Edu: VWBPE Call For Proposals / Papers

VWBPE Call For Proposals / Papers
VWBPE = Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education 
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Deadline 23:59 PST February 15, 2012. 
Event:  March 15 to March 18, 2012.
Attendance is free

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Based on community request, the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education (VWBPE) is reopening the call for proposals.

• Official call for proposals
• VWBPE base website

The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education is a grass-roots community conference; it is YOUR conference, and your chance to share your experiences with the rest of your community. We have already received some excellent submissions but we would like more! 

The Call for Proposals (papers, workshops, games, Machinima and posters) has been extended to midnight 15th February, 2012.  All that’s required is a 50 – 100 word abstract (full papers  required for research stream) that indicates how your work illustrates best practices in education. http://www.vwbpe.org/calls/2012-call-for-proposals

The proposal should describe how your work might be applied to a particular or multiple sectors of education, i.e. K-12, large universities, community colleges, adult education, etc. Tell us how you learn and teach. Tell us your stories of what works well and what can be done better. Where does learning happen for you?  Who do you teach? How to you engage learners? Why is learning within the virtual important to you? What is the key learning you want to share with others?  

We do want to especially encourage submissions for the 

• Machinima Fest http://www.vwbpe.org/calls/machinima, 
• Poster Event http://www.vwbpe.org/blog/posters-cfp,
• Games and Simulation Event http://www.vwbpe.org/blog/games-and-simulations-cpf-technical-details

Other topics that this year are encouraged for submission include:

• Open Sim projects
• Haptics
• Augmented Reality
• MMORPGs
• Role-play
• Minecraft
• SWTOR

The VWBPE is a free conference, organized and run by volunteers from K-12, colleges and universities from around the world.  While most activities will happen in Second Life, presentations and field trips can be scheduled for other parts of the metaverse - contact Kavon and her team at proposals@vwbpe.org for more information.
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Kavon Zenovka

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Proposal Streams
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A. Theoretical and Research Papers
B. Best Practices Showcase
C. Explorations of Virtual Worlds
D. Games and Simulations
E. Posters
F. Machinima
G. K-12-
More detailed specifications on requirements for submitting a Machinima and this year’s categories please go to http://www.vwbpe.org/calls/machinima
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Proposal Formats

• Lecture Auditorium
• Studio Workspace 
• Poster Exhibit 

Submitting for Paper Publication
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If you would like to submit your proposal as a paper to the Journal of Virtual Studies, please visit Rockcliffe University’s open source journal page at http://ejournal.urockcliffe.com/. Your paper, if accepted, will be published in the issue immediately following the conference. Please note that acceptance at the VWBPE conference does not guarantee acceptance to the Journal nor does a Journal submission guarantee acceptance to the conference.-
Related links

• Virtual Education Journal
• Virtual Outworlding: VWBPE World of Warcraft Tours
• VWBPE11 Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education

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