zoey Jeruben, Kaylee Innovia
Nothing Should Get in the Way of Teaching: Help Students Focus When and Where with Camera Control
Cooper Macbeth RebeccaLPatterson
Panel Abstracts
Advocacy
Fanny Starr – A Holocaust Survivor’s Firsthand Testimony
Helen R. Starr/Explorer Dastardly; Fanny Starr, Holocaust Survivor
Meeting of the Minds - Informal Learning in Informal Virtual Space
Yen Verhoeven (aka. Blue Myanamotu) Starr Zackerly Aubrey L. Jeppson (aka. Natalya Lore) (and 1 other presenter)
Best Practices
Content Curation Through Virtual World Communities
Valerie Hill, Renne Brock-Richmond, Beth O’Connell, Joyce Bettencourt
Help Education Quorum Roundtable
Carl Metropolitan & Brace Coral
Quill & Quarrel - REAL Theater in a VIRTUAL World
Rose, Gatz, LureBrann, Lilly, Cherish
Virtual Explorations
Tour of the University of the West of England Simulations
UWE Islands, Second Life
Afro-Latino Foodways Museum: A Class Final Project
UTEP Miners, Second Life
Inspiration Island: Home of the Ageless Mind Project in Second Life
Inspiration Island, Second Life
