Keynote Address for CACTA 2012 in Colorado Springs, CO on February 8, 2012. Presented by Cynthia Calongne, aka Lyr Lobo in Second Life and Inworldz, Cynthia Calongne in MOSES. Includes research on MOSES, Virtual Harmony, and simulations that are being ported to Unity3D for mobile use.

1. Teaching in an Avatar World Dr. Cynthia Calongne Colorado Technical University CACTA 2012 Creative Commons-Share Alike

4. The Future Looms Near “ 80% of the world’s active Internet users will be in a virtual world by the end of 2011” (Gartner, 2007) Are you there yet? Not all avatars look alike

5. Hype Cycle of Emerging Technologies 2011 by Gartner

7. Virtual Office Hours

8. Identity and Presence (l) Lyr Lobo and Larry Johnson with a ghost, a guest and a Tardis; (r) three students in class

9. Visually stimulating - how many avatars do you see?

10. Many Avatar Choices Who are these people?

12. Human Barometer Activity in Second Life, February 2012

13. Meeting minds in immersive spaces Presence in a Virtual world Education and Research

15. Air University - Global Learning Forum - Serious Game Simulation

16. Atlantis on Virtual Harmony

17. From Virtual Harmony to Unity3D Browser game developed from Sue Blackman’s Unity 3D book

18. Open Source Holodecks

19. Non-Linear Educational Games

20. The Mars Expedition – Grand Prize Winner in the FVWC at GameTech 2010

25. Create a Pandorabot

26. Add information to Customize your Bot in the Properties

27. MOSES and Ephemeral Research to develop a stable, open source virtual world

28. Holodecks

31. Control Panel for educational games Instructors can create simulations, monitor and assess student progress. Apollo Segall at MyBase Zeta

33. Ramapo 8 th grade In a virtual world After the story ends, what happens next? Literature comes alive!

34. Kids in the courtroom: First Police responder takes the stand

35. Not Your Typical 8th Grade Class Roleplay and conflict, an immersive literature experience for teens on the Teen Grid Suffern Middle School students at Ramapo portrayed the roles from the book, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Imagine living the scenes from literature and history rather than memorizing them. A juror hollers “Boo!” when Curley takes the stand

37. CTU Class Island by Night

39. NMC New Media and Learning Conference

40. Educational Conferences in Second Life Examining Technology at the NMC Symposium Nov 2008

41. Stepping inside the content during the conference presentation

42. CTU exhibit booth at the NMC Rock the Academy Symposium 2008

44. Modeling the Problem

45. Crooked House You never run out of house as it rolls over while you walk

46. Class Projects in Second Life Newsstand for low vision users, Electronic Voting Machine Refrigerator for wheelchair use CCSC Rocky Mountain Regional Conference 2008 From early ideas to testable projects Students collaborate and work independently

47. A Call to Action We are at the crossroads, gazing at the future. Are you ready to teach in a virtual world? Join the VWER community, VWBPE and the virtual world groups Photo: An Air Force Global Learning Forum Event at the MyBase region in Second Life, a Huffman Prairie design

50. Blended Reality Conferences A MacArthur Foundation panel on games in education answers an avatar’s question. Alternatively, a chat bridge can integrate participation from web browser & Second Life participants

51. Space Shuttle simulation at Spaceport Bravo

64. Teaching in an Avatar World Dr. Cynthia Calongne Lyr Lobo in Second Life http://ctusoftware.blogspot.com www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo Twitter: Lyrlobo For more information Lyr Lobo http://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo For a copy of these slides, visit: