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Epic opening at VWBPE 2012
Early this morning I logged into Second Life to visit VWBPE locations around the grid and started to collect notecards/freebies which was fun. As you can see today I have updated my blog for VWBPE 2012 which I hope all my readers will like. I went over to the first event on the listings called Conference Orientation Meet-and-Greet where the SL community started to catch up and hang out.
The dragon parade I enjoyed alot today because there was a board of free dragon avatars and you could try them on. There was loads of avatars about some in human form, wearing dragons and other cute creatures. http://slurl.com/secondlife/EduIsland%208/92/10/21
There was epic crowds at the VWBPE keynotes today hosted by Knowclue Kidd who did an epic presentation to a crowd of 150+ avatars in the four VWBPE central regions. There was a live stream at http://vwbpe.treet.tv/ where many avatars watched the keynotes event online. Knowclue shared an open Google document for everyone to add epic ideas and epic gear http://bit.ly/wf2JCe. The epic talk presentation lasted for about 40 minutes and I think everyone enjoyed the epic presentation.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWBPE%20Central%203/192/179/57
More snapshots will be posted on my SL Flickr stream during VWBPE 2012.
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5th annual VWBPE 2012 opens today
Exploring VWBPE Gateway 2012 region before opening.
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VWBPE 2012 starts today officially for the 5th year running in Second Life which will be EPIC. The conference starts at 12:30pm SLT starting with a Conference Orientation Meet-and-Greet session which should be good fun. At 1pm SLT there will be a VWBPE Social Committee Dragon Parade starting from 1pm SLT on VWBPE Social Island. Following that there will be loads of interesting keynotes speeches, poster sessions, tours and social events taking place at the VWBPE regions.
VWBPE 2012 Be Epic!
VWBPE 2012 will be taking place next month in Second Life from 15th-17th March 2012. This will be the 5th annual conference inworld which i’m looking forward to because I have been really impressed with previous VWBPE events. Be Epic! is the theme for VWBPE 2012 which sounds really cool. Submissions for VWBPE 2012 are due before 11:59pm SLT on 15th February 2012.
VWBPE 2012 attendance will be free, sessions will be live and recorded during the conference weekend. Yay!
The Virtual Worlds Best Practice in Education (VWBPE) is a community-based conference that provides opportunities for participants in all virtual worlds to share current teaching, learning, and research practices in 3D virtual environments. Conference presentations focus on teaching/learning, scholarly work, projects, events, activities and new and innovative tools for virtual education. Presenters will focus on the identification of best practices in education designed for 3D virtual world technology.
Watch this recently uploaded VWBPE 2012 video by EduMachinima Fest.
Here are the official 2011 VWBPE statistics from last year. I’m sure that VWBPE 2012 will be great fun and a big success. My hope is that more of the SL community will be more engaged with the conference this year. 
In 2011, educators participated in:
- 150 virtual sessions
- Tours of eight virtual worlds
- 52 interactive poster displays
- An Educational Machinima Fest
- Awards Ceremony celebrating the People’ Choice in Machinima and Interactive Poster displays
2011 Attendees included:
- 2411 unique avatars
- 7,290 hours
- 91 Counties and Territories
International Distribution
- North America 51.5%
- Europe 30%
- South America 6.3%
- Asia 5.7 %
- Oceania 3.5 %
- Middle East 1. 5%
Will you be attending VWBPE 2012 ?
VWBPE 2012 volunteer opportunities form
The 5th annual Virtual Worlds Best Practices In Education conference in Second Life, starts on 15th – 17th March 2012 and there is now need for volunteers to help out during the weekend full of interesting SL sessions. I have attended VWBPE in previous years in Second Life and each time its been really good. VWBPE is definitely worth volunteering for and visiting.
The 2011 VWBPE event in Second Life was attended by almost 2,500 individuals representing 91 countries and territories around the globe.
VWBPE 2012 Volunteer Opportunities available now.
- Peer Reviewers
- Volunteer Chair
- MOOC Working Group
- Presenter Preparation Team Members
- New Avatar Helper
- Blogger
- Social Committee Member
Interested in volunteering ?
This is the second call for volunteers. These opportunities are in committees that will start after January 15, 2012. Additional volunteer opportunities during the conference will be announced later in February 2012. Please read the descriptions below and fill out the form if you are interested.
