2022 A nature walk in the metaverse. You can't do this in the flat web. The best way to learn about a place is to go there.

A nature walk in the metaverse. 

You can't do this in the flat web.   

The best way to learn about a place is to go there.  

And the next best is to go there in a digital simulation.

• Watch on YouTube
• Delia Lake: Experiencing Nature SL Style
• Delia Lake shares at the VWEC Expert Series
• Second life nature (search)
• Metaverse nature (search)
• Situated learning
• Place-based learning

2022 Metaverse for languages: Chatterdale Mystery: A simulated place where everyone speaks the target language. And a mystery to solve.

Metaverse for languages:  

Chatterdale Mystery: 

 A simulated place where everyone speaks the target language.  

And a mystery to solve.

A virtual world is a natural for learning a new language.  Everything about the place can be in the target language

• Watch on YouTube
• Chatterdale Mystery (Virtual language village in OpenSim)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD8Prip1Vpk

• Chatterdale Mystery is a quest in Chatterdale, the first virtual language village on OpenSim.
• The village is built by 3DLES.
• 3DLES online office.

People of the metaverse: The digital furries. Avatars in animal form. The Second Life furries

People of the metaverse:  

The digital furries.  

Avatars in animal form. 

The Second Life furries

Some people wanted avatars in animal form.  Our creators were glad to oblige.

• Watch on YouTube
• Second Life Destinations - Sudden Stop Furry Sandbox
• Furry fandom
• Furrie costumes (Amazon)
• Furrie avatars (Second Life)
• Destinations

Anthropomorphism, the attribution of human traits, emotions, and cognitive abilities to non-human entities, has appeared in art and storytelling in various cultures throughout history. As a vehicle for the expression of self in three-dimensional form, it comes as no surprise that Second Life has established itself as the most diverse universe for Anthropomorphic Residents to congregate and celebrate their diversity.

Luskwood, a popular treehouse-themed region founded by Eltee Statosky, was one of the first places to become an Anthro hotspot and has inspired many others, as well as the Anthro avatar design company of the same name.

• Luskwood, go there
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lusk/216/169/62
• Put the SLurl in the address bar of the viewer, press Enter

2022 The people of the metaverse: presentations, archives, and blogs VWBPE, OSCC, Nonprofit Commons, VWEC Educators do a lot of writing.

The people of the metaverse: 

presentations, archives, and blogs  

VWBPE, OSCC, Nonprofit Commons, VWEC  

Educators do a lot of writing.

Readings to show how educators are using the metaverse.

• Watch on YouTube
• VWBPE Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education
• Steven Van Hook
  
• Educare Research inc (ERi) 
• a nonprofit 501(c)(3) research think-tank promoting resources for independent international educators, transcultural teaching methods, and appropriate educational technologies; to expand accessible learning opportunities for a global student body.
• VWBPE Videos
• Education articles in this blog
• OSCC Presentation archive
• Nonprofit Commons blog
• Virtual Worlds Education Consortium VWEC on YouTube
• VWEC info center.
• Metaverse: the many worlds model. How can the metaverse be decentralized and interconnected? Metaverse hub
• Virtual Worlds Education Consortium VWEC (Meet your neighbor)

2022 Metaverse: how to learn about it. Watch what we've been doing in the pre-metaverse. Yeah, watch videos to see what it is like in the metaverse.

Metaverse:  how to learn about it.  

Watch what we've been doing in the pre-metaverse.  

Yeah, watch videos to see what it is like in the metaverse.  

