October 14th, 15th, & 16th, 2010

Welcome to Oregon Immersive Education Days

Collaboration Center175 McKenzie HallUniversity of Oregon

Sponsored by UO Information Services and The Center for Learning in Virtual Environments

Hashtag: #oied2010

Developing and celebrating the capacity for Oregon public, commercial, and non-profit educational institutions and their affiliates to create, assess, and use effective 3D virtual environments including video games, virtual worlds, augmented reality experiences andother emerging immersive technologies for learning in formal and informal settings.

Identify: what's out there? Sharing trends, links, knowledge, contacts, and ideas

Synthesize: how do we integrate virtual learning in Oregon contexts? Composing and recording OiED collaborations

Contribute: What can I offer? Information, Skills, Resources, & Creative Professionalism

Create: What I construct? Be a Maker

Lead: How can I lead and mentor others? Inspire, Stretch, and Build Capacity Amongst your Peers!

Creating REAL Oregon value out of virtual learning experiences

Virtual Learning Environments

VirtualPresence

Avatars

3D

Digital Geography

Architecture

Multi-modal Communications Text Voice Group Message (a)Synchronous Stigmergy Shared Media

Wayfinding

Immersive

“Spectrum of Virtuality”

Video Games Virtual Worlds Augmented Reality Alternate Reality

Virtual

Virtual Learning Environments

Learning

simulations

transfer

engagement

Authentic assessment

Distributed learning

Verisimilitude

collaboration

“Psychology is the physics of virtual worlds” (Bricker)

persistence motivation

Performance-based learning

construction community

Imagination and possibility space

LearningEngagementMotivationPersistenceInteractionInstructional DesignProfessional DevelopmentEvent CoordinationInstructionAssessment(and Play)

Virtual Learning Environments

Environments

Contexts Staging, Atmosphere, and Series of Events Situated Meaning Ecological Conditions Perspective, point of view, and cultural signifiers

Environments

Multiple research frameworks Virtual Ethnography Case Studies Grounded Theory Phenomenology Chat log analyses Behavioral Research Experiments

Virtual Learning Ecosystem Creating places to learn through activity Situated and contextual understanding Multi-modal forms of engagement Multi-learner interactions Authentic inquiry and performance

• Two days of Presentations and Collaboration

• ½ day of Synthesis and Meeting with the Greater Community in Second Life

• Formation of a statewide Cross-Disciplinary and Trans-Institutional chapter of the Immersive Education Initiative http://immersiveeducation.org/

• Members invited to listserv and wiki (discussion, collaboration, projects)

• Members invited to be part of Immersive Ed's Technology Working Groups http://MediaGrid.org/groups

• Envisioning worlds and learning environments that we'd like to collaborate on– ImmersiveEd providing land and accounts– We can invite others to participate– OpenSim, Wonderland, realXtend, Cobalt

Opportunities to present at Immersive Education Summit in Boston in May 2011

Gaming the Future.

Gaming the Future.

A Local Virtual Learning Supply Chain Knowledge Distribution Opportunities to participate Shared Resource Development Virtual and f2f events Collaborative Problem Solving Mutual Support Systems Celebration of Achievements

All registered OiED Conference Members are invited to help develop:

http://immersiveoregon2010.wikispaces.com/

And share our projects and plans in

the Oregon Immersive Education Forum

On OCCDLA Island

on Saturday for the OiED closing session.

Open invitational dinner at Track Town PizzaThursday, 6:30 p.m.1809 Franklin Blvd541.284.8484

Welcome!

California State University – ChicoColumbia Gorge Community CollegeGeorge Fox UniversityOregon State UniversityOregon Community College Distance Learning AssociationPortland Community CollegeSococco

Thanks To:

University of Oregon's Computer Information Services Center for Advanced Technology in Education Our presenters And you!