Learning2gether

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Affordances for learning in virtual worlds
Scott Grant, Monash University

Ever since the early days of people writing about VWs for language learning there has been

an emphasis on the “affordances” that VWs inherently provide for language learning and

task-based learning. I take an historical look at a couple of different variations of concepts

of affordances ….. .more

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Concurrent Sessions 8:30am GMT / 0:30am SLT
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Sat, 8:30am GMT / 0:30am SLT

World Clock http://tinyurl.com/Sat1Mar830amGMT

Venue Chateau Renoir:

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The internet as a site of fantasy
Elliot Hughes
This presentation reflects on the extent to which the Internet can be considered a site of

fantasy by investigating the prevalence of sexism in online gaming communities… more

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Concurrent Sessions Sat 9:30am GMT / 1:30am SLT
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Word Clock: http://tinyurl.com/Sat1Mar930amGMT

Venue Casablanca

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Researching educational functionality of Second Life
Dr. Pawel Topol [Pawlus Twine]

This presentation will be a report from a research project which measured

educational functionality of Second Life. It involved 70 students of humanities

from the University of Poznan, Poland. The project lasted the whole

semester…. more

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Concurrent Sessions Sat 9:30am GMT / 1:30am SLT
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Word Clock: http://tinyurl.com/Sat1Mar930amGMT

Venue Chateau Renoir:

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Second Life Calling: Language learners communicating virtually across the globe

CyberAmber Pixelmaid ‘KiwiBelma’
Language learners are motivated to learn when they understand a given context

and are able to relate to the authenticity of situation. Many of these activities are

traditionally achieved through role-playing. In Second Life (SL), ….more

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Sat, 10am GMT/ 3am SLT
1h Break
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Sat, 11am GMT/ 3am SLT
World Clock: http://tinyurl.com/Sat1Mar11amGMT

Venue: Temple Seating

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Euroversity Symposium
Panelists: Ton Koenrad, Gary Motteram, Gerhilde Meissl-Egghart, David Richardson, Christel Schneider and Stella Hadjistassou
EUROVERSITY is a network of educational institutions in Europe. EUROVERSITY wants to:
– provide an European and global perspective for universities by offering a shared space for shared learning and research activities,
– promote the conducting of joint courses among network partners and sharing of ressources,
– It wants to become a truly European university rooted not in one location but in many …. more

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Sat, 12:30pm/ 4:30am SLT
30min Break
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Sat, 1pm GMT/ 5am SLT
World Clock: http://tinyurl.com/Sat1Mar1pmGMT

KEYNOTE Dr. Liz Falconer
Immersion and play in virtual environments

Venue: Temple Seating

Livestream: https://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/sl
Presentation and Tour

The presentation will discuss examples of how virtual worlds can enable immersion

and a sense of presence through game play and role play. Both these forms of

activity are established methods of physical world language learning, but virtual

environments can add a further dimension of immersion in environments that are

difficult, dangerous or impractical to access in the physical world. The tour which

follows the presentation … more
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Sat, 2pm GMT/ 6am SLT
Break

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Sat, 3pm GMT/ 7am SLT
Holodeck presentation
Dr. Randall Sadler
Presentation and Tour

Venue: Temple Seating

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Holodecks on EduNation is a free of charge service for our community of

language educators and each year there are new editions to the majestic

number of some 100 holodecks available. Come tour with Dr. Randall

Sadler the latest developments… more

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Sat, 4pm GMT/ 8am SLT

World Clock: http://tinyurl.com/Sat1Mar4pmGMT

Venue: Temple Seating

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Fire side chat and Open Discussion

This ‘unconference’ in a relaxed surrounding is set in place to get people talking and networking. Bring your ideas and topics, the fun and not so fun stuff, questions, suggestions and come open minded to share and experience the spirit of collaboration and personal learning networks….more

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Sat, 5pm GMT/ 9am SLT
Break
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Concurrent Sessions Sat 6pm GMT / 10am SLT
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Sat, 6pm GMT/ 10am SLT
World Clock: http://tinyurl.com/Sat1Mar6pmGMT

Venue Casablanca

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Comparative Education: Training English Language Teachers on 3D VLE
Dr. Tuncer Can
Presentation + Tour

The presentation will report a research Project on Second Life aiming at

introducing pre-service language teachers with 3D Virtual Learning

Environments and …. more
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Concurrent Sessions Sat 6pm GMT / 10am SLT
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Sat, 6pm GMT/ 10am SLT
World Clock: http://tinyurl.com/Sat1Mar6pmGMT

Venue Chateau Renoir:

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CIBOLA: Pedagogical Uses of Virtual Worlds for the Teaching of Language & Culture
Malcolm Alan Compitello, Juliana Luna Freire
This presentation focuses on Cibola, a virtual “living” region replicating important buildings of Latin America and Spain. … more

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Concurrent Sessions Sat 7pm GMT / 11am SLT
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Sat 7pm GMT/ 11am SLT
World Clock; http://tinyurl.com/Sat1Mar7pmGMT

Venue Casablanca

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Presentation and Tour in family Gómez house
Ines Diglione
Familia Gomez is a series of machinima which have been produced over a

period of 2 years with the 15th serial just having been published. This telenovela

is designed for learning Spanish and involves a family and their exchange

student Bettina….more
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Concurrent Sessions Sat 7pm GMT / 11am SLT
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Sat 7pm GMT/ 11am SLT
World Clock; http://tinyurl.com/Sat1Mar7pmGMT
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Machinima for Language Learning
Marisa Constantinides
Creating machinima for learning languages provides teachers with a great

opportunity to embed language in a context of use rather than present it to

the learners only through audio – without the benefit of the images and the

features of the context surrounding the language….more

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Sat, 8pm GMT/ 12pm SLT
Break
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Sat, 9pm GMT/ 1pm SLT
World Clock: http://tinyurl.com/Sat1Mar9pmGMT

Venue: Temple Seating

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KEYNOTE Gord Holden
Adopting the Baby Giant – Unity 3D
It seems that in every jurisdiction governing language learning, the oral component

of the process has become preeminent. This is understandable, and has encouraged

the development of various 3D immersive environments for providing authentic and

contextual spaces for social interactions in various languages.

Unfortunately, the platforms commonly used…. more

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Sat, 10pm GMT/ 2pm SLT
World Clock: http://tinyurl.com/Sat1Mar10pmGMT
Venue: Temple Seating