VWBPE: Transitions

April 3-5, 2025

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Where will the Conference Take Place?
All sessions of the VWBPE 2025 Conference are held in Second Life®. A few exceptions are the Immersive Experiences that occur before and after the conference, which may be in SL or other online venues. All times are in SLT (US Pacific Daylight Time).
You may access this time zone converter for your local time: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html.

How Do I Get to the Session?
To teleport to a session, open an individual event on the calendar from any calendar view. A window will open and you will either see SLURL links in the text or a text link at right that says “Go to event website” – clicking either link will take you to a separate tab or window with the familiar SL map. You can then either copy the URL at the top of that page, or right-click the “visit this location” button and copy that link address, then paste in the location box at the top of your viewer window and press “enter”.

Teleport boards will also be available in convenient locations around the regions for your use as well.

Can I Add Sessions to My Own Calendar?
Yes! You can add these events to your personal calendar! You don’t have to miss any sessions of the conference!
• To add all VWBPE conference events to your calendar, find the “Add to Calendar” button and click on it. You will find options to add to your Google, Outlook or Apple calendar.
• To add individual sessions, click the event and find the “Subscribe” button on that page.

Daylight Saving Time
In most of the United States and Canada, Daylight Saving Time is in effect as of 08 March 2025. Is your location affected? Check this page to find out when (and if) Daylight Saving Time begins for you. The Spring/Fall time change occurs throughout March and April, if at all, depending upon your location.

The Posters, Exhibits and the Rock and Bone Mysteries conference game will all open at 9:00am SLT on Thursday, 03 April 2025.

VWBPE will be streaming live from YouTube during the conference. All times are Pacific Daylight (UTC-8/Los Angeles USA).

Raw video footage will be available for 2 weeks after the conference and then replaced with post-production footage.

Video and Streaming provided courtesy of MetaWorld Broadcasting, and our Sponsors.

Thursday :: 03 April 2025

Welcome to Transitions!

Welcome to the 18th annual Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education conference!

Live streaming/recording will begin Friday morning with the kickoff at 8:30 AM SLT/PDT.

Thursday is a networking day, for folks to meet up and… play, explore, engage, immerse… LEARN!

Friday :: 04 April 2025

Time

Title

Video

8:30 AM

Welcome and Kickoff

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9:00 AM

VW Illustrations and AI Avatars Enhance Engagement

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9:00 AM

Living Carbon Free

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9:00 AM

CyberX: AI Personalized Learning in Virtual Worlds

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10:00 AM

VEJ: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

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10:00 AM

VR in Science and Education II: Dinosaurs

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10:00 AM

Confronting the Unknown: The SC Moon Base Project

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11:00 AM

Keynote: Phylis West Johnson

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12:00 PM

How Students See Second Life

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12:00 PM

Interactive Exhibits Across Virtual Worlds

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12:00 PM

Surface Chemistry Lab Experiments in the Eduverse

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1:00 PM

Transitional Growth of Leaders

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1:00 PM

Innovative Pedagogies – Why?

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1:00 PM

Constant Change as a Transitional Motivator

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2:00 PM

Above the Book: Catching Up with the Lindens

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3:00 PM

Transformative Learning in the Mindspace

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4:00 PM

We Stand in the Middle

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4:00 PM

Boosting Student Engagement in the Metaverse

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Saturday :: 05 April 2025

Time

Title

Video

8:00 AM

AI, Metaliteracy, and Digital Citizenship

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8:00 AM

Navigating Transitions Through Community Learning

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9:00 AM

Keynote: Rabindra Ratan

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10:00 AM

AI & Metaliteracy Boxing Match

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11:00 AM

Humanising Immersive AI for ELT Learner Empowerment

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12:00 PM

Empowering Abused Women Through Art

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12:00 PM

Go Ahead, Accept Failure, Fall Forward, and Fly

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12:00 PM

Transforming Engagement with Generative AI Tools

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2:00 PM

Improving Writing Through AI Feedback

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3:00 PM

Above the Book: Catching Up with the Thinkerers

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3:00 PM

Best Face Forward: A Transition from Here to There

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3:00 PM

Quantum Transition: Preparing Learners & Educators

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4:00 PM

Closing Address and Thinkerer Award

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