Session hosted by Dr. Cynthia Calongne for eLCC and the Virtual Learning Conference 2021 on March 8, 2021.

1. Dreaming
of the Future
of
Learning
Cynthia Calongne, aka Lyr Lobo
CTU, CCCOnline,
Parker University, &
Saint Martin’s University
eLCC 2021
Virtual Learning Conference
Down the rabbit hole at the Fantasy Faire

2. The Future of Learning Workshop
● The education challenge
● Dreaming
● Stimulating the imagination
● Who is in charge?
● Models and schemas
● Nurturing the future

3. The magic of
learning
How a great book
and a great class
makes you feel.

4. Rising to the
Challenge
Coping with
Fear
Identifying
Needs

5. Managing
stress
Shifting
paradigms
The Quest
for
balance

6. Situated
Learning
The value
of learning
in a social
structure

9. If you had time,
money & talent
What would you
feature in your
dream home?
In 2020, our
homes were our
work spaces.
Fallingwater.org by Frank Lloyd Wright

10. Richard Millwood Dissertation Conceptual Framework
http://phd.richardmillwood.net/en/theoretical-and-
conceptual-framework
Technology Enhanced Learning - CMAP concept map
http://cmapspublic3.ihmc.us/rid=1LNV3H2J9-
HWSVMQ-13LH/
What do we know about learning
and technology enhanced
learning?

11. How do we use game-based learning?
The goal is to present challenges that extend our
skills, leading to arousal and flow.
If the work or tools are too challenging, we worry.
If they present a low challenge, we are bored.
Learning tactics
What we do to learn
What we do to promote learning

14. It is only with the heart that one can see clearly;
what is essential is invisible to the eyes.

15. How do we
learn
within
fantastical
spaces and
games?

16. Our connections
How comfortable
do we feel after
social distancing?

17. Photogrammetry
The quest for realism in our virtual world
learning environments

19. https://www2.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/minds-over-matterconstructivism-and-emerging-media

22. Does your virtual learning space look like
my online classroom?
How do we foster diversity?
How would you leverage technology to
provide immersive learning experiences?

24. First Day in a Virtual World
Graduation Ceremony 2020

25. At Home in
Virtual Harmony

26. The Places that Feed the Spirit – Created in Open Source Worlds

27. Lyr’s Tiny Home
& Rare Books

29. Virtual worlds as spaces for creation
Virtual worlds as spaces for socialization
and self discovery

32. Whimsy
at the
McMurdo
Station

33. The joys of sharing tea
&
Spending time together

37. Everyone has a villa
Inside the villas

38. How long
does it take to
create 3D
models &
spaces?

41. Virtual worlds provide a deeper view for the eye of the
beholder & develops new pathways for ones own thinking
process and rationality…
…to increase the depth of reasoning through human problem
solving in a representation of complexity accompanied by
playful moments of escape!
Algernon Loire & Molly MaeWest
I enjoy the true essence that we enjoy together through
face to face interactions.
…and welcome the blessings of using the virtual world
technologies that keep us together, talking and interacting
through scholarship while gleefully playing in atmospheres
which are from past centuries.
By transporting ourselves to alternate times in scenes with
interactive stages, we are the actors and are not watching
a 2D view of a film or a play.

43. Love