Researching Learning in Immersive Virtual Environments 2011

ReLIVE11 Creative Solutions for New Futures, September 21st - 22nd, 2011, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

Innovation in teaching and learning through immersive virtual worlds was a major theme of ReLIVE 2008 http://www.open.ac.uk/relive08/, the first conference to bring together researchers and educators in this field. In the three years since this event, our understanding of what it means to work, play and learn in these spaces has increased significantly, generating a rapidly growing body of academic knowledge.

Whilst immersive virtual worlds are providing us with platforms for innovation, and new opportunities to understand and address the needs of learners in the 21st century, we are under more pressure than ever not only to continue demonstrating innovation, but to do this at scale, for less money, whilst increasing efficiency and productivity. The challenge for us all is to contribute to a future where innovations meet these requirements whilst keeping learners, and learning, at the core of all that we do.

With a nod to recycling we have therefore decided that ReLIVE11 will revisit some of the themes of ReLIVE08, but from the fresh perspective of using all that we have learned in between to explore how immersive virtual worlds can help us and our learners to find creative solutions for new futures.

Delegates to ReLIVE11

As a delegate to ReLIVE11 you will meet with other leading edge researchers from around the world to exchange ideas and scholarship. With an opening keynote from Robin Wight, founder of The Ideas Foundation and a creative legend in advertising, we challenge the community to think creatively and look for opportunities to collaborate and innovate. The invited panel speakers from within and without academia bring a range of interesting perspectives and expertise to our discussions and we anticipate a showcase of papers and workshops that reflect the best of current academic research, making ReLIVE11 your one stop conference this year for disseminating, sharing and stimulating your practice in virtual worlds.

Programme highlights

• Day 0 The Virtual Festival: free inworld workshops

• Day 1 Opening keynote from Robin Wight, creative legend in advertising, to launch the conference theme of being creative in the virtual world within physical world constraints

• Day 1 ReLIVE sees the formal launch of the Springer book series on Immersive Environments [http://www.springer.com/series/10095]

• Day 1 Workshop linking us live with the IEEE VECoLab vPEARL summit in California (http://standards.ieee.org/news/vpearl/index.html)

• Multidisciplinary papers, presentations and workshops focusing on researching learning in immersive virtual environments

• Day 2 Interactive keynote session from invited panel of cyber-celebrity speakers

• Day 2 Invited workshop from The Science Circle (http://sciencecircle.org/)

• Day 2 Workshop based on Tom Boerllstorff's presentation at the online event The Virtual World Conference on the 14th September [http://www.thevirtualworldconference.org]

Also:

• Best paper prizes to the value of £300 in book vouchers from Springer

• All delegates receive a memory stick with the ISBN-registered conference proceedings as well as a conference goodie bag

• Implementations papers strand supported by JISC CETIS (http://jisc.cetis.ac.uk/)

• Selected papers in special issue of the International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments (http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/titledetails.aspx?titleid=1134)

• Selected papers developed as chapters for edited book, to be published within the Springer Immersive Environments series in 2012

Related events

• The Virtual World Conference, 14th September, Second Life
• ReLIVE Virtual Festival, September 20th, Second Life

See 'Related Events' section for further details.

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