Healthcare workers need to practice their skills to maintain competence, but this requires facility space, equipment and supervision. On the other hand, the high penetration of mobile smartphones and cellular network connectivity in many countries around the world makes virtual reality simulation training feasible. VR simulations can be engaged at the learner’s convenience with game-based automated feedback that is ideal for episodic learning.

However, many healthcare workers in resource-scarce settings have never experienced VR training. This presentation summarizes the lessons learned in development and feasibility testing of VR simulations among healthcare workers in a resource-scarce setting.

Rachel Umoren

Can undergraduate instructors and students in different areas of practice cooperate online to instill cross-disciplinary communication skills at the same time as they more effectively teach and learn their own subject matter?

College students from Montana State University Billings and Peninsula College Washington State were brought together by their instructors, online, in an authentic industry modeling scenario where a consultant group is hired by a corporation to improve performance, based on discussion with subject matter experts and studying work processes.

Operator and Designer students came together to focus on A) Effective visual communication cues in a dangerous operating environment, and B) Learning to communicate professionally across technical specialties.

Andrew Sullivan / Andy Sullivan , James Neville / Sitearm Madonna, Renne Brock / Zinnia Zauber

2020 brought us a terrible pandemic but an opportunity to provide high school students with an alternative form of interaction and productive participation. Hear how high school students participated and benefitted from a virtual prom on Avacon Grid and how a group of educators, in multiple remote geographic locations, volunteered their time and skills to make it happen.

Randall Deich / Logansan Deich, Tanya Martin / Gridjumper

Session will detail the results of a recent survey of educators (to find out about educators’ expected virtual world and virtual reality learning simulation use during the current pandemic-impacted academic year). Spoiler alert — most of the educators surveyed plan to expand their use of virtual world learning simulations (while the educators foresee a reduction in their use of virtual reality headset-based simulations).

Also, this session will explore the topic of “right sizing” virtual world learning simulations – as guidance [for new and experienced users] on how to maximize student engagement and learning outcomes.

Kay McLennan

The on-boarding experience for Virtual worlds such as OpenSim can be so frustrating for new users that they may never realize the power these environments have for social learning experiences. We argue that by using a very simple browser-based environment such as Mozilla Hubs or Frames by Virbela, we can demonstrate the potential of immersive learning and collaboration to new users.

By progressively showing the increased flexibility in more complex settings that address the shortfalls of the simpler environments, we can convert the frustrated user into an enthusiastic supporter of OpenSim-based worlds. We will present the progression from simple to complex using examples from a SJSU iSchool course and the use of the e-Campus room in Mozilla Hubs as a blueprint for getting people hooked on Virtual Worlds.

A Marie Vans / Amvans, Bethany Winslow

This presentation will highlight some basic best practices that have emerged over 15 years of bringing higher education students into VR environments. Then, areas where additional support and community could help stand-alone educators (with little institutional support) bring open-sim environments to expanded audiences will be raised, seeking to operationalize wiki-like areas of communication that could bridge educators and technologist through important shared concerns.

Topics integrate areas such as: professional and child-focused avatar creation, security, IT components, working with IT departments, institutional buy-in, instructional design support, and the like. The plea is to find collective and communal ways to share, develop and leverage a knowledge base that can facilitate conversations at the interstices of the expanding VR environments.

Eileen O'Connor / Eileen OConnor

Faced with evolving pandemic safety classroom protocols and procedures, and the ever present possibility (or probability) of a rapid switch to all online learning, educators across the academic spectrum are recognizing the need for flexible, adaptable online collaborative technologies that can alleviate the effects of Chronic Video Conferencing Fatigue (CVCF) and restimulate learner engagement.

For the past three years the SUNY Empire State College School of Graduate Studies has hosted half-day residency events in Opensim virtual reality as a means to introduce new students to the graduate programs to their peers, the faculty, and a broad range of interactive, immersive, collaborative technologies which they may consider for their individual degree programs.

The 2020 residency, held in October, hosted over three times the number of attendees than the previous year from a variety of different degree programs, a clear indication of the increased interdepartmental interest in exploring online interactive immersive technologies. Each successive annual event has incorporated participant feedback from the previous year into the programming development of the following event iteration This slideshow presentation outlines the iterative steps and methodologies involved in the creation of a large, successful, immersive, engaging and informative event in Opensim.

Scott Dolphin

Talking about Statistic usage of Open Simulator in the last year.

Mario Korolov

Welcome to the 8th annual OpenSimulator Community Conference. This year’s event features presenters across the globe who will be highlighting the user projects and core development work of the OpenSimulator platform. We will kick off #OSCC20 with an overview of the latest features in the OpenSimulator software update and conversation with Core Developers of the platform.

Find out where the platform is headed and learn more about the developers who make the software happen!

Crista Lopes, Cynthia Colongne