TCC Hawai'i 27th Annual Worldwide Online Learning Conference Plenary on VR 2022: Learning in the Metaverse by Dr. Cynthia Calongne, faculty XR/VR champion at Parker University. Illustrates the early work and recent work on the development of an Oculus Quest 2 (Meta) app illustrating Sakurajima and Ikigai designs. Mahalo, TCC!
Education in the Metaverse_Reflections at eLCC.pptxCynthia Calongne
Closing Keynote for the eLearning Consortium of Colorado (eLCC) 2022 conference April 13-15, 2022 by Dr. Cynthia Calongne, aka, Lyr Lobo, faculty XR/VR champion at Parker University.
Presentation on the Importance of Community and Play in 3D Spaces for the TCC 2021 Worldwide Online Learning Conference. This session reflects on learning spaces as places to promote community and society, which Ferdinand Tönnies described as Gemeinschaft and Gesellscaft for the importance of our social relationships.
Slide 4 refers to challenges and triumphs when our world turned upside down.
A keynote address by Dr. Cynthia Calongne from Parker University in Dallas, Texas, USA for the Global Smart Education Conference on the Metaverse in Education. The conference is August 18-20, 2022.
A presentation for Enriching Scholarship 2008 about trends in virtual worlds and applications of Second Life to academic and professional productivity.
Education in the Metaverse_Reflections at eLCC.pptxCynthia Calongne
Closing Keynote for the eLearning Consortium of Colorado (eLCC) 2022 conference April 13-15, 2022 by Dr. Cynthia Calongne, aka, Lyr Lobo, faculty XR/VR champion at Parker University.
Presentation on the Importance of Community and Play in 3D Spaces for the TCC 2021 Worldwide Online Learning Conference. This session reflects on learning spaces as places to promote community and society, which Ferdinand Tönnies described as Gemeinschaft and Gesellscaft for the importance of our social relationships.
Slide 4 refers to challenges and triumphs when our world turned upside down.
A keynote address by Dr. Cynthia Calongne from Parker University in Dallas, Texas, USA for the Global Smart Education Conference on the Metaverse in Education. The conference is August 18-20, 2022.
A presentation for Enriching Scholarship 2008 about trends in virtual worlds and applications of Second Life to academic and professional productivity.
Virtual Worlds Explorations and Implications is a keynote address for the Association for Information Technology Professionals (AITP). These slides discuss business and IT concerns, virtual worlds statistics and provide visual examples from Second Life.
Content and photos by Cynthia Calongne. Licensed under a Creative Commons Share Alike with Attribution License.
A digital journey of two digital natives in a school system that supports student storage drives and technology. We go on a trip back in time to when these students were introduced to technology in first grade and travel forward to the present (9th grade). We discuss how these students became technology literate by the time they reach 8th grade (NCLB mandate). We highlight their work, their videos and projects through the years.
Virtual Environments and Web 3D – New Worlds with Old Problems?Tracy Kennedy
In 2003, Linden Research Inc launched the virtual world Second Life with a small community of residents. In the past year, Second Life reached a tipping point; almost nine million residents are registered in the Metaverse, and there are numerous daily media accounts about life in the virtual world.
The purpose of this presentation is to provide an overview of Second Life, and examine the appeal of an interactive three dimensional interface that has encouraged new leisure and social activities, business and marketing ventures, educational opportunities, political platforms, arts and entertainment and much more. Second Life also features its own media hub, which includes magazines, news sites and agencies, weblogs and television stations, covering new fashions for avatars, music concerts by popular artists, community affairs, and economic reports.
However, virtual worlds are not inherently utopian; with new environments come old social problems from the ‘real’ world. This presentation will also address some of the debates that have surfaced about social norms and behaviours in Second Life, what the future of virtual worlds might entail, and whether Second Life hype is a passing fad or a the development of Web 3.0/3D.
Keynote address for the Jossey-Bass Online Teaching and Learning (OTL) Conference, October 6-8, 2008 held at http://home.learningtimes.net/otl
This presentation includes 2008 activities and updated references. The lamp project may be obtained from Lyr Lobo in Second Life.
GameTech presentation for March 9-11, 2009 in Orlando, Florida. Includes new content and information on the role of identity and presence as well as examples of game and roleplay simulations.
Presentation hosted by Dr. Cynthia Calongne, aka Lyr Lobo for the World Association for Academic Doctors (WAAD) 2020 Conference on Oct. 21-22, 2020. The conference is sponsored by Colorado Technical University, Conference Chair Dr. Rae Denise Madison.
AI for Nonprofits_Exploring the News_ Creative Use and ChallengesCynthia Calongne
AI for Nonprofits, a presentation by Dr. Cynthia Calongne for the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life. Features benefits, challenges, and AI news to illustrate ethical and safe use of AI for nonprofit organizations.
Lyr Lobo hosted the 2024 Nonprofit Commons tour of the Second Life Fantasy Faire's 20 regions and the Bard Queen's Quest. The slides feature images of LitFest and the Quest companion, Theo.