Look in on the developing metaverse.  Just virtual worlds now, but they will give an idea of what the metaverse will be like

• Watch on YouTube
• Summer Beach Party at VWEC Eduverse Amusement Park

Go there

• You have to join VWEC first.  Here is a poster to do that
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/177/186/29
• Put the above SLurl In the address bar of the viewer, press enter.
•  Click on the sign that says "Click to join the VWEC group."
• Follow the instructions.
• That done, use the SLurl below to go to Holliday Archipelago
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holiday%20Archipelago%20Two/191/114/46
• The ACRL Virtual World Interest Group visits the VWEC Eduverse Summer Amusement Park to have fun, network, and discuss teaching and learning in virtual environments. June 2022

2022 Educators, learners, and librarians in the metaverse: Lots of resources. Lots of experience. Use them wisely.

Educators, learners, and librarians in the metaverse:  

Lots of resources.  Lots of experience.  

Use them wisely.

The educational metaverse can reach anywhere people go. Even to school.

• Watch on YouTube
• Teaching and Learning in Virtual Worlds
• Education in Virtual Worlds. Summary
• Virtual Worlds Education Consortium VWEC
• Education articles in this blog
• Your Guide to Accredited Online Schools
• Virtual classes vs real classes
• Online schools
• Entrepreneurial thinking and design thinking for the virtual world Digital Teaching Assistant

2022 The metaverse and school safety. Guns don't kill in the metaverse. The real people in a metaverse class can be safely at home

The metaverse and school safety.  

Guns don't kill in the metaverse.  

The real people in a metaverse class can be safely at home.

Instead of making the schools into fortresses, spread the students out so there are no big collections of children to be killed.

• Watch on YouTube
• "Schools spending millions to increase security."
• In the metaverse, the students and teachers stay home. 
• Or in a small cluster with a neighbor.
• A teacher is there with them in the metaverse.
• And they can work together in the metaverse.
• Parents can drop in from work.
• A content expert is on call via the internet.
• All that money that goes into buildings, maintenance, and security can go into education.
• Some students will still need a building, so the ones we have won't go to waste.
• But we can stop building more places to assemble victims.

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Easy access meetings in the metaverse

• Fridays 3 pm eastern (New York) 
• At the Web Show, a video set in the metaverse 
• Go there with this url: https://nonprofitvirtualworld.org/loc... 
• A developer meeting is held there every other week: 
• To find out which week, follow CybaLOUNGE on Twitter: 
• https://twitter.com/cybaLOUNGE
• 3DWebWorldz: Meetings alternate with the Web Show
• Welcome Center.  https://3dwebworldz.com/
• I am usually available weekdays at 1 pm New York time 
• In these 2 places:
• Welcome Center.  https://3dwebworldz.com/
• https://nonprofitvirtualworld.org/location.html?locationid=800000002&dl=true
• Music every Friday at 9 pm New York time:
• https://LiveMusic3D.com

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2022 Sex in the metaverse? Only for those that want it. Sex Beds with the Magic Pose System. And away from education.

Sex in the metaverse?  

Only  for those that want it.  

Sex Beds with the Magic Pose System.  

And away from education.

Metaverse porno?  Of course.  Been around for years.  

• Watch on YouTube
• Sex Beds with the Magic Pose System.  
• The Magic Pose System is available in Kitely 
• and exportable to the OpenSimulator  metaverse from the Kitely Marketplace.

A word to educators

• Can you put a high school next to a porno place? Not even in a virtual world. But there are solutions
• OSCC19 DESIGN CHALLENGES IN YOUTH-SAFE VR ENVIRONMENTS Virtual Private Grids
• A campus grid for a graduate school. An independent grid using the Kitely organization system
• The coming digital campus. Not just an online class. All the campus resources in managed access Teaching the skills of the new century with the tools of the new century

2022 #VWEDU: WebQuest tasks in the metaverse. Inquiry-based learning, learning objectives, collaborative learning, digital citizenship.

WebQuest tasks in the metaverse.  

Inquiry-based learning, learning objectives, 

collaborative learning, digital citizenship.

Inquiry-based learning tasks easily derive from learning objectives, especially when the desired outcome is passing a verbal test.  

