Second Life MOOC for 2016

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The third annual Second Life MOOC (SLMOOC16) will take
place from April 1-30, 2016 on WizIQ (click here to access
the course). The theme of the current MOOC is Connecting
for Learning in Virtual Worlds. There is a plethora of
communities in virtual worlds promoting education and
learning through connecting online via web technologies
such as Second Life. The MOOC will focus on connecting
online for collaborative learning and teaching around the
world through virtual worlds like Second Life, Minecraft, or
OpenSim. The live presentations will include the speakers’
reflective process on teaching and learning in fully online
and blended learning formats. SLMOOC16 is for educators,
schools, and public and private businesses that wish to
provide training in virtual worlds. Weekly badges and a final
certificate of completion will be available for free.
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Sponsors
The Azire Organization

Organizers of SLMOOC16
Dr. Doris Molero (Pionia Destiny)
Dr. Nancy Zingrone (Maggie Larimore)
Dr. Nellie Deutsch (Nellie Homewood)

Doris Molero (Ed.D) a.k.a Pionia Destiny combines teaching as a
way to learn, education technology, and teaching for peace.
Passionate about language learning, instructional design and
related educational technologies, specifically 3D Multi-User Virtual
Environments for situated, experiential learning. She has been in
Second life since 2007. Back then she was invited to participate by
the Webheads in Action in EVO Village, since then she has been
part of different communities of practice like VWBPE, Camelot
project, Edunation, NANEC, Virtual Pioneers, Virtlantis, and
different roleplay communities as Avilion, Sylvhara and Artstonia.
She has brought her students to SL for different projects. You can
visit her URBE EFL Center in Edunation. Together with Nancy and
Nellie ,she organized the first SLMOOC in 2014.
http://www.doris3meflcenter.blogspot.com
http://pioniadestiny.blogspot.com

Nancy L. Zingrone got her PhD in psychology at the University of
Edinburgh in Scotland. She is a research psychologist who combines her
thirty-year fascination with exceptional experiences with her passion for
teaching. Dr. Zingrone is a part-time Professor of Psychology in the School
of Behavioral and Social Sciences at Northcentral University, an eager
member of Dr. Nellie Deustch’s various teaching and learning networks, a
Moodle and WizIQ facilitator, a community land manager and the curator of
The AZIRE Library and Learning Center, both in the Chilbo Community in
Second Life. Zingrone blogs on Thinking about Learning and uploads
tutorials and other goodies to her YouTube channel, Teaching and
Learning Online. Her contributions to psychology with her colleague and
husband, Dr. Carlos S. Alvarado, have appeared in such journals as
Imagination, Cognition and Personality, and History of Psychiatry. She’s
also published on her experiences in Second Life called “Maggie Larimore
and Me” in an article in the June 2013 issue of the Virtual Education
Journal.

Dr. Nellie Deutsch (Ed.D) is an education technology advisor,
English faculty member in blended learning and fully online
programs at a university and faculty on leadership fully online in
the transpersonal graduate programs at Atlantic University. She’s
on the IATEFL YLTSIG, EDMedia executive and planning,
WAOE, TESOL CALL-IS, HEIS and SSIS committees. Nellie has
been teaching English in high school and at the college level for
over 35 years and integrating technology since 1992. She
organizes free online programs for educators on how to manage
and teach with Moodle and integrate technology into face-to-face,
blended, and fully online courses, MOOCs, online conferences
(Connecting Online and Moodle MOOTs), webinars, and other
online events such as Fall and Spring Blog Festivals. She is
passionate about using technologies such as Moodle, WizIQ,
Knovio, Movenote, PresentMe, Slidespeech, Screencast-o-matic,
and google drive to promote active collaborative learning and
teaching as a way to learn.

Dr. Valerie Hill received her MLS from Texas Woman’s University in 2007
and a PhD in Library and Information Science in 2012. Valerie is a library
and information science educator with a research focus on the
intersection of information literacy and global digital participatory culture.
She has taught at all age levels, served as a school librarian, and is a
National Writing Project trainer. Working in virtual worlds for the past
decade, her focus has been providing virtual world resources and
archiving immersive learning experiences through machinima. For the
past decade, she has worked on embedding information literacy
(particularly digital citizenship) in curriculum, online learning platforms,
and virtual worlds. Her 5th Grade Technology Club designed and built a
Digital Citizenship Game in Minecraft. Valerie has presented at
conferences both physically and virtually and currently serves as the
President of the Community Virtual Library in Second Life. Her name in
virtual spaces is Valibrarian.

