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ECU Virtual Worlds Conference Update!

posted by Sharon Collins at September 11th, 2008
Tags: Conference East Carolina UniversityECUEducationSecond LifeVirtual Worlds Conference

The information on the ECU Virtual Worlds Conference has been updated. You are now able to email the proposal in to ECU. Please check out the new website:

The Virtual Worlds in Education Conference
Real Education in a Virtual World: Using Online Virtual Environments for Teaching and Learning

November 10th and 11th, 2008

This event is held entirely in Second Life on the East Carolina University virtual campus. The conference will be over a 48-hour period. The schedule is designed to accommodate participants in different time zones.

Real Education in a Virtual World: Using Online Virtual Environments for Teaching and Learning — The conference is focused on the uses of virtual worlds for instructional purposes. Examples of instructional activities including novel methods of presentation, simulation, and collaboration will be showcased. Research on using virtual worlds for instruction will be presented.

The Call for Proposals is here: http://hawk.aos.ecu.edu/secondlife/Pages/SL-Conference2.html

Registration is here: http://hawk.aos.ecu.edu/secondlife/Pages/SL-Conference1.html

• When: Nov 10 2008, 05:00:00 am UTC (check local time)