Virtual Worlds Explorations and Implications is a keynote address for the Association for Information Technology Professionals (AITP). These slides discuss business and IT concerns, virtual worlds statistics and provide visual examples from Second Life.
Content and photos by Cynthia Calongne. Licensed under a Creative Commons Share Alike with Attribution License.
A digital journey of two digital natives in a school system that supports student storage drives and technology. We go on a trip back in time to when these students were introduced to technology in first grade and travel forward to the present (9th grade). We discuss how these students became technology literate by the time they reach 8th grade (NCLB mandate). We highlight their work, their videos and projects through the years.
Virtual Environments and Web 3D – New Worlds with Old Problems?Tracy Kennedy
In 2003, Linden Research Inc launched the virtual world Second Life with a small community of residents. In the past year, Second Life reached a tipping point; almost nine million residents are registered in the Metaverse, and there are numerous daily media accounts about life in the virtual world.
The purpose of this presentation is to provide an overview of Second Life, and examine the appeal of an interactive three dimensional interface that has encouraged new leisure and social activities, business and marketing ventures, educational opportunities, political platforms, arts and entertainment and much more. Second Life also features its own media hub, which includes magazines, news sites and agencies, weblogs and television stations, covering new fashions for avatars, music concerts by popular artists, community affairs, and economic reports.
However, virtual worlds are not inherently utopian; with new environments come old social problems from the ‘real’ world. This presentation will also address some of the debates that have surfaced about social norms and behaviours in Second Life, what the future of virtual worlds might entail, and whether Second Life hype is a passing fad or a the development of Web 3.0/3D.
Keynote address for the Jossey-Bass Online Teaching and Learning (OTL) Conference, October 6-8, 2008 held at http://home.learningtimes.net/otl
This presentation includes 2008 activities and updated references. The lamp project may be obtained from Lyr Lobo in Second Life.
GameTech presentation for March 9-11, 2009 in Orlando, Florida. Includes new content and information on the role of identity and presence as well as examples of game and roleplay simulations.
Presentation hosted by Dr. Cynthia Calongne, aka Lyr Lobo for the World Association for Academic Doctors (WAAD) 2020 Conference on Oct. 21-22, 2020. The conference is sponsored by Colorado Technical University, Conference Chair Dr. Rae Denise Madison.
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AI for Nonprofits, a presentation by Dr. Cynthia Calongne for the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life. Features benefits, challenges, and AI news to illustrate ethical and safe use of AI for nonprofit organizations.
Lyr Lobo hosted the 2024 Nonprofit Commons tour of the Second Life Fantasy Faire's 20 regions and the Bard Queen's Quest. The slides feature images of LitFest and the Quest companion, Theo.
Finding Educator Freebies in the Metaverse Lyr Lobo.pptxCynthia Calongne
Workshop and presentation by Dr. Cynthia Calongne, aka Lyr Lobo in the Metaverse for the 29th Annual TCC Hawaii Worldwide Online Conference. The session includes a demonstration of how to Hypergrid, surf the Metaverse of 3D virtual worlds, and find 3D content for educational use. The slides give a quick overview of the process and destinations. Have fun!
Presentation by Cynthia Calongne, aka Lyr Lobo, and Joyce Bettencourt, aka Rhiannon Chatnoir, for the AI & I Exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art at CDS. Topics featured AI Art, using GenAI for prompt engineering, resources from the Cengage Empowered Educator 2024 conference, and AI use cases and topic areas for future sessions.
NPC at the OpenSimulator Community Conference 2023.pdfCynthia Calongne
Joyce Bettencourt as Rhiannon Chatnoir and Dr. Cynthia Calongne as Lyr Lobo present the session highlights from the OpenSimulator Community Conference to the Nonprofit Commons on December 8, 2023. This Metaverse conference is Dec 9-10, 2023.
AI in Prompt Engineering by Dr Calongne at CTU.pdfCynthia Calongne
May 18, 2023 presentation on AI and Prompt Engineering by Dr. Cynthia Calongne for the CTU Doctoral Symposium. Links include the workshop handout and examples from AI art and generative AI tools.
Lyr Lobo is Surfing the Metaverse VWMOOC 2023.pdfCynthia Calongne
Presentation by Dr. Cynthia Calongne, aka Lyr Lobo for the Virtual Worlds MOOC 2023 and the Nonprofit Commons on how to surf the Metaverse and shop in OpenSimulator virtual worlds using OpenSimWorld.com. Features a tribute to OPENSIM Fest 2023.
Joyce Bettencourt, David Fliesen, and Cynthia Calongne present our second workshop on STEAMy AI for the Virtual World Massive Open Online Course 2023 and the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life.
The story continues with updated examples and information on how AI Art stimulates creativity to support STEM education in science, technology, engineering, and math.
We explore additional AI Art tools and examine a template for improving prompts via natural language processing (NLP).
A keynote address by Dr. Cynthia Calongne or the International Conference on Media in Education (iCoME) 2023 on August 16, 2023, which appears August 17, 2023 by invitation of the College of Education at Wenzhou University, China. Many thanks to the Organizing Committee, Bert Kimura, and Curtis HO at TCC at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. The session illustrates the Metaverse, how we teach and learn, and the transformation for online and campus education.