VWBPE 2011 attendance statistics
After waiting many weeks for VWBPE 2011 data, here are the results for this year’s VWBPE 2011 attendance statistics. Thanks to the VWBPE team for providing the data.
Overall 2011 Attendance Statistics
- The overall attendance not including those watching via Treet TV or MBC was 2, 440
- Unique Avatars: 2, 447
- Total Minutes: 437, 397 (7, 290 hours) & (304 days)
- Avg. Minutes per Avatar: 178.75 (2.98 hours)
- Avg. Age of Avatar: 30 months
Overall 2010 Attendance Statistics
- Unique Avatars: 2, 077
- Total Minutes: 427,597 (7, 126 hours) & (297days)
- Avg. Minutes per Avatar: 205.87 & (3.43 hours)
- Avg. Age of Avatar: 24.3 months
VWBPE 2012 Preparation
The planning for VWBPE 2012 is already underway. Recommendations, comments, and feedback can be submitted to info@vwbpe.org. The VWBPE is community based and we welcome input from all segments of the community. Look for information on the 2012 conference starting with the “VWBPE 2011 Call for Organization Committee Volunteers” at our booth at the SL Communities Conference happening this August.
VWBPE 2011 Video Archives
Treet.tv has a special section for VWBPE 2011 Video Archives. If you have missed the keynote speeches then you can watch the repeats on demand. Many great sessions to watch and it’s definitely worth watching again.
Treet TV is an entertainment network that serves virtual worlds viewers and producers. Established in March 2007, Treet TV uses a collaborative production model which has resulted in more than 3000 hours of broadcast quality content, all targeting the emerging phenomenon of virtual living.
Enjoy. I hope you have enjoyed reading my coverage of VWBPE 2011. Can’t wait for VWBPE 2012. 
VWBPE 2011 Closing Ceremony
Today marks the closing ceremony and the last day of the exciting 53 hour conference during VWBPE 2011 in Second Life. The presentations this year have been amazing and the VWBPE 21 regions I really liked this year. The builds this year are amazing and they totally rock.
Day 3 of presentations I enjoyed, likewise with Day 1 and Day 2. AWESOME!
There have been a good sense of excitment and everyone seems to be enjoying the conference which is really cool to see. There has been a good level of information from the conference website and from the SL community through Plurk, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and SL resident blogs.
Over 100 avatars attended the opening ceremony hosted by Botgirl including hundreds of vistiors during the conference presentation sessions. Again over 100 or so attended the closing ceremony hosted by Pooky Amsterdam. I will look forward to VWBPE 2012 after this year’s successful conference event.
VWBPE 2011 Day 2
Yesterday on day 1 of the VWBPE 2011 was exciting at the opening keynotes speech hosted by Botgirl which started around 2pm SLT. Afterwards many more great presentations followed which I enjoyed the ones I managed to attend because of the time zone difference.
Day 2 the presentations I managed to attend and my views of them…
- The presentation hosted by Barry Joseph’s was my highlight of day 2 because it mentioned the teen grid and it’s funeral information. Here is the rough script of the presentation.
- I throught the Immersive Education Tools for the Classroom: Edusim, Opensim, & Scratch presentation was really good hosted by Growing Wise.
- Sonicity Fitzroy and Lowe Runo presentation was interesting because there was mention of making machinima in Second Life and i love watching machinima. Sonicity talked about story boards and green screening.
- Virtual World Roundup – Beyond Second Life presention hosted by Ethan Therian was cool of the mention of platform elements, websites, creations, content which included technical, creative and education perspectives.
- The Impact of Second Life – Motivation, Engagement and Virtual Identities presentation was good hosted by UnicornG Luminos because he talked about the research motivation, design and pilot study samples that go into Second Life.
Full schedule of presentations can be found here. Day 3 highlights will be posted tomorrow. Videos of presentations will appear very soon on treet.tv.
VWBPE 2011 Live Coverage On Opening Day
Coverage of the opening at VWBPE 2011 in Second Life.
12pm SLT: Attended VWBPE Bloggers Press Conference this afternoon which was interesting. Lasted for 20 minutes and around 15 attended.
1pm SLT: 1 hour left until opening ceremony ! yay
- Botgirl Questi Opening Keynote presentation in less than 1 hour from now
- Around 40 avatars are already here sitting down waiting for the first keynotes speech
1:10pm SLT: Looking down at the central stage in VWBPE Social Hub, VWBPE Central 3. Malburns Writer and crew are setting up live stream starting from 2pm SLT. Uploading pics to http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielvoyager/.
