Maya Island Presentation in VSMM 2012 conference

UW Maya Island, designed and developed in Second Life by the UWVW class of 2011 was presented at the VSMM 2012 conference in Milan through a paper by Valerie Hill and Stylianos Mystakidis. Check out the presentation slides here.

Maya Island at VSMM 2012 Conference

UW Maya Island will be presented on September 4th 2012 at the International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM) in Milan, Italy.

More specific a paper with the title “Maya Island Virtual Museum” authored by Valerie Hill, Phd and Stylianos Mystakidis has been accepted and will be presented in the conference.

For more information about the conference’s program, visit VSMM 12 website.

I Saw the Sun at Midnight Rising Red

Larkworthy Antfarm, Humanities instructor at Community Colleges, filmed this wonderful machinima on Maya Island.

Maya Island Triumph in #VWBPE

Maya Island won both best Educational Poster & best Educational Machinima Awards at the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education! Congratulations to all poster & machinima participants and winners. Special thanks to the conference’s scientific committee and all who voted for us!

Don’t forget to explore the Maya Island in 2012 while you still can!

The next tour of the island will take place on March 31st 9am PDT/SLT in cooperation with Info Island which hosts a massive Maya Island 3D exhibit.

Maya Island Machinima Introduction

What can you find and do on Maya Island? Check out the cool machinima video by Bev Landar.

Maya Island Poster & Machinima Finalists in VWBPE!

Maya Island Poster and Machinima were selected by Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education (VWBPE)  Judge Committee among the Finalists in the 2012 competition!

More specifically, our Poster -an interactive 3D exhibit- is nominated for the “Best Example of Educational Practice in a Virtual World” award and Valibrarian’s video is nominated for “Best Educational Machinima“.

In each category there are three nominations, so please check out the exciting posters and machinima on display and cast your vote on Friday March 16th!

Maya Island on Epic #VWBPE conference

Hot news: The Maya Island participates in the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education (VWBPE12) conference in the following ways:

1. Panel discussion on the instructional design of the island
   When: Friday, March 16th, 1-2 pm SLT
   Where: Edtech Island, Edtech Auditorium
2. Guided Tour to Maya Island
   When: Friday, March 16th, 2-3 pm SLT
   Where: Tour Departure Area
   
3. Maya Island Poster (3D Exhibit)
   We’re participating in the poster competition, so please come over and vote for us!
   When: Visit & Vote on March 15-16th!
   Where: VWBPE12 poster area (no. 34)
4. Maya Island Machinima
   We’re participating in the machinima competition!
   When: Thursday, March 15th, 8-10pm SLT
   Where: Machinima Auditorium

Next to these, the UW Alumni is also organizing more fascinating events:

• Panel discussion on the past, present and future of virtual worlds education
  When: Friday, March 16th, 10-11am SLT
  Where: Edtech Island, Edtech Auditorium
• Experience in Applying Virtual Worlds to Training in a Business Environment
  When: Friday, March 16th, 3-4 pm SLT
  Where: Rockcliffe Rotunda

The VWBPE conference is a unique event on education in virtual worlds, so please come over and support our events!