STEAMy AI in Education_VWEC AI Expert Series.pdfCynthia Calongne
VWEC AI Expert Series presentation by Dr. Cynthia Calongne, aka Lyr Lobo, and Joyce Bettencourt, aka Rhiannon Chatnoir. Description: Join us at the Virtual Worlds Education Consortium in Second Life as we explore the use of AI in education and the Arts. This session features AI use in virtual worlds, teaching AI for ethical use, safety, explainable AI, and research, and prompt generation to create artifacts for sparking creativity and inspiration.
AI Art Exhibit for SLEA4 in 2023 by Lyr Lobo.pptxCynthia Calongne
The AI Art Exhibit by Lyr Lobo, aka Dr. Cynthia Calongne, blends William Gibson's The Peripheral with portals to a Secret Garden, a fairytale land, and in the style of Thomas Cole's Voyage of Life series. Designed in Midjourney, this AI Art is on exhibit in Second Life from May 24-June 30, 2023. It is in teleporter #4 within Art Blue's Genesis Tower.
Fantasy Faire of SL 2023 NPC tour by Lyr Lobo.pptxCynthia Calongne
A Nonprofit Commons Tour of the Fantasy Faire 2023 in Second Life by Dr. Cynthia Calongne, aka Lyr Lobo. Features a video tour of the 22 regions and information on LitFest, the Literary Festival. Both the Fantasy Faire and LitFest benefit the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life of Second Life. Go Relay!
Presentation for the OpenSimulator Community Conference 2022 on December 11th with Dr. Andrew Stricker, Dr. Cynthia Calongne, Dr. Francisca Yonekura, Mrs. Betty Stricker, and our science fiction librarian, JJ Drinkwater.
Sharing 18 years of teaching in the Metaverse.pdfCynthia Calongne
Presentation hosted by Dr. Cynthia Calongne, aka Lyr Lobo for the Virtual Worlds Education Consortium on Friday, November 11, 2022. Unlike other sessions, this one is a salute to some of our early pioneers and how they helped to shape the early work in teaching between worlds and across the Metaverse.
How to Design a Course and Teach in VWs and VR.pptxCynthia Calongne
Dr. Cynthia Calongne, aka Lyr Lobo, presented "How to Design a Course and Teach in Virtual Worlds and VR Environments" for the Virtual Worlds Massive Open Online Course 2022 #VWMOOC22 conference and simulcast it during the Nonprofit Commons. I want to thank the VWMOOC22 organizers for their inspiring work in strengthening education in VR environments. *cheers*
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Join us on April 29, 2022 for a visual tour of the Fantasy Faire 2022 in Second Life by Lyr Lobo, aka Dr. Cynthia Calongne. We'll continue the tour on May 6, 2022 of the Fairelands.
The Planetarium at Virtual Harmony is a tribute to the amazing Dr. Barbara Truman, who bridged worlds and was a champion for virtual reality and virtual world education. OSCC 2021 hosted the planetarium in honor of our valiant friend who is fallen, yet not forgotten.
Presentation by Dr. Andrew Stricker and Dr. Cynthia Calongne for the OpenSimulator Community Conference (OSCC) 2021 on the use of AI in the Metaverse.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this presentation do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions held by the U.S. Department of Defense, The United States, Air Force, The Air University. This presentation is cleared for public release; case number: AETC-2021-1048.
Becoming delightful_Why Our Virtual World Communities MatterCynthia Calongne
A presentation by Dr. Cynthia Calongne, aka Lyr Lobo to the Nonprofit Commons and the VWMOOC 2021. The slides describe the dissertation research by Dr. Barbara Truman published December 2013. Many thanks to Lisa Laxton from the Infinite Metaverse Alliance for joining us with friends from our beloved communities to honor Barbara's contributions to virtual world and transdisciplinarity research.
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2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
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Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
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June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
5. On the World Wide Web
4.9B Internet Users in 2021
Internet Use
Extended Reality (XR)
6. People in 3D Virtual Worlds
Calongne, C. (2009, February 19). AITP keynote on virtual worlds (slides).
https://www2.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/aitp-keynote-on-virtual-worlds
Stephenson, N. (1992). Snow Crash. Bantam Books
7. Calongne, C. (2009, February 19). AITP keynote on virtual worlds (slides).
https://www2.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/aitp-keynote-on-virtual-worlds
Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education 2022
12. In 2020, we celebrated a student’s first
day in a virtual world for his graduation
At Virtual Harmony in Opensimulator, we
danced, sailed, and scuba dived
38. Questions?
For more information
Lyr Lobo
CynthiaCalongne@Parker.edu
https://www.twitter.com/lyrlobo
Many thanks to our
Virtual Harmony community
Algernon Loire
Lyn Skylark
JJ Drinkwater
Delightful Doowangle
Who left this world July 22, 2022
And to our TCC Hawai’i
Organizers & Ohana!