1:20pm SLT: Less than 40 minutes left until the opening ceremony. Everyone is really excited about this year’s 53 hour conference.
1:24pm SLT: Now 102+ avatars at VWBPE Social Hub, VWBPE Central area. Wooot!
1:30pm SLT: Live streaming starts at 2pm SLT of the first keynotes speech at VWBPE 2011 > http://vwbpe.treet.tv/
1:39pm SLT: Botgirl Questi arrives live on stage. Voice is switched on and live talking is taking place..
1:40pm SLT: Botgirl Questi speaks live about Who are we? Where is Here? and more at 2pm SLT at VWBPE Social Hub
1:45pm SLT: 15 minutes left..
1:50pm SLT: 10 minutes left until the show starts for 53 hours at 21 VWBPE regions.
1:54pm SLT: 117 avatars now at VWBPE Social Hub for the opening starting from 2pm SLT. WooooT!!!!
1:56pm SLT: “Phelan Corrimal (phelan.corrimal): Phelan Corrimal (phelan.corrimal): Open Keynote Address with Botgirl Questi will be starting in approximately 5 minutes”
2pm SLT: VWBPE 2011 officially starts – 53 hours left! Botgirl Questi starts the first Open Keynote Address of VWBPE 20
2:47pm SLT: Botgirl Questi finishes interesting presentation about Virtual Worlds. 10 minute break!
3pm: AJ Brooks starts presentation….
Live Coverage during today/tomorrow: http://ow.ly/4gNU1
VWBPE 2011 Conference Guide
VWBPE 2011 Conference opens today with presentations starting from 2pm PDT through to 19th March 2011. Here are some useful VWBPE resources for the weekend during the event. Don’t forget to join the VWBPE group inworld for the latest updates. This year the conference will be running for 53 hours and there will be 21 regions this year to explore. I’m sure it’s going to be really interesting this year with many opportunities for everyone.
The Virtual Worlds Best Practice in Education (VWBPE) is a community-based conference that provides opportunities for participants in all virtual worlds to share current teaching, learning, and research practices in 3D virtual environments. Conference presentations focus on teaching/learning, scholarly work, projects, events, activities and new and innovative tools for virtual education. Presenters will focus on the identification of best practices in education designed for 3D virtual world technology.
This year’s theme is You are Here.
VWBPE 2011 Info
- VWBPE Official Website
- VWBPE 2011 Master Schedule
- VWBPE Live Streaming Coverage
- VWBPE Twitter
- VWBPE Facebook
- VWBPE 11 Flickr
- VWBPE Flickr
- VWBPE Koinup
- Join VWBPE Group
- Latest VWBPE YouTube Videos
Getting Started
- Visit VWBPE Gateway in Second Life and pick up loads of VWBPE goodies and more.
- General Information - Conference locations, broadcasting & events
VWBPE 2011 Press Conference
VWBPE Bloggers’ Press Conferences
The VWBPE Executive Committee will be holding bloggers press conferences. ( This definitely includes people who tweet, plurk and post to Facebook- it’s social media agnostic.) We’ll be giving a quick overview, feature a few sessions, talk about any changes and answer questions. We hope these will last 20 – 30 minutes maximum.
Please join us on VWBPE West 2 at the Social Network Tower (or Bloggers’ Tower).http://slurl.com/secondlife/VWBPE%20West%202/162/61/29/
Thursday, March 17
- Noon SLT
- 5 pm SLT
Friday, March 18
- 11 am SLT
Saturday, March 19
- 7 am SLT
VWBPE 2011 Main Map
VWBPE 2011 Region Map
VWBPE 2011 Schedule Is Out
Just two days remain until the start of the 53 hour long VWBPE 2011 conference which will be hosted in Second Life. This will be the 4th annual Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education conference and its going to be great.
The VWBPE 2011 master schedule is now out listing the many different presentations that will be hosted during the event.
VWBPE General Information can be found here.
VWBPE 2011 Regions Come Online
Last week there was a new arrival of Virtual World Best Practise in Education 2011 regions that came online. Next month’s VWBPE conference takes place on Thursday 17th March to Saturday 19th March 2011. More details about the conference visit http://www.vwbpe.org/.
