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ARVEL Inworld Discussions



4/25/2012 at 1pm SLT/PST (4pm EST): ARVEL InWorld Discussions welcome Ron Dyer will discuss his dissertation work: "Playing games with cognitive load. Building the case through measurement for serious games adoption in corporate training."



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The ARVEL Inworld Discussion welcomes Justin Reeve on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 1pm PST. We meet at http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/CAVE/34/197/35



Justin Reeve will talk to us about the undersea observatory simulation he created and integrated in classes.The…

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Jatila van deer Veen will discuss her Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and Planck simulations. We meet as usual at the ARVEL SIG headquarters in SL on CAVE Island: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/CAVE/34/197/35 at 1pm PST/SLT (4pm EST)



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Jatila van deer Veen will discuss her Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and Planck simulations on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 1pm PST/SLT. We meet as usual at the ARVEL SIG headquarters in SL on CAVE Island: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/CAVE/34/197/35



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Apologies for the late announcement: tomorrow's Inworld Discussion is back on.



Ron Dyer will discuss his dissertation work: "Playing games with cognitive load. Building the case through measurement for serious games adoption in corporate training."



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I hope that you had a wonderful time at the VWBPE. What a program it was!



ARVEL Inworld Discussion



ARVEL is now back on its regular programming with an Inworld Discussion "Studying the (Virtual) World of Work" with Jonathan Richter (Wainbrave Bernal) and Janet Salmons (Soleil Lemondrop) on Wed, March 21, 1pm  SLT. Jonathan Richter will discuss his case study, "Learning to Work In-World: Conducting Qualitative Research in Virtual Worlds Using…

The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference runs March 15-17 in Second Life. Here's the master schedule: 

http://vwbpe12.vwbpe.org/

My presentation, "Best Practices Showcase: 3D Virtual Worlds in (K-12/International) Schools," will take place in the Main Auditorium March 15 at 8 PM Second Life/Pacific Standard Time. Folks outside the USA should note that Daylight Savings Time took effect last weekend, so check…

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This week's ARVEL Inworld Discussion is part of the SITE special virtual events (Info: http://arvelsig.ning.com/events/site-2012-virtual-presentations; events: http://sitecitylimits.wordpress.com/. ARVEL recorded the SITE PreConference SL party: …

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ARVEL Inworld Discussion:

Feb 29, 2012 at 1pm PST/SLT (4pm EST, 21:00 GMT)

Dr. Donna Davis will discuss SL culture and relationships through ethnographic approaches. Dr. Davis has a book coming out on engaging the disengaged via performance in virtual worlds. Meeting at http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/CAVE/37/192/35

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ARVEL Inworld Discussion:

Feb 22, 2012 at 1pm PST/SLT (4pm EST, 21:00 GMT)

Open Discussion with Dr. Jonathon Richter on CLIVE and the upcoming ARVEL SuperNews.

Check out our prior issue and come with your own suggestions for any of the sections for ARVEL SuperNews Winter 2012.

ARVEL Supernews Fall 2011: http://arvelsig.ning.com/page/newsletters-1

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The ARVEL@AERA2012 program is posted. Check it out here: http://arvelsig.ning.com/forum/topics/arvel-aera-2012-program



If you are an AERA member, you have access to the online program right now.



Go to http://aera.net/,



click on Annual Meeting Program Portal,



enter your AERA member LoginID# and Password,



continue past your…

Announcing the Eracism Project 2012 - a global student debate that joins diverse cultures and includes authentic debate for global competence and international mindedness.

Schools selected for the Eracism Project 2012 will be asked to enter a four-person debate team, with the remaining students in the class being researchers around the topic:

"Government regulation requiring immigrants to adopt the beliefs, habits, and language of the dominant culture does more harm than…

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Welcome to our 9 new members on the ARVEL SIG Ning! Stop by our Members page and drop a high 5 on their profile page!



ARVEL Inworld Discussion: Feb 8, 2012:  Alice…

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ARVEL Inworld Discussion: 1/25/2012 Salwa Khan, on "Instructor social presence in Adult courses in SL".  (Time and Location details: …

Grad this chance to submit your paper or your poster to this international conference. Let's show a strong educational presence! Share with your colleagues and your other networks. The deadlines have been extended:



    Conference paper submission: Friday 10 February 2012

    Short papers and posters:   Friday 10 February 2012



Website: http://www.intenv.org/



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You are invited to submit a picture of events and projects in virtual worlds, games and AR platforms for the ARVEL SuperNews Spring 2012 issue.

Please send a jpeg illustrating well your work to arvelsig173@gmail.com. Look at the Fall 2011 issue on page 25 for ideas and page 29 for the accompanying information (Go to http://arvelsig.ning.com/ to find the newsletter).

I am looking forward to getting your…

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Now is a great time to send your submission to conferences. The IE'12 CFP submission deadline is coming up soon (Jan 14, 2012). Be sure to submit your paper to the Education forum. This conference has been a hugely successful international forum for researchers and educators as well as an incredible networking opportunity across disciplines and institutions (Education, Government, Industry...). Bookmark the CFP…

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Jonathon Richter and I are happy to present to you, on behalf of the ARVEL SuperNews Editorial Board the Fall 2011 Edition of the SuperNews!



Check it out!



http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2080114/ARVEL%20SuperNews%20Fall%202011.pdf



Happy Holidays!



Jonathon Richter, Past Chair

Sabine Reljic, Communications Officer…