• Watch on YouTube
• How to Create a WebQuest Task
• WebQuests for Inquiry-Based Learning
• Presentation used in the live session
• WebQuests for Inquiry-Based Learning (blog)
• WebQuests: Inquiry-oriented activities in which much of the information comes from the internet.
• WebQuests are problem-based learning activities that engage students in learning.
• Articles on education in this blog

Learning objectives

• The operation that determines whether the objective has been met is often a test.
• Thus a practical statement of the objective is to be able to answer questions about the topic.
• Inquiry-based learning is practice in answering questions about the topic. 
• Concretely-stated objectives should clearly indicate the details of the inquiry.

Collaborative learning

• You can make it collaborative by forming teams and requiring a group report from each team.
• You can allow for individual credit by asking for individual notes before the team meeting.

Digital citizenship

• Digital citizenship: They are incidentally learning to use the web to answer their questions.

2022 Building the metaverse. Meet the Moles. The Linden Department of Public Works. There is no metaverse unless somebody builds it.

Building the metaverse.  

Meet the Moles.   

The Linden Department of Public Works. 

There is no metaverse unless somebody builds it.

Who is building the metaverse?  Here's one answer.

• Watch on YouTube
• Meet the Moles 2022
• ABOUT THE MOLES
• The Moles are builders, scripters, and content creators.
• Employed by Linden Lab to work in the Linden Department of Public Works.
• Moles are paid an hourly rate.
• Learn more about the LDPW
• Second Life Blog
• Second Life Public Calendar
• Second Life on Social Media

2022 The metaverse is for networking. Networking is for professionals. Professionals are for learning. Learning is about possibilities.

The metaverse is for networking.  

Networking is for professionals. 

Professionals are for learning.  

Learning is about possibilities.

How metaverse groups can expand the reach of networking for professionals.

• Watch on YouTube
• How to reach unknown networks - 
• The Social Brain and Small-World Networks in the Metaverse/
• James Neville (Sitearm), Practitioner in Applied Online Presence
• What Is Networking?
• Learn to Love Networking
• What is networking and why is it so important?
• What is Networking, and Why Do You Need to Do It?

Time stamps

Introduction 0:16 Problem Statement 1:22 Six Degrees of Separation 2:30 Seven Plus or Minus Two (7 ± 2) 4:13 Dunbar’s Number (150) 6:07 The Social Brain Hypothesis 7:27 Small-World Networks 9:52 Putting It All Together 11:31 Degrees of Separation (reprise) 12:39 Small-World Networks (reprise) 13:23 Exotic Connections 14:30 Persistent Signals 15:50 The Metaverse 18:02 Pro Tips 18:57 Six Degress of Separation - Perception Shift 19:43 Cognitive Limits 7 ± 2 150 - Perception Shift 20:08 Small-World Networks - Perception Shift 20:23 Pro Tips (reprise) 20:49 Multiple Signals 21:19 Unfamiliar Networks 21:47 Cognitive Bias 22:23 Hybrid Tech 22:53 Hybrid Tech (examples) 23:19 Close 24:12 Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/...

2022 The accessible metaverse. As close as your laptop. But accessibility takes more than that. Here are some features that add accessibility for common disabilities.

The accessible metaverse.  

As close as your laptop.  

But accessibility takes more than that.  

Here are  some features that add accessibility for common disabilities.   

The metaverse is great for people with mobility limitations.  It can be designed to be accessible to people with other disabilities.

• Watch on YouTube
• Accessibility
• Learn how to offer accessible technology in virtual worlds by design!

2022 The metaverse and visual impairment. Is the metaverse only for people with good vision? Or are there alternatives?

The metaverse and visual impairment. 

Is the metaverse only for people with good vision?  

Or are there alternatives?   

The metaverse can accommodate disabilities.

