Here is the presentation that I did for the new MERLOT 3D project called the Center for Learning in Virtual Environments (CLIVE) at the Sun Microsystems Worldwide Education and Research Conference in February 2008

1. Worldwide Education and Research Conference 2008

3. The Center for Learning In Virtual Environments (CLIVE) Providing the web-based community and services to vet and catalogue 3D Virtual Learning Materials: hosts of CLIVE Coordinating the development of the community and leading research efforts: Managers of CLIVE Providing hardware, open source virtual software, and technical assistance for 3D MERLOT: Sponsors of CLIVE Integrating virtual worlds to create a common “education grid” for virtual teaching: Partners of CLIVE

4. Teaching and learning communities in unique 3D Virtual Worlds Web-based repository Project Wonderland

7. Tags & descriptors Top-rated peer reviewed SL stuff Your fave SL tags page Enhanced SLED Community Peer reviewed stuff

8. InWorld Tools for tagging Learning Materials Center for Advanced Technology in Education, University of Oregon (2007).

9. Media Wiki Community of SL Educators to organize, describe, and vote on Learning Materials http://eduisland.net/salamanderwiki

10. MERLOT - http://merlot.org > 17,000 materials 50,000 members 3D + all other types of learning objects! Center for Advanced Technology in Education, University of Oregon (2007).