15th Annual Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education
March 31 – April 2, 2022
PHOENIX RISING
The VWBPE Conference is a completely virtual conference that is conducted using simulated environments. Participants experience the conference through a virtual reality type setting including conference rooms, theatres, exposition halls, meeting spaces, and other types of venues similar to a brick and mortar type conference.
The conference is free to attend. The cost of the conference is covered by sponsorship and donations.
* Play * Explore * Engage * Immerse * Learn *
RECONNAISSANCE
VWBPE 2021 Second Networking and Fundraising Social
Mardi Gras Ball on Bourbon Street Thursday, February 11th 2021 5:00 - 6:00 pm SLT/PST http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Rockcliffe%20Village/123/106/1640Join us for an evening with friends and colleagues at the second...
Call for Presentations EXTENDED
We have good news! The call for proposals deadline has been extended to Thursday, the 28th of January. Do you need a few more days to gather "recon" for your presentation proposal, or for final edits on your presentation...
VWBPE 2021 Call for Volunteers
The 2021 Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Committee is excited to open our Call for Volunteers, and we need YOU! Our 2021 Conference theme is Reconnaissance, which truly defines the year we’ve had and helps give a...
VWBPE 2021 Networking and Fundraiser Social
You will want to be sure to mark your calendars for the VWBPE 2021 First Networking and Fundraising Social, “Back in Bedrock” on Thursday, January 14th at 5:00 pm SLT/PST. Enjoy an evening with friends and colleagues at...
Holiday Greetings from VWBPE
What a Year This Has Been! As 2020 comes to a close, be sure to take some time to reflect, personally and professionally, on the lessons we have learned in this year like no other. Ponder the solemn wonder of the season....
The 2021 Thinkerer Award
The Thinkerer Award is presented to an individual whose deeds and actions have shown consistent selfless service towards the promotion of learning, community, and educational practices, and who exemplifies the spirit of...
VWBPE 2021 Call for Sponsors
Since 2009, Rockcliffe University Consortium has managed the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference (VWBPE) with the support of well over 70 volunteers from the US, Canada, and Europe. This conference is...
The Call for Proposals for VWBPE 2021 Reconnaissance is Now Open
VWBPE 2021 seeks to examine the new territory that has been discovered in 2020, exploring what at times can seem both familiar and hostile. Virtual learning environments have never been more important as classes at all...
Welcome to VWBPE 21 Reconnaissance
Reconnaissance is the subtle art of exploring areas outside of our expertise that may be potentially opposed to our current outlook or world view. Before this pandemic, the idea of a telecommuting economy seemed like a...
Going Virtual with the Journal of Virtual Studies
Being virtual means different things to different people, depending on available technologies and experiences. The Journal of Virtual Studies defines virtual broadly, to be inclusive of all the different ways in which the...
VWBPE Announces Recipient of 2020 Thinkerer Award
In 2014, the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Organizational Committee instituted a new personal achievement award to recognize an individual who has provided outstanding service to both the field of education and...
VWBPE 2020 Welcomes the (Virtual) World!
Since 2007, the educational communities using immersive digital spaces for learning have come together to share what we have learned about using games and simulations in the classroom. For many, the Virtual Worlds Best...
If You are New to Second Life®
The conference will be held in Second Life®. Second Life is a 3d user-created virtual environment.
If you are new to virtual worlds, we can get you started, and we encourage you to do this in advance of the conference.
On the main campus of the Rockcliffe University Consortium there is a gateway to enter Second Life which includes a welcome and orientation area. There you can quickly learn the basics to navigate in Second Life, and when the conference opens in March, the Gateway can be your starting point to go to the VWBPE conference.
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