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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.
Over 5,000 avatars attended VWBPE 2010
New VWBPE Record Set
Marty Snowpaw, one of the many organizers of VWBPE 2010 said that “over 5, 000 avatars attended the two day event” between 12th-13th of March 2010. That means VWBPE 2010 set a brand new record. Marty Snowpaw also said “the conference is rolling a long with record breaking attendance”. VWBPE 2010 was a 48 hour in-world conference hosted at the VWBPE regions. VWBPE 2009 organizers announced last year that around 38, 00 unique with over 600 new avatars attended which set a new record. You can view the recorded videos of the conference, click here.
I couldn’t make it last year but I went along to the conference inworld this year and throught it was really interesting. I enjoyed listening to many presentations both inworld and on the live broadcast stream via VWBPE Live Media. The cyberland German Teen presentation, M Linden’s presentation and Viewer 2.0 presentation I found interesting.
Perhaps next year the conference could be for the whole weekend but I am sure there will be even more records set. Seeing future conferences in 3D in Second Life would be awesome to see. The organizers, presenters and volunteers etc did a great job this year and I would definitely go next year.
