Programme

Below you’ll find the latest version of the conference programme.

Finnish local time Event Presenters/Participants
10.00-10.15 Opening of the conference Kim Holmberg, Olle Sköld, Isto Huvila
10.15-11.00 “Exploring Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Virtual Worlds: Some Preliminary Findings from NVWN – the Nordic Virtual Worlds Network Project” Robin Teigland
11.00-11.45 “Inquiry Based Learning with first year undergraduates” Sheila Webber
11.45-12.00 “On the if’s and how’s of virtual world preservation” Olle Sköld
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-13.45 “How much will it cost? A workshop looking at the design considerations of Kalmar’s first university course in Second Life” David Richardson
13.45-14.30 “Immersive virtual learning environments: from theory to practice” Pekka Qvist
14.30-15.00 Break and small talk
15.00-16.15 Panel: “The future of learning in virtual worlds” Joseph Clark, Terry Beaubois, Robin Teigland, Georges Segura, John Lester, Sheila Webber, Kim Holmberg, Isto Huvila
16.15-17.00 Break and small talk
17.00-17.45 “The Significance of Contextual Flow – Exploring Jibe and Critical Affordances of Web-Based Virtual Worlds” John Lester
17.45-18.30 Presentation Terry Beaubois
18.30-19.00 Break and small talk
19.00-19.45 “The Virtual Environmentalist in
Second Life”
Joseph Clark
19.45-20.00 Closing of the conference Kim Holmberg, Olle Sköld, Isto Huvila

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A 12 hour conference in Second Life for educators and researchers on education and virtual worlds with invited speakers from Europe and the US. The conference features presentations, panels, workshops, excursion and many other types of activitities.

Mark the date Thursday October 27, 2011 in your calendar now and join us in EduFinland archipelago on the lecture theatre on EduFinland III (http://slurl.com/secondlife/EduFinland%20III/20/238/23/) from midnight to noon (PDT). Check your local time in a time zone converter.