Virtual worlds, real learning, revisited

Virtual worlds, real learning, revisited

Tuesday 19th June 2007, 16.00 - 17.30pm UK time (8.00 - 9.30am Second Life time)

Virtual Congress Centre, Eduserv Island

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduserv%20Island/154/31/30

Following on from our recent and successful Eduserv Foundation Symposium 2007, "Virtual worlds, real learning?" we are very pleased to announce an in-world discussion session with the speakers from the symposium. This session will be an opportunity to ask questions of the symposium speakers and to discuss the current state of Second Life more generally, with a particular emphasis on how Second Life can and should be used in practice to deliver and support learning and research.

The panel session will take an open, free format, approach although we will chair the meeting to try and ensure that only one person is speaking at a time. There will be no presentations as such, though you are strongly encouraged to view the symposium presentations before the event to help inform the discussion - they are all available in the viewing booths alongside the Virtual Congress Centre on Eduserv Island.

Registration is not required but attendance on the day will be limited to about 40 avatars. Bring your questions, thoughts and comments with you. We look forward to seeing you in-world.

Further information about the symposium (including the presentations and streaming) is available.

Note that we will be making the discussion available via Twitter for those not in-world. If you have a Twitter account, simply follow 'eduservisland' to see the discussion.

The meeting itself will be managed (chaired) using an automated system known as PanelPod. Pick up a notecard by clicking on one of the 'Instructions' signs when you arrive. The instructions are as follows:

For this session we are using an automatic queuing system. The system maintains a list
of who wants to speak and asks people to speak in order. PLEASE DO NOT SPEAK UNTIL
IT IS YOUR TURN.

Audience members -------------------- Pick any seat labelled 'Audience xx' and sit down.

If you want to ask a question, make a comment or raise an issue, please raise your hand.
To raise your hand, press PAGE-UP. Your hand will go UP, your seat will turn AMBER and
you will be added to the queue.

When it is your turn to speak the virtual chair will tell you so, your seat will turn
bright GREEN and your hand will WAVE.
Panel members ---------------- Pick any chair labelled 'Panelist x' and sit down.
If you want to answer a question, make a comment or respond to an issue, please raise
your hand. To raise your hand, press PAGE-UP. Your hand will go UP, your seat will
turn AMBER and you will be added to the queue. Note that the queuing system gives
priority to panelists.

All -- When it is your turn to speak the virtual chair will tell you so, your seat will turn
bright GREEN and your hand will WAVE.
When you have finished speaking, put your hand down to let the next person in the queue
have a turn. To put down your hand, press PAGE-DOWN. Your hand will go DOWN and your
seat will turn RED.
You can leave the queue at any time by putting your hand down.
REMEMBER DO NOT SPEAK UNTIL YOUR SEAT IS BRIGHT GREEN PUT YOUR HAND DOWN WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED SPEAKING