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AECT Virtual World Membership and Committee Event News
Wyoming Entrepreneur IslandThis month we are highlighting Wyoming Entrepreneur Island, created by Mark Atkinson and the University of Wyoming. Wyoming is hosting a special Native American Art Exhibit, running fronm April 2nd thru the 30th. You will see works of art along the prarie grasslands accompanied by artist's statements. While your there take a ride a their locomotive train and watch the buffalo roam. Visit the island by clicking this link, http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wyoming%20Entrepreneur/28/132/24. (Note: you need to have an active SecondLife account to go directly to the island in SecondLife.) Welcome to AECT on Community of Academic Virtual Educators (CAVE) IslandTeleport to AECT on CAVE Island: http://slurl.com/secondlife/CAVE/161/61/25/ Get started in AECT_SL group on CAVE Island, here is a short Step-by-Step Guide (see attached Flash file) and two orientation sessions have been arranged to assist new SL members: Please notify Aimee Byk (bykad@email.uc.edu) if you want to plan a session and for a personal tour, contact Mark Atkinson (matkins2@uwyo.edu). After login to SL, join the AECT_SL group by clicking on the search button at the bottom of your window, then select the "Groups" tab to locate the AECT_SL group name. Select the name and then click the join button. Group members will receive a notecard with details about this meeting and other upcoming AECT_SL events. After joining SL, an easy way to attend events is to enter one of the following addresses in your web browser:
Right click on a chair at the table in the boardroom and select "sit" from the popup menu. You'll find it's much easier to look around during the meeting and less distracting to others. If you plan to participate in discussions, use the "TALK" button feature (requires a headphone with microphone). To avoid feedback through the speakers and poor sound quality, we strongly discourage using the built-in microphone on your PC. Chat messages provide an alternative method of communication. In fact, many participants engage in private chats during events. If you are unable to attend the meeting in SL, call the conference phone line as usual. In the event SL becomes unstable, be prepared to call the conference phone line. I recommend connecting at least 15 minutes early to resolve any communication issues. We hope this experience will prove beneficial and interesting. If there is anything I can do to assist you in AECT_SL, please don't hesitate to let me know! AECT/Second Life's Convention DescriptionInformation from AECT proposal section: Presenters and their avatars present in a 60-minute session both in RL and SL on key issues in the field related to one of this year’s themes and sub-themes AECT/SL presenters would prepare for presenting in both venues. AECT will provide a presentation room with a facilitator in Anaheim and a computer connected to a data projector so attendees can view the AECT/SL simulcast presentation on a large screen. Following the presentation, the onsite facilitator will coordinate live questioning of the presenter in RL and SL. Depending on bandwidth availability at the convention site and at the presenter’s site, live questioning may be done using two-way video, two-way audio, email, or chat (such as IM). For information contact Barbara Lockee at lockeebb@vt.edu Meeting Space in SL Available to All Divisions and AECT Affiliates!Designated meeting spaces are available for divisions and partnerships for members is available and supported by various forms of media and kiosks. The AECT_SL space was officially unveiled on Thursday, Oct. 29th during the 2009 convention. Pictures of the event are available on the Archives site from the 2009 AECT Virtual Celebration. If you would like to join the AECT_SL group or work with the development team contact:
AECT members and non-members started meeting for special Second Life events in 2008, hosted by various educational organizations. As the most successful global virtual environment in terms of adoption and growth, Second Life represents a vehicle for AECT members to share and gain expertise as well as network with other professionals, other virtual worlds such as MetaVerse, are now being included as part of AECT's educational virtual organization allowing users to join at no cost, and attend in-world presentations and events modeling a variety of works within these cutting edge environments. As a leader in the field of educational technology and communications, AECT’s presence in this virtual world offers the opportunity to expand its professional activities, provide service to its members and affiliates, and advance scholarship and practice to enlarge the field's knowledge base. Virtual worlds, such as Second Life (SL) and MetaVerse, offer user-created content, social networking and educational events to its users. The virtual environments are completely user-generated and Basic accounts are free in SL, MetaVerse is set up on private servers at individual institutions. It's easy to start and join AECT once you have a Second Life account. Your SL account will allow you to participate at events, develop and upload content and network with friends and colleagues across the globe, thus this world is limited only by one’s creativity, skills, and a bank account, if you want to purchase items in-world. The benefits when enrolling into a full AECT real-life membership is rewarding for those interested in education and professional development related to educational and technological publications, and with technical communication organizations. As a member you receive conference discounts, publication discounts and access to all the Springer Publications in eBook format. High energy conferences are held annually both virtually and real time in various cities across the U.S. where networking for work, education and pleasure make this a simple solution to expand your professional horizon. For more information click on the Membership link at the top of the page. See you inworld! |
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May 2010
ARVEL SIG, Applied Research in Virtual Environments for Learning, will be hosting the 2010 Educational Research Workshop from April 30th thru May 4th, at the Sheraton Hotel in Denver, CO.
To learn more, please see the following links; ARVEL Event and ARVEL workshop for more details of the presentation events, or visit arvelsig.com to learn more information about ARVEL SIG.
A Tale of Two Worlds - Marketing Business Thorugh Virtual Reality
Mark Atkinson and the University of Wyoming have made the headlines! Read the attachment for the full story (click the PDF icon below).
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