Presentation by Dr. Cynthia Calongne for the CONNECT 2020 conference hosted by the Colorado Community College Systems's CCCOnline.

1. The Future of Immersive Education
Dr. Cynthia Calongne, CONNECT 2020

2.  What innovations do we see for
the future of online education?
 The Metaverse
 Immersive Education
 Present
 Future
 What is needed?
 A call to action!
Learning in the Metaverse

3. New Media Consortium Symposium 2006 Digital Media Symposium
Blended Reality event with the MacArthur Foundation
Lyr asks the Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman
about the need for educational MMORPGs

4. Designing a Learning Game with Educators
Photo by C. Calongne
Game Design by AgileBill Firehawk
Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education

5. The Nonprofit Commons
Global Nonprofits
Offer free
Technology Education
13th Anniversary
Meeting in
Virtual Worlds
Meets Fridays at
8:30 a.m.
Pacific
In Second Life

6. Ancient Spaces 1st year students at Univ BC & Oxford
modeling and creating a 3D interactive game

7. Immersive Learning
Step into moments
In time & interact

8. The Temple of Horus
Joe Rigby, virtual museum with high rez scenes in AvayaLive

9. The Temple of Horus
Joe Rigby speaking at the Federal Consortium of Virtual Worlds 2015

10. User is immersed in the 3D scene
First person perspective
Multisensory experience
Responds to head movements
Scene changes as you move your head
Scripted objects respond when touched
Evokes a sense of awe
In some, evokes an emotional response
But is this great for education?

11. Homola, O. (2016, May 27). 7 valuable lessons about VR and AR in the healthcare
and education industries. Retrieved from
https://uploadvr.com/7-valuable-lessons-vr-ar-healthcare-education-industries/
Need Great Content for VR and AR Adoption

12. Microsoft HoloLens
Holographic Interaction
Virtual content in the physical space
Augmenting our perception with enhanced information

13. Stein, S. (2017, May 18). Google’s selfie stick AR is a great idea. Retrieved from
https://www.cnet.com/news/googles-ar-expeditions-augmented-reality-classroom-
but-you-need-a-tango-phone-to-use-it/
Google Augmented Reality Expeditions

14. Conferences & Meeting Spaces
The Federal Consortium of
Virtual Worlds 2015
Loire village on Virtual Harmony
(bottom left)

15. Class Security Projects
Virtual worlds are aggregators
Of Web content
We need integration with
Learning Management Systems
similar to SLOODLE for MOODLE

16. Virtual Worlds, past, present, & future
Kitely, uses OpenSimulator, an open source software

17. Learning in Imaginative Contexts

24. Need 3D educational content
Integration with the Learning Management System
Informal learning spaces, social spaces, meeting spaces
Champions of asynchronous & synchronous learning
Where are we headed?

25. 150+ Countries Play & Study in the Metaverse
Do you?

26. How can you get involved?
Join us at the Nonprofit Commons where educators meet
Virtual Roundtable on Thursdays at Noon
https://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/presentations
Conferences
OSCC Dec 5-6, 2020 https://conference.opensimulator.org/
To design an educational space, visit
Kitely.com
OSGrid.com
DigiWorldz.com
For research, business, & technical info:
Hypergrid Business
hypergridbusiness.com/

27. The Future is Now