Scott Merrick, Scottmerrick Oh in Second Life, Scott Merrick in
OpenSim, is Associate Virtualization Engineer at MNPS Virtual
School in Nashville, Tennessee. He also teaches 6, 7, and 8th
grade Social Studies online and serves as Advisor for Middle
Schoolers and 9th graders. Co-founder of the ISTE SIGVE, now
ISTE Virtual Environments Network, he has been a vocal
proponent of Virtual Worlds in the service of learning and
teaching since he discovered them back in the day. As a
member of the leadership teams of both the ISTE Online
Learning Network and ISTE VEN, he contributes to community
and innovation in both and enjoys watching and nurturing the
growth of both. See his about.me presence to connect.

Andrew Wheelock (Spiff Whitfield, in Second Life) is a Technology
Coordinator at Erie 1 BOCES/WNYRIC in Western New York. My
primary role is to do hands on professional development workshops
inspiring teachers to use technology to enhance learning and
increase productivity.
My Virtual Environment ventures are many. I am the Co-Chair of
ISTE’s Virtual Environments Network. I am also one of the founders
of the Virtual Pioneers. This group uses Second Life to explore
history and culture. Last but not least I have been the project
director for the OpenSim Islands of Enlightenment Projects. These
projects are a NY State Dept. of Education funded project where
students learn about history themes through OpenSim.

Linda Rogers is an arts management professional and virtual worlds evangelist.
Believing it is the responsibility of cultural institutions to educate their audience
and provide professional development for artists, arts education has always
been a part of her mandate whether in education specific or organizational
leadership roles (Opera Ontario, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Soundstreams
Canada, Toronto Philharmonia, VIBE Arts). Linda discovered Second Life
through her participation in Howard Rheingold’s Brainstorms Community and
started her investigation of music in Second Life in 2006. Music Island was
founded as a collective for music educators and music professionals in
November 2009. Since that time, she has coordinated a weekly series of
musical presentations, workshops and public education events. She has
presented at Technology in the Arts, Virtual Praxis, VWBE, TransX Symposium
and published in Arts Management Journal and Humanity+. In addition Linda
has served as a Community T.A. on Vanderbilt University’s MOOC “Online
Gaming: New Media, Literature and Narrative” (Dr. Jay Clayton) a course that is
delivered in part in the Online Game “Lord of the Rings Online”. Since taking
the course 2 years ago, she has become a kinship officer with two level 100
characters.

Alice Krueger. Ms. Krueger is Chairman of the Board, and the
founder of Virtual Ability. She worked part time from home as a
technical writer and editor for an education research firm for five
years using adaptive office equipment. As a woman with
Multiple Sclerosis, she found it increasingly difficult to
participate in her real life community. No longer able to leave
home to work, volunteer, or socialize with friends, she turned to
virtual worlds to fulfill these basic human needs. Ms. Krueger is
the mother of three young adults with disabilities and has been
a special education teacher. Ms. Krueger’s avatar in Second
Life® is Gentle Heron. Gentle can stand and walk without
crutches. What Second Life means to me, with Gentle Heron

EVO ViLLAGE - Virtual Language Learning and Gaming
Environments
In January/ February 2016 a group of 15 experienced language educators
met to develop language learning games in Second Life. Over a period of 5
weeks they shared their expertise in a MOOC organised in the framework of
the EVO sessions run by TESOL’s CALL-IS (Computer Assisted Language
Learning Interest Section). They were joined by some 101 participants eager
to learn how to build and script communication games.
Heike Phip
Randall Sadler
Carol Rainbow
Barbara McQueen
Dr. Doris Molero
Shelwyn Corrigan
Edith Paillat
Helena Galani
Ann Nowak
Hazel Workman
Nuno Lanca
Jens Nerido
Helen Myers
Christel Schneider
Dennis Newson

