e-Gems: Exploring the metaverse – Virtual worlds and games for learning

Virtual worlds and games are increasingly being used in education and training to create learning experiences which are immersive, authentic and media rich.

Join Jo Kay and members of the jokaydian community to explore how teachers and trainers are using Second Life, ReactionGrid, Quest Atlantis and World of Warcraft to provide learners with a more relevant, engaging and personalised learning experience.

This session will expand on the virtual worlds discussion, currently taking place on flexiblelearning.net.au until 24 March.

Join this interest group and take part in the discussion.

In order to join the discussion group, you will need to login to the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework) website, flexiblelearning.net.au. If you are not already a member, registration only takes a second.

Presenter:

Jo Kay is a freelance designer and facilitator working in virtual worlds and educational technology. She helps educators and organisations to use new and innovative technologies for learning. Jo is the owner and facilitator of the Islands of jokaydia Project – a space for a vibrant community of educators to explore the use of virtual worlds in education.

About e-Gems

The e-Gems series of web conferencing sessions are unique learning and networking opportunities for people working in the vocational education and training and business sectors. Provided by the Framework, e-Gems web conferences are free and require no registration.

To participate, you must have access to headphones and a microphone and have installed and configured the Elluminate web conferencing software beforehand. If you encounter any problems, please contact Jyothi Jayaram on (02) 6207 4832 or email: e-events [at] flexiblelearning.net.au (Please replace at with @ to use the email address)

Session access opens one hour before the scheduled time. To find out when the session starts in your time zone visit: http://timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc

For further information and recordings of archived sessions visit: http://flexiblelearning.net.au/e-events or contact: e-events [at] flexiblelearning.net.au (Please replace at with @ to use the email address).

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Published on 18/03/2010