Immersive Education Day at Harvard

This event is free to the public and I am told a lot of the discussion will be about around Second Life.

Look forward to seeing everyone there.

Brian Regan

Immersive Education Day at Harvard
Hosted by the Harvard Interactive Media Colloquium and the Immersive Education Initiative
Satruday, December 8th, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Askwith Lecture Hall, Longfellow Hall (directions:

http://www.harvard.co...

"An half-day Immersive Education event that is open to the public and free to attend. Students, educators, researchers, and administrators from Harvard University, Boston College, MIT Media Lab, Amherst College and the United States Department of Education will give a series of presentations and demonstrations to provide attendees with an overview of Immersive Education and how virtual world and game-based learning technologies are used in and out of the classroom today."

Enabling the Age of Immersive Education: Aaron E. Walsh, Director, Immersive Education Initiative | Faculty, Boston College

Placeworlds: Fostering Civic Engagement through Immersive Education: Gene Koo, Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School

School 2.0 and Immersive Education: Timothy J. Magner, Director, U.S. Department of Education | Advisor, Immersive Education Initiative

The Restaurant Game: New forms of Artificial Intelligence for Immersive Education: Jeff Orkin, Research Assistant, MIT Media Lab | co-Chair, Immersive Education Initiative

Pedagogy, Assessment, and Learning Outcomes for Immersive Education: John Carfora, Director of Sponsored Research, Amherst University | co-Chair, Immersive Education Initiative

For questions, contact:
Sam Gilbert, sam.o.gilbert@gmail.com