• Watch on YouTube
• Gentle Heron: Other Ways to See Second Life
  
• Virtual Ability,, Inc.
• Gentle Heron (Alice Krueger) shares information about vision and accessibility in Second Life for the VWEC SL Expert Series.
• Accessibility in Virtual Worlds by Gentle Heron
• What Second Life means to me, with Gentle Heron

2022 Why learning is moving online: More support for JIT (Just In Time) learning. Learn it when you need to use it.

Why learning is moving online:  

More support for JIT (Just In Time)  learning.  

Learn it when you need to use it.

The hardest part of supporting JIT learning is maintaining an index.  Here's how to automate that.

The Empty Classroom

Students doing homework?

• Just-In-Time (JIT) learning in virtual schools, maybe with DTA coaching. Language as an example
• JIT learning takes learners to needed instruction just when they need it.
• The simplest way to do that is to provide a digital index that learners can select from.
•  The ideal index would cover all instructional materials.
• Indexing documents is well supported.
• But not videos.

Indexing documents

• Indexing software (Google search)
• Document Index Generator

Indexing everything

• Omnisearch
• Omnisearch blog
• Let students search all relevant content--including audio and video files--to find just what they need.

2022 The metaverse, ageism, and libraries. In virtual worlds, nobody knows how old you are. Long video illustrating a lecture. Could it be done in short parts?

The metaverse, ageism, and libraries.  

In virtual worlds, nobody knows how old you are.  

Long video illustrating a lecture.  

Could it be done in short parts?

Ageism in libraries.  Can it extend into the metaverse?  Are there any library jobs in the metaverse

• Watch on YouTube
• ACRL VWIG Ageism & Libraries w/ Sheila Webber Sept. 6, 2020
• For librarians battling age discrimination
• “Because I’m Old”: The Role of Ageism in Older Adults’ Experiences of Digital Literacy Training in Public Libraries

• Sheila discusses ageism and the way it can manifest itself 
• She talks about ageism and libraries from three perspectives:
• How ageism is experienced in the library workforce and some ways it can be combatted.
• How librarians may fall into ageist practices when providing library  services. 
• How this applies to library and information services in virtual worlds. 

• Health, Work and Age in the Metaverse: Bradley Schurman
• "In a digital place, nobody knows what color you are." The power of avatar choice on a digital campus. Appearance and identity
• online libraries (search)
• Jobs online libraries (search)
• Indeed: librarian jobs

2022 Metaverse: Community Virtual Library Song. Yes, libraries can have songs in the metaverse. We can even have duets. But not group singing.

Community Virtual Library Song.

Yes, libraries can have songs in the metaverse

We can even have duets.

But not group singing.

The metaverse can be an outlet for beginning singers and songwriters.   

• Watch on YouTube
• Community Virtual Library Song

2022 #VWEDU: Metaverse practice in the place they are studying. Ecology, natural history, geology: these happen in places, not books. Here is a virtual field trip.

Metaverse practice in the place they are studying.  

Ecology, natural history, geology: these happen in places, not books. 

Here is a virtual field trip.  

Metaverse places can be programmed to teach. Any important object can tell about itself, ask questions about itself, and report student interactions.  

• Watch on YouTube

Go there

• https://3dww.a2zsg.com/3dlogin/world/?world=163
• Platform:  3DWebWorldz
• Information
• Teachers Pay Teachers: 

Virtual field trip

• Free trip.
• No travel time.
• No trip arrangements.
• Asynchronous: no time coordination. 
• All time is learning time.
• Students proceed at their own pace.
• See student's face on camera as needed.
• Digital environment is interactive and informative.
• Can be used for content presentation, practice, or formative assessment.
• Can be used by individuals or teams.
• Practice session can be monitored.
• Performance can be monitored, evaluated, and rewarded.

The programmed environment

• The programmed environment of the metaverse. Imagine programming an environment for language leaning. Or for a game.
• What can the metaverse add to online learning? Education in the metaverse The programmed environment.
• The metaverse is a programmed environment. Do the metaverse experts know what that means? You can't build it unless you can program it.