2021 Education in the metaverse: Virtual World Education Consortium: Building An Education Network Across Virtual Worlds

Education in the metaverse:  
Virtual World Education Consortium: 

Building An Education Network Across Virtual Worlds

What we have been doing in the metaverse while other people have been telling you what it will be like when it is developed.

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• VWEC Educator Panel: with Sheila Webber (SL: Sheila Yoshikawa); Renne Emiko Brock (SL: Zinnia Zauber); Greg Perrier (SL: Dodge Threebeards; Becky Adams (SL: Elli Pinion) 
• Main advantage of the  metaverse: Distance vanishes: 
• Travel time:1 minute, travel cost: $0.00
• You are close to everyone in the metaverse.

The goal of the Virtual Worlds Education Consortium (VWEC) is to bring educators together both to share what has been successful and to tackle obstacles across virtual platforms and communities. Through meeting quarterly, educational communities can collaborate and document progress on best practices for teaching and learning in virtual environments. The initial groups that worked on this idea were The Community Virtual Library (CVL), Nonprofit Commons (NPC), NOVA Community College, Octagon, Rockliffe University, the University of New Mexico, Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable, Whole Brain Health and Thinkerer Selby. 

How the metaverse benefits educators

• Teach online from home.
• Find colleagues with similar classes.
• Find collaborators for projects.
• Make videos at almost no cost.
• Get advice from other educators.
• Familiarize students with working in the metaverse.

How the metaverse benefits students

• Gives experience in the metaverse.
• Develops digital skills.
• Offers a wider selection of friends.
• Offers a wider selection of courses.

2021 Some segments of the metaverse can connect seamlessly, or nearly so. Seamless connections require open standards.

Some segments of the metaverse can connect seamlessly, 

or nearly so.  

Seamless connections require open standards.

Some people think the ideal metaverse would allow seamless teleporting among its virtual worlds.  That is technically possible.

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• Opensim on YouTube

Seamless connections require open standards

• A seamless connection would mean that you teleport from one grid to another.
• Grid means a collection of worlds (places) hosted by one entity.
• You enter that destination with no registration and wearing your previous avatar.
•  This capability would require open standards.
• Software standards.
• Standards create a common language for communication among separate programs.

2021 BIZ Virtual selling from the metaverse. A virtual office? A virtual sales floor? A virtual place to demo the product?

Virtual selling from the metaverse.  

A virtual office?  A virtual sales floor?  

A virtual place to demo the product? 

You don't have to be there alone and neither does your customer. And this is a place of the customer's choice.

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• Virtual Selling Has Become Simply Selling
• What is virtual selling? (definition, examples, and tips)

• Virtual instructions on virtual selling
• Videos are virtual?  Sure, nobody is really there now.

• Virtual selling (search)
• Virtual Selling: Training Programs (search)

Instructions

• Effective Virtual Selling: 5 Tips for Video Calls | 5 Minute Sales Training
• Virtual Online Sales: 5 Common Mistakes in the Virtual Call 

2021 VW: Report from the metaverse. No building needed. It is already here.

Report from the metaverse.   

No building needed.  

It is already here.  

A look at the metaverse of now.

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• Nov 29, 2018

The metaverse

• "The Metaverse is a collective virtual shared space, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space..."  --Wikipedia
• Virtual worlds, augmented reality, the internet.  
• "persistent, shared, 3D virtual spaces linked into a perceived virtual universe."
• These are already here.  Not finished, still developing.
• But they've been around for years.
• So the metaverse has been around for years.
• Not finished, still developing.
• And we people of the metaverse have been recording them for years.
• Videos of virtual worlds on YouTube  
• Virtual worlds are platforms, not games.
  

User built virtual worlds

• Some virtual worlds allow users to build things.
• Some virtual worlds (Second Life, OpenSim) provide tools to make building easy.
• Many virtual worlds let you rent space and buy or import things to put there.
• These arrangements give users a sense of "a place of your own."

An example

• Comedy (search) NSFW
• Comedy an Lauren's place started in 2007

2021 WW: Your office in the metaverse. Your digital receptionist can monitor your office for you.

Your office in the metaverse.  

Your digital receptionist can monitor your office for you.

People can come to meet your in your office in the metaverse.

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• My virtual Office space In a web browser

• Suppose you have a digital place in the metaverse. 
• That is a place where digital people can come to visit with you. 
• You probably want to know when somebody comes by.
• You may want to meet them.
• But you can't stay in your digital place all the time.
• You may be elsewhere in the metaverse or in the flat web.
• You need a digital receptionist to alert you when somebody arrives.

2021 VID: Videos in the metaverse. What happens when they start making videos in virtual reality?

Videos in the metaverse.  

What happens when they start 

making videos in virtual reality?

They started long ago.

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• Virtual reality -- how the metaverse will change filmmaking | George Bloom | TEDxHollywood
• Jul 25, 2014
  
• George Bloom

They started long ago

• Virtual reality is not new and it is not expensive. The new and expensive: stereoscopic (VR) headsets.
• Second life-- YouTube Search
• Selby's video channel
• Virtual worlds--YouTube search

2021 WW Art in the metaverse: New art city. An art gallery in your browser. Another web world. Artists working in the new media offered by the metaverse.

Art in the metaverse: New art city.  

An art gallery in your browser.  Another web world.  

Artists working in the new media offered by the metaverse.

The virtual worlds of the metaverse offer new possibilities for art and artists. Take a look.

