Virtual worlds, real learning?

Thursday 10th May 2007
Congress Centre, London

Note that the programme starts at 2.00am PDT (Second Life time).

10.00 - 10.30	Registration and Coffee
10.30 - 10.45	Welcome and introductions	Stephen Butcher, Eduserv
10.45 - 11.30	Learning in Second Life	Jim Purbrick, Linden Lab
11.30 - 12.00	IBM's use of virtual worlds	Roo Reynolds, IBM
12.00 - 12.30	Holyrood Park: a virtual campus for Edinburgh	Hamish MacLeod, Edinburgh University
12.30 - 13.45	Lunch
13.45 - 14.15	Second Nature	Joanna Scott, Nature Publishing Group
14.15 - 14.45	A second guess at the future	Gilly Salmon, University of Leicester
14.45 - 15.15	Tea break
15.15 - 15.45	Virtual worlds in context	Stephen Downes, National Research Council Canada
15.45 - 16.30	Panel session	All speakers and Sara De Freitas, Birkbeck, University of London. Chaired by Diana Laurillard, London Knowledge Lab.
17.00	Drinks reception	Including reflections on the day's events by Gráinne Conole, Professor of e-learning, Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University.