Bernhard Drax - Draxtor Despres in SL
Bernhard Drax makes media for all occasions, including work in traditional feature documentary, public
broadcasting, interactive web design and music production. A champion of user-created digital content he
is well known for the mixed-reality documentary series "The Drax Files: World Makers" on YouTube.
Bernhard has delivered trans-media concepts using the immersive Second Life platform for clients such
as MIT, the MacArthur Foundation and for the Emmy nominated PBS project "Deep Down: The Virtual
Mine". For the US Department of State he documented their unique "Kansas to Cairo" student exchange
program between Cairo and Los Angeles, which was facilitated through various online platforms.
From 1999 to 2001 Bernhard worked as news producer and engineer at KPFK Radio in Los Angeles and
from 2002 to 2004 Bernhard served as news director at NPR member station KAZU in Pacific Grove. He
was instrumental in transforming the local news operation by producing high quality local content as well
as training reporters and technical staff.
Bernhard wrote the score for the feature documentary "Login2Life", which was released internationally in
2013 after having a successful run on German public broadcasting network ZDF and Austrian channel
ORF. He wrote and produced a cross-over arrangement of Bizet's "Habanera" from the Carmen opera,
which became the basis for the viral "MeTube" music video by artist August Schram.
MeTube was nominated at the Sundance Film Festival 2014 as well as the LA music video awards and
won the 2013 German webvideopreis and the Vienna Shorts Award, followed by "MeTube2" at the
Sundance Film Festival 2016 [featuring his work with the Bavarian State Opera Munich].

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Gina Pickersgill -- Nina Lancaster in SL
Gina Pickersgill, also known as Nina Lancaster in Second Life is a Transpersonal-
Lifecoach (aka Virtual NLP Coach). Gina uniquely transforms lives enabling clients to
express their soul purpose by following their true path using Neurolinguistic
Programming (NLP), Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), Hypnosis, Life-coaching
and Intuitive Guidance via email, Skype, 3D virtual worlds and face-to-face
consultations.
For more information see:
App - The Healing Pool
The Virtual Coach:
Gina's YouTube Channel
An article about Gina's work in Second Life
Gina's work with clients using Skype
Another article about Gina's work

Bryn Oh is the ghost artist of a Toronto oil painter. My interest in virtual worlds began with an attempt to
create an artist unaligned with a RL identity. The idea was to see if a pixel character could become
successful and accepted as an artist in real life alongside flesh and blood ones. I see what I do in virtual
worlds as the frontier to a new medium with the capability to create unique forms of art.
Since the project began in 2009 Bryn's work has been shown at Nuit Blanche, the World Expo in Shanghai
(Madrid Pavilion), with IBM, in movies such as "My avatar and me" or in projects with people such as
director Peter Greenaway (Big Bang) and artist Stelarc. A Web3D Conference presenter in Paris, France
as well as profiled on RAI TV in Italy and Art21. Bryn exhibits in various Universities worldwide and is also
on the syllabus of many. The subject of three Thesis works (http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/1031/ ) and has three
times received a New Media grant from the Canadian Government. Bryn was written about in Vogue
magazine (Italy) and exhibited at a museum in Rome(RL -Museo in Commune) as well as the Santa Fe
new media festival. Exhibited at the 17th Biennial de Cerveira in Portugal as well as with European
director Peter Greenaway on Dance of Death an installation in Basil Switzerland. Another recent
collaboration with Peter Greenaway and Saskia Boddeke for a show at exhibition hall of the Moscow
Manege Museum entitled the Golden age of the Russian Avant-Garde. Currently exhibiting a retrospective
at the Art & Algorithms digital festival in Titusville, Florida. Upcoming exhibitions (2015) include
"Obedience" at The Jewish Museum in Berlin.
It's been interesting.
SLURL http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Immersiva/16/103/21
https://www.youtube.com/user/BrynOh?feature=mhee

Saffia Widdershins
Pauline Woolley
Owner and Editor of Prim Perfect, Second Life's first magazine for Homes
and Gardens, and producer and presenter of Designing Worlds - the show
for design and designers in Virtual Worlds. Her most recent venture is Lab
Chat, produced as an association between Second Life residents working
in media, and Linden Lab.
In real life, Pauline Woolley, the typist behind Saffia Widdershins, is a
consultant and videographer for organisations (nonprofit and educational)
working in Second Life.
Pauline/Saffia remains passionately committed to creating communities in
Second Life and virtual worlds, and to developing creative opportunities in
developing inworld virtual media.
“E-publishing has enabled the democratisation of the novel,” she says.
“Virtual reality has the power to do the same for narrative in film. And we
are only just beginning.”

