EFL Professor in SL

  The eighth annual Second Life MOOC (renamed the Virtual World MOOC in 2018) started in 2014. VWMOOC22 will take place from September 1-30, 2022.  Syllabus  Presenters ZOOM Meetings Recordings on YouTube  VWMOOC22 on Moodle (Certificates and digital badges)  VWMOOC22 in Second Life https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chilbo/167/53/97 Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/vwmooc/ The theme of the current MOOC is “Connecting in Virtual Worlds. Communities of Practice”  There is a plethora of communities in virtual worlds promoting education and learning through connecting online via web technologies such as Second Life. The MOOC will focus on connecting online for collaborative learning and teaching worldwide through virtual worlds like Second Life, Digiworldz, Kitely, Minecraft, Sansar, AltspaveVR, or OpenSim. The live presentations will include the speakers’ reflective process on teaching and learning in fully online and blended learning formats....

Pio was invited by her beloved Avilion Community to attend and enjoy their ACT, Avilion Cameo Theater version of ‘ The Wind in the Willows ’, Tinie style. This event was part of the Fantasy Faires 2022 . The largest fantasy-related event taking place in Second Life. Fairelanders can come to visit from Thursday, April 21st, 2022 until Sunday, May 8th, 2022. This wonderful event raises money for Relay for Life and the American Cancer Society (ACS). One of my favorite events of the year. The Wind in the willows, according to Wikipedia:   The Wind in the Willows is a children's book by the British novelist Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternatingly slow-moving and fast-paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animals: Mole, Rat, Toad, and Badger. They live in a pastoral version of Edwardian England. The book was based on bedtime stories Grahame told his son Alastair. It has been adapted numerous times for both stage and screen. The tales relate the adven...

During the VWBPE22, Pio had the chance to visit a Space Menagerie. There were four different biomes to explore. Tropical Forest Each Biome had many animals that live in that habitat. Visitors had the chance to visit and get a prize at the end of their journey. They were supposed to make a list of three animals they saw in each biome. After visiting all 4 biomes, they returned their completed notecards and got a cute furry prize. :)  Southwestern Desert This is a great example of the kind of activities that could be fun to have with language students. They could visit the different biomes, explore, and talk about the plants, animals, and also the climate. They could imagine they are explorers and even create stories of a visit to those places. Arctic Tundra Grassland Savanna  

Continuing with the VWBPE Conference program, Pio attended an event hosted by Thuja Hynes or Tooyaa in SL,  Murat Gülmez (Magua Theriac in SL), and Lynne Berrett (Lissena or Wisdomseeker in SL), from the Whole Brain Health community. They told us about their International Student project (ISP). An experience to introduce Metaverse principles and ways to get started. It was an enlightening experience. A great model of best practices in education. You can follow the post on Facebook. I just love how all these tools get connected. 

  Kick-Off Event of VWBPE 2022 The Conference Planning Committees will share upcoming conference highlights. Executive Director, Phelan Corrimal, will officially declare the beginning of VWBPE 2022. WHEN: March 31, 2022 @ 08:00 AM – 08:50 AM America/Los Angeles Timezone WHERE: VWBPE Gateway http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWBPE%20Gateway%20Pyxis/100/128/24 #VWBPE #vwbpe2022 #SecondLife #metaverse

The Morning Break with Graham Stanley 22-03-22: Virtual Worlds and Education This was fun! Thanks, Graham Stanley for the invite! #metaverse #languagelearning #virtualworlds Doris Molero from Venezuela joined Graham to talk about her work in Second Life and other virtual worlds. You can visit her exhibit and learn more about the Venezuelan migrant crisis and its diaspora in Chilbo here:  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Madhupak/118/140/71 https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-h7q37-11db4cd  

 VWBPE 2022 : IE. EngageXR for Teaching a Language @ EngageXR VR is certainly a hot place to be at the moment. For this reason, we attended The VWBPE 2022 session on EngageXR h osted by Amany Alkyahat, from Columbia University, and Heike Philp / Gwen Gwasi, let’s talk online sprl. After attending, I can say that Engage is really a great immersive experience. I enjoyed every moment of it. According to its website, Engage is  a spatial network solution for enterprise clients to build their own unique virtual world “MetaWorld” which can be used for employee onboarding, training, product demos, wellbeing, customer outreach, and professional events.  There you can have a  Free  guest account  for exploring & attending events. This allows you to:  Attend Free Events & Meetings.  Explore Public MetaWorlds.  Access Free Locations & Models  Creation Tools Demo Access. Also,  host a Room (4 Guests Maximum). I n order to do so, you...