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• New Art City
• New Art City is a virtual gallery & exhibition toolkit for digital art.
• The Identity Factory, San Jose Museum of Art
• New Art City is a virtual gallery & exhibition toolkit for digital art.
• A virtual gallery is a 3D multiplayer environment
• Visitors can see each other and chat.
• Runs in a browser or smart phone, no registration.
• Easily accommodates architecture and installation art.
• Installation art in virtual worlds
• Architecture in virtual worlds
• Virtual world art in this blog.

2021 VW: The educational metaverse and online teaching companies. Not your father's textbooks.

The educational metaverse and online teaching companies.  

Not your father's textbooks.

School systems can partner with partner with private companies for online instructional services.

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Taylor Shead (STEMuli Education) discusses Our Educational Metaverse at the 2021 ASU+GSV Summit. STEMuli and the #1 urban school district in the US, Dallas ISD, have teamed up to build the school of the future where students can create their educational experience, learn from anywhere, earn virtual work experience, and collect micro-scholarships based on their achievements. STEMuli is focused on data-driven instruction that saves teachers time and keeps students engaged in learning. They leverage AAA video game developers, data analytics, and curriculum experts to propel students towards a brighter future.

STEMuli is a fully integrated virtual schoolhouse that connects companies to their future workforce and students from diverse and economically challenged households to a brighter future.

Remote learning services 

• School systems can partner with private organizations for online learning services.
• Private organizations can provide worldwide services online, spreading the developmental cost.
• School systems can provide remote classes for students who want or need them.
• Private organizations can do research to improve their teaching.
• Private organizations can offer multiple options to let students choose the teaching package that suits them.
• Remote learning could let school systems avoid some building costs.  

2021 Virtual senior center template: Companionship and social interaction at home. Social activities in the metaverse.

Virtual senior center template:  

Companionship and social interaction at home.  

Social activities in the metaverse.

Senior center at home.

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• Mobility limited?  Not in the metaverse.

Why?

• No travel time.  No travel cost.  No facility cost.
• Wheelchair friendly.
• No sharing of germs.  No lockdowns.
• Maybe the relevant question is "Why not?"

Where?

• The metaverse. 
• 3DWebWorldz 
• https://3dwebworldz.com/
• Senior center template
• (In the Social group)
• AARP member benefits

2021 WW Ecology in the metaverse .School in a laptop. Student-built places for learning in the metaverse.

Ecology in the metaverse,

School in a laptop.

Student-built places for learning in the metaverse.

A look at part of the metaverse that runs in your browser.

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• Speaker: William Schmactenberg, retired high school teacher, Virginia

Go there

• 3DWebWorldz 
• https://3dwebworldz.com/ 
• Go to the Welcome Center first.  Learn how to walk and teleport 
• How to (manual):    
• https://3dwebworldz.com/manuals/ 
• The dings tell you that someone has just arrived in the place.
• That's so you can welcome them if you want.

Sites visited

• Excursion : Early Cretaceous Dinosaurs
• Excursion : Moon Colony 2024
• Excursion: Natural History Museum
• Student Project: Pompeii
• 3DWebWorldz Tour for the Virtual World Education Roundtable
  

2021 BIZ: Working remotely during the pandemic: the secret of the metaverse. The social aspects. The water-cooler effect.

Working remotely during the pandemic: 

the secret of the metaverse.

The social aspects. 

The water-cooler effect.

We describe some of our work practice that arose during our team interaction in the virtual world we design for.

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• Will online work or study reduce creativity and social opportunities? The watercooler effect. The commons area as the online watercooler
• Managing remote teams (Search)

2021 WW: Cretaceous Park, Virginia (metaverse). School in a laptop. Student-built places for learning in the metaverse.

Cretaceous Park, Virginia (metaverse).

School in a laptop.

Student-built places for learning in the metaverse.

A look at part of the metaverse that runs in your browser.

• Watch on YouTube
• Speaker: William Schmactenberg, retired high school teacher, Virginia

Go there

• 3DWebWorldz 
• https://3dwebworldz.com/ 
• Go to the Welcome Center first.  Learn how to walk and teleport 
• How to (manual):    
• https://3dwebworldz.com/manuals/ 
• The dings tell you that someone has just arrived in the place.
• That's so you can welcome them if you want.

Sites visited

• Excursion : Early Cretaceous Dinosaurs
• Excursion : Moon Colony 2024
• Excursion: Natural History Museum
• Student Project: Pompeii
• 3DWebWorldz Tour for the Virtual World Education Roundtable
  

2021 Storylink radio: tales in the metaverse. Immersive story-telling in a scene about the story. FROM THE SHADOWS

Storylink radio: tales in the metaverse. 

Immersive story-telling 

in a scene about the story.

FROM THE SHADOWS

The metaverse is a place for story-telling.

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• Welcome to Storylink Radio!! 
• Storylink Radio has many exciting things planned for this Hallowe’en. 
• Beginning.. NOW!!! 
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• For us, Hallowe'en Season begins November 1st and runs through October 31st,
• which means we are ALWAYS in Hallowe'en Season.
• This video will highlight some of our upcoming events, but please check the website for the latest additions. 
• And Subscribe now to keep updated. www.StorylinkRadio.com 
• Venue in this video is from LUNARIA EMPORIUM in Kitely 
• Storylink Radio YouTube Channel 
• The stories are told in the metaverse and captured on video to offer them on the flat web.