Martha Eugenia Lino
Eugenia Calderón
Eugenia Calderón (Martha Eugenia Lino en RL) is the owner of "Spanish with Eugenia"
in Second Life, a teaching facility in the Chilbo Community on the mainland. She is a
Spanish teacher with six years experience in real life and six years in Second Life. She
teaches classes in basic, intermediate and advanced Spanish. In addition to writing her
own textbooks, incorporating "field trips" to Spanish-language sites and sims in Second
Life, she also coordinates plays and presentations, sometimes written by her students,
and also portrayed by her students as an exercise in using Spanish. More recently she
has begun to teach Spanish on the Escape Playground in the virtual world, DigiWorldZ.
For more information see:
Eugenia's Facebook page
Eugenia's biography on blogspot.com
Eugenia Calderón's YouTube Channel

Zinnia Zauber
Renne Emiko Brock-Richmond
Renne Emiko Brock-Richmond is an artist, instructor, and superhero empowering people to be their best
virtual and tangible self by advancing excellence, exceptional pursuits, and individualism through creative
expression and encouraging instruction with inspired results.
Renne has actively taught college level fine art and digital media for over twenty-two years, and her
company, unique as you, specializes in color perception, intention, and utilization to create motivating,
engaging experiences with innovative identity development, marketing, social media, events, and immersive
environments for businesses, nonprofits, educational institutions, organizations, and communities. Renne
creates art, apparel, and virtual goods embracing the power of brilliant hues, uniqueness, and acceptance.
Focused on the evolution of intelligence, role models, and superheroes, Renne earned her Bachelors of
Science in Art at Lewis & Clark College and her Masters of Fine Art in Visual Art at Vermont College at
Norwich University. In 2009, she graduated from the first pioneering class of the University of Washington
Certificate in Virtual Worlds Program. She is an award winning artist, educator, nonprofit establisher, board
member, and Arts advocate who only uses her superpowers for good.
She has been teaching virtual world use since 2008 with University of Washington, Peninsula College,
Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds Conference at the National Defense University, Virtual Worlds Best
Practices in Education Conferences. New Media Consortium, TechSoup Global, Nonprofit Commons, Virtual
Ability, Rockcliffe University Consortium, Second Life Community Conferences, GeekGirlCon, and Arizona
State University. Renne is the Chair of the Nonprofit Commons Mentors and applies virtual networking,
fundraising, exhibition and education creation as a board member of several nonprofits.

Letizia Cinganotto - Immersive experiences in
Edmondo, the Italian Open Sim
PhD, Researcher at the Italian Institute for Documentation,
Innovation, Educational Research. Former teacher of English,
teacher trainer and author of digital contents. She had been working
for several years at the Italian Ministry of Education, University and
Research, dealing with issues relating to the Upper Secondary
School Reform, with particular focus on foreign languages and on
CLIL. She has presented papers at national and international
conferences and published articles and chapters in national and
international peer-reviewed journals and an e-book in English with
Daniela Cuccurullo at
http://evosessions.pbworks.com/w/page/103563959/2016_Techno-
CLIL_for_EVO2016

John Orlando, PhD, is an associate director of faculty
support and professor at Northcentral University. He
has published over 50 articles and delivered over 40
presentations, workshops, and keynote addresses on
online education, teaching with technology, and social
media. He has also created and taught a number of
courses for faculty on education techniques for various
colleges and universities, and edits the Online Classroom
Newsletter.

Kess Crystal - Creating Immersive Experiences & Virtual World Social
Responsbility
Marketing & PR Director - MadPea Productions
MadPea Productions produces immersive and stimulating gaming experiences within
Second Life. Utilising the latest innovations they create adventures that place the avatar
at the centre of the action from solving ciphers and puzzles to slaying beasts.
With a team of 15 designers, creators and scripters from around the globe collaborating
online in a virtual team they have produced almost 80 games over 7 years. They
currently have 3 games live in Second Life. The Ghost Town, UNIA and their latest
game, The Interview, which launched on 1st April.
Kess will be discussing the tools MadPea utilises to create experiences in a virtual world
as well as virtual collaborative working. In addition Kess will discuss how in-world virtual
alliances in a social media platform such as SL can have a real life impact by presenting
MadPea’s work with Live and Learn in Kenya NGO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UktSzlK17vg

Becky Adams, Elli Pinion in Second Life, has experience as an online student, course designer and online
instructor, assists her in managing the increasing demand of online courses at Second Life, holds a PhD
in Education specializing in Instructional Technologies. She has taught online for over eight years for two
universities. Her combination of educational and technical background, as we University of New Mexico,
where she is the Director for Extended Learning Faculty Services & Online Course Development. She is a
Quality Matters Master Reviewer, her online course, Theory and Practice of eLearning is Quality Matters
Certified and she received a Director's Choice Blackboard Catalyst Exemplary Course Award in 2012.
She has been introducing her UNM students to the possibilities of Virtual Worlds and education since
2008 and has been teaching in Second Life for three years. She has been honored to work with the
Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education (VWBPE) Conference as the Volunteer Chair for the past two
years.
Shannon Roberson Wildenstein has close to two decades of educating and training adults in various fields
and settings. Learning her jobs through trial by fire, Shannon realized she loved working with adults as
they learned the necessary knowledge to complete their jobs efficiently and effectively and apply new
knowledge to their personal lives. In 2014, Shannon returned to the University of New Mexico to receive
her Master’s Degree in Organization, Information and Learning Sciences. Shannon fell in love with online
learning and learning in a virtual world setting. She has worked for the University at Extended Learning,
where she assisted designers with designing and administering classes online, as well as a Teaching
Assistant for Undergraduate courses for her department.

