CityUniversityLondon, OxfordUniversity and King’s College in London are organizing a virtual seminar entitled: Learn, Teach and Play in 3D Virtual Worlds, sponsored by JISC EMERGE
The virtual seminar is open for teachers, students, educational technologists, researchers, and anyone interested in 3D virtual worlds and games.
Dr. Elhanan Gazit Ph.D. (aka @VRider) presentation entitled:
Start your Engines! Real - Virtual Worlds Engaging Interactions
Massively Multiplayer On-line Games (MMOGs), social networked, and three-dimensional virtual worlds (3D), are merging to form the Web3D, known as the Metaverse. This presentation will focus on real - virtual worlds engaging learning interactions by using video games. Several Mash-up and video games concepts developed based on game engines and social networks such as facebook, at the Instructional System Technologies Department at H.I.T-Holon Institute of Technology will be presented together with H.I.T-Holon Institute of Technology second life's presence plans and coming SLACTIONS 2009 conference call.
Speaker Bio sketch
Dr. Elhanan Gazit is a faculty member of the instructional Systems Technologies department, at H.I.T-Holon Institute of Technology were he teaches on games and virtual worlds, interactive environments and knowledge representations. Hanan is the CEO of MetaverSense Ltd., an Israeli based company leading the use of virtual worlds, digital Games and social networks for instruction and business. Hanan holds a Ph.D. degree in the Learning Sciences and a Magna Cum Laude M.A. degree in Science Education, both from Tel-AvivUniversity. Hanan is a former post doctorate fellow researcher at LIRT Lab, Caesarea Edmond Benjamin de Rothschild Foundation Institute for Interdisciplinary Applications of Computer Science, University of Haifa. Hanan serves on the Association of Virtual Worlds' Advisory Board, on the Editorial Review Board of the International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations. He founded the Digital Games Research Association [DiGRA] ISRAEL Chapter.
In addition, a physical seminar (at CityUniversity) will take place a day before the face to face event and everyone is welcome. Further information of the physical event can be found here: http://learnteachandplay.eventbrite.com/
If you have further enquiries please do not hesitate to contact Ulrike Pfeil (U.Pfeil-1@city.ac.uk)
Best papers will get invitation to submit expanded version.
5 special editions of journals available!
* Computer & Graphics
(ISSN 0097-8493, SCI) * International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning
(ISSN 1753-5255) * Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research
(ISSN 0718–1876) * VIRTual
(ISSN 0873-1837) * Journal of Virtual Worlds Research Special issue: “The Metaverse Assembled”, with best papers combination of metaverse platforms with external systems, integration of platforms, GIS/metaverse mash-ups, and using metaverse platforms for cooperation. ---- Submission Deadline: March 31, 2009 SLACTIONS 2009 Event: September 24-26, 2009 Publication Date: December 2009/January 2010.
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For more information on the Special Issue of the Journal of VirtualWorlds Research,
please contact the guest editors.
For more information on the SLACTIONS 2009 event, please visit the website:http://www.slactions.org/.
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All submissions for the CFP will be through the SLACTIONS 2009 conference
I'm happy to announce the JVWR Call for Papers: "The Metaverse Assemble" (SLACTIONS 2009 2nd CFP) in partnership with SLACTIONS 2009.
---- JVWR is pleased announce an open call for papers for: Journal of Virtual Worlds Research (ISSN 1941-8477)Special issue: "The Metaverse Assembled", with best papers on combination of metaverse platforms with external systems, integration of platforms, GIS/metaverse mash-ups, and using metaverse platforms for cooperation. ---- Submission Deadline: March 31, 2009SLACTIONS 2009 Event: September 24-26, 2009 Publication Date: December 2009/January 2010. ---- Guest Editors for this issue: D. Linda Garcia, Georgetown University, USA - garciadl@georgetown.edu Hanan Gazit, MetaverSense Ltd and H.I.T-Holon Institute of Technology, Israel gazit@hit.ac.il Garrison LeMasters, Georgetown University, USA - gl75@georgetown.edu ---- For more information on the Special Issue of the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, please contact the guest editors.
For more informationon the SLACTIONS 2009 event, please visit the website:http://www.slactions.org/ ---- All submissions for the CFP will be through the SLACTIONS 2009conference and their website: http://www.slactions.org/ ----