14.10.2010
14.10.2010
A two-day international conference in Åbo, Finland. The conference program includes keynote presentations by experts in virtual worlds, theme discussions led by invited speakers in small groups, and a closing roundtable discussion that views into the future of learning in virtual worlds.
| Thursday 14.10.2010 |
| 11.00-12.00 Registration |
| 12.00-12.10 Welcome, opening of the conference |
| 12.10-13.10 Be Cunning and Full of Tricks: Innovative Learning in Second Life, John Lester |
| 13.15-14.00 TBA, Robin Teigland |
| 14.00-14.45 Coffee |
| 14.45 -16.15 Discussions in small groups- Healthcare education in virtual worlds, discussion lead by John Lester and Isto Huvila - Entrepreneurship in virtual worlds, discussion lead by Robin Teigland and Kim Holmberg - Environmental learning and virtual environments, discussion lead by Terry Beaubois and Joseph Clark |
| 16.30 – 17.15 TBA, Isto Huvila and Kim Holmberg |
| 19.00 –> Dinner |
| Friday 15.10.2010 |
| 9.00-9.45 Learning about real environments in artificial ones: Environmental learning in SL, Joseph Clark |
| 9.50-10.35 Sustainability and Virtual Environments, Terry Beaubois |
| 10.35 – 11.10 Coffee |
| 11.10 – 12.30 Future of learning in virtual worlds, Roundtable, John, Terry, Robin, Joseph, Isto, and Kim |
| 12.30-13.00 Closing of conference |
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