Beth O’Connell, known as Beth Ghostraven in Second Life, is a middle
school librarian on the East Coast of the US, teaching ages 11-14. For
the past 5 years she has been a solo librarian, working without a library
assistant. It’s been like going back in time to the 1960s, when most
school librarians just checked books in and out. This year our district
reinstated that position, so she’s looking forward to getting back to the
21st Century!
Beth began using the virtual world of Second Life to network with other
educators and librarians. Her involved with a variety of special interest
groups in education has evolved to the point that she is one of the great
publicists in virtual worlds, making sure her colleagues known what’s
going on and where not just in Second Life, but in Open Sim worlds and
in Minecraft.
For more information check her blog or follow her Google+ page.

G Ronnie Kraegel - Bridging Real World Awareness
With Second Life Experiences
Nonprofit Sustainability Consultant
A passionate advocate & supporter of sustainable
communities and business with 30 years experience as
a consultant, trainer, and business coach to nonprofits
across the United States. As Namaara MacMoragh she
can be found at Etopia Communities in Second Life
sharing her passion for exploring new ways to
collaborate. Visit http://greatkreations.com to learn
more.

Vance Stevens - I've been involved in online learning since way
last century, as founder of a movement that became Webheads
in Action, still a robust community. I have been a coordinator of
the TESOL / CALL-IS Electronic Village Online for almost 15
years and have moderated several 5-week online sessions there
ranging from Multiliteracies and MOOCs to Minecraft. The latter
has evolved into a thriving community of practice where
educators can learn experientially about implementing
gamification in their teaching practice and professional
development, as well as a few tricks in Minecraft. In 2010, I
started a weekly webinar series called Learning2gether. I teach
EFL at the UAE Air College in Al Ain, UAE, where I'm fortunate to
be working with fine colleagues who have been co-presenting
with me in workshops at conferences worldwide.

Linda Gielen is a Technology Facilitator and Advanced Computer Topics teacher at a
private all-boys private school. She has been working with MinecraftEdu since
November 2011, where it is incorporated into the 6th grade Computer class curriculum
to teach coding and in the 7th grade English curriculum for a creative writing project.
Robert Ogorek is an ESL teacher interested in using Minecraft for teaching English
Anna Jedryczko is from Cracow, Poland. She’s a teacher of Polish, programming and
robotics at primary school. She likes mixing humanities with new technology.

Mircea Patrascu is an IT professional trying to help as many children as possible to discover the
beauty of computer programming. He privately teaches coding to elementary school kids using
Minecraft and organizes events during "Europe code week", "Hour of Code" and "Scratch Day". He
enrolled to EVO Minecraft MOOC to interact with teachers and to discover new ways of using
Minecraft in education, to apply them in the computer club he is setting up at his children's school.
Rose Bard is an English teacher in Brazil with a B.A. in Literacy Pedagogy specialized in children and
adult education and pursuing a B.A in Computer Science Teaching and an M.A. in ICT. She’s iTDi
mentor and a leader of Google for Educators in her city. She encourages teachers to experiment and
evaluate the experience through reflection. She believes that it is important to create the space for
students to reflect on their own learning and those reflective moments enrich the teacher’s
understanding of their own practice.
Jeff Kuhn is a Lecturer in the ELIP program at Ohio University. An avid gamer, Jeff is a Minecraft
expert and studies games/game design as a PhD candidate at Ohio University. Find him across the
web as jkuhn72

