2012 Call For Proposals
Q: I’m interested in participating however our work is not based on Second Life. Is the conference restricted to work done in Second Life only?
The conference is about the use of education within ANY virtual space. While we are running the conference in Second Life the conference is not uniquely about Second Life and in fact we have a lot of proposals and virtual tours involving other platforms including Active Worlds, Open Sim, World of Warcraft, Club Penguin and may even branch into non-traditional spaces such as the use of facebook, geo-location, and augmented reality for educational purposes. Anything which touches upon the Virtual space is open territory for submission to the conference.
Q: When do I find out if I have been accepted?
You should receive a confirmation notice shortly after your proposal has been send to peer review. Acceptance emails should l begin to go out in January as peer reviews are completed.
Conference Technical Support Questions
Q: I can’t hear.
A: If you’re having trouble hearing you can try a couple of things:
**Adjust Personal Volume**
Move your mouse to the person you are trying to hear, you will see a green circle with an ‘i’ in it, click on that and you will see a volume slider that you can use to adjust your personal sound.
**Adjust World Volume**
If you are using viewer 2 click on the speaker in the top right hand side of your screen, you will see a volume slider that adjusts the general regions sound.
Q: Is technical support being provided by the conference for people who need help with the Second Life Viewer.
A: Yes and no. There are second life mentors available at both the Rockcliffe University Community Gateway and in the social area of the conference that can help with general questions. These are all volunteers and this support is mainly in the form of experienced people showing new people some of the tricks of the trade. For official support for any of the SL Viewers use the Second Life support pages and/or technical support website.
Q: I’m having problems with the login process at the conference submission site.
A: The conference is using phpBB open source software provided by Simon Fraser University. If the main login page is giving you grief, please use the login fields on the right hand side of the page and DO NOT CHECK the “remember me” box. Also please use the navigation links where possible rather than the back button. We’ve already managed to get a few items fixed. We’ve notified SFU of the remaining issues and are hoping that many of these will be fixed in the next release. In the meantime if you could please forward any feedback on the software to info@vwbpe.org we would appreciate it.
Q: How much does it cost to attend?
A: The VWBPE12 SL Conference is open to anyone and free of charge whether they be an educator, researcher, student, or even administration types 🙂 Use your own hardware and Internet access. Create a free account in Second Life if you don’t have one already.
Q: Where can I get more information inside Second Life
A: More information is available on the VWBPE Gateway.