Update: 24-4-2008 vBusinessExop Openes today
Education Track of VBusiness Expo in Second Life Announced
Clever Zebra which are hosting the virtual business expo in Second Life, 24th-27th of April, announced the education track few hours ago, and DiGRA ISRAEL is gladly promoting the event, as part of its active collaboration with Clever Zebra and its support of Clever Zebra's Virtual Worlds Open Source vision.
The sessions are organized with short presentations and lots of time for Q & A.
List of Sessions and Presenters:
Thursday April 24 11am SLT: Chris Collins/ Fleep Tuque
“Selling the Idea of Virtual Worlds to Stakeholders”
Thursday April 24th 11:30 am SLT: Jonathan Richter/ Wainbrave Bernal
“The Salamander Project: Combining Learning Object Repositories and Second Life”
Friday April 25th 11am SLT: Robert Bloomfield/Beyers Seller interviews Larry Johnson/Larry Pixel of the NMC “A Metanomics Special Session”
Saturday April 26th 10am SLT: Mark Bell/Typewriter Tackleberry and Aleks Krotoski/Mynci Gorky
“Human-centred Research for Avatars: Qualtiative and Quantitative Best Practice Techniques for exploring the Psychology of a Virtual World”
Saturday April 26th 12noon SLT: Jeremy Hunsinger/Buridan Simon and Jeremy Kemp/Jeremy Kabumpo
“Perspectives on the Future of Second Life and Other Virtual Spaces for Education: A Discussion”
Sunday April 27th 9am SLT: Sarah Robbins/Intellagirl Tully
“Education = Communication: Understanding How Technology Changes the Ways We Communicate and the Ways We Teach”
Sunday April 27th 11am SLT: Vicki Suter/Wendy Widget and Bill Mosely
“Real Outcomes in Immersive Distance Education”
Be sure to visit the Clever Zebra site to register for the expo.
Registrants will be given priority if the conference space become full.
http://cleverzebra.com/vbusiness/expo
Hope to see you in World!
VmeMentor Business April for Israeli Companies and Organizations
When and Were: Sunday , the 27th of April will take place between 16:00-19:00 local time
in Second Life.
Only few places are still available for the VIP Virtual Tour in Second Life.
for more info Contact
VmeMentor Business Leader | Dr. Hanan Gazit
M 054-2577884 | E event @ digraisrael.org
About VmeMentor Business Leader
Dr. Hanan Gazit (VRider) serves as the Israeli DiGRA Chapter promoting the DIGRA's (Digital Games Research Association) vision and goals in Israel. A researcher, lecturer, blogger and owner of a start-up company specialized in delivering services for Israeli companies & organizations interested in using digital games and virtual worlds such as Second Life for business, marketing & instruction. His research interests include: Virtual worlds & Video games interactions; Designing effective Serious Games; Skills acquisition & Virtual/Real World transfer; Using computerized tools for analyzing interactions. Dr. Hanan Gazit Holds a PhD degree in the Learning Sciences and a Magna Cum Laude M.A degree in Science Education both from Tel-Aviv University. Dr. Gazit is a former post doctorate fellow researcher at LIRT Lab, the Institute for Interdisciplinary Applications of Computer Science, CRI. Dr. Gazit was recently invited to join the Global Advisory Board of the Association of Virtual Worlds. He thinks that ""The Future of the Web 3.0D Virtual Worlds for training & instruction of the Y-Generation is here" and that "We are in the middle of the Video Games and the Metaverse revolution. This revolution potential for the Y-Generation, our future working force, currently not fully understood, is waiting to be unfolded."
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