Shelwyn Corrigan has a Master's in Linguistics, a Master's in Digital Media
& Learning, and certification in Multimedia Studies. She has worked in
digital design since 1994.
In addition, she has taught ESL and EFL in Europe, South America and at
universities in California and New York. Her interests are in teaching
pronunciation, academic oral skills and the integration of new media in the
classroom. She is a media consultant and web designer, and has taught at
the University of San Francisco since 2001. In 2011 she won the USF
award for Innovation in Teaching with Technology, and in 2013 she won
the USF Team Innovation Award. Shelwyn teaches graduate courses in
the Digital Media and Learning Program and for the new online MA
TESOL Program at USF. She is currently working in machinima
development for language learning and has recently launched a language
school in the virtual world of Second Life.
Her colleagues Laura Jeffcoat and Ana Gema Gallego Garcia will join her
in the Learn It Town presentation.
Shelwyn Corrigan
Laura Jeffcoat
Ana Gema Gallego Garcia

Meridith Abarca, Professor, the University of Texas
at El Paso also known in Second Life as Abarcam
Janet Hill - Instructional Technologist, the University
of Texas at El Paso also known in Second Life as
Madeline McMinnar

Dr. Barbara Poston-Anderson (Swords)
‘Producing Theatre in a Virtual World’
Since her retirement from the University of Technology,
Sydney, as an Associate Professor in drama education,
Barbara (a.k.a Bajoy) has focused on developing theatre
productions in Second Life. She is currently the Artistic
Director of ACT (Avilion Cameo Theatre) in SL and is the
author of ‘Drama: Learning Connections in Primary
Schools’. In addition, she has produced professional
theatre productions in real life.

Helena Galani [ErlinaAzure] holds an RSA Diploma, M.A. ELT (Applied
Linguistics through Corpora for Teacher Education purposes), certification
in Adult Education, the skills of Teacher Training, and in advanced ICT
skills. She has been implementing CALL into her teaching for more than 27
years in the fields of TEFL, with YL language schools and Adult Education
Centre in Greece, formal assessment bodies, on UK University EAP
courses or as private tutor.
To facilitate language learning through TBL and PBL, she is passionate
about the use of Moodle, VW, blogging and Web tools. As EduNation
resident and CAMELOT Award winner in 2015, Helena supports the
educational use of SL environment with learner and teacher machinima. As
moderator during this year’s EVO ViLLAGE, Helena presented on the
usefulness of designing board games and Interactive Scenarios in ELT
through Virtual Environment. At conventions, she has been presenting
different aspects on the interdisciplinary value of VWs in language
teaching.

Charles (Kip) Boahn English Language Teaching, E-Learning,
Intercultural communication, intensive courses, lifelong learning,
Immersive learning environments. Is owner of the Oxford School for
English (Austria: Krems & Zwettl). Offer and facilitate a variety of
English language learning opportunities including online and offline
courses/lessons - for students and teachers at the secondary and
tertiary level, business professionals, hobby/lifelong learners, etc.
Is known for Language Learning and Teaching in Virtual Worlds, the
creation of Virtlantis in Second Life, teaches several long-term
EFL/ESL classes, facilitates virtual world language learning projects
for universities, and promotes language appreciation and
intercultural awareness.

Christel Schneider is founder and managing director of CSiTrain. Until 2012 she was EU
project manager and director of the ICC international language association. Prior to
this she worked as head of the language department for the German adult education
association in Schleswig Holstein. She also taught didactics and methodology, as a
visiting lecturer at Hamburg University (Dept. of Education) for over ten years and has
run numerous teacher trainer seminars both on a national and international level.
Her experience in online training stretches over a period of more than fifteen years.
This includes working as an online tutor for the Institute of Education at the University
of London, ABACUS Learning Systems (UK) and as a guest tutor on an online course
(train the ‘online’ trainer) at the Northern Illinois University. She developed a series of
training courses for online trainers for ABACUS Learning Systems and set up and
delivered an online teacher training course for Cornelsen Publishing.
Christel was involved in various EU projects in training and learning in 3D worlds
(Lancelot/ Avalon/ EUROVERSITY) and was responsible for material development,
course evaluation and course observation in these projects. She is presently an
associate partner in the CAMELOT project and the EUROVERSITY project.

Scott P. Anstadt aka Ewan Bonham in Second Life
Ph.D, LCSW, IABMCP teaches in the Department of Social
Work at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Fl. He has
taught courses in advanced clinical practice, groups, social
policy, mental health, chemical dependency, gerontology,
spirituality, and research. Diversity and social justice issues
inspired outreach work bringing intergenerational and
multicultural competency to focus in community projects. His
work has extended to the use of virtual worlds for worldwide
social networking between disabled adults as well as those with
mobility challenges. Student course assignments in Second
Life help students experience community and cultures in an
immersive setting.

Organizers
Drs. Doris Molero, Nancy L. Zingrone, and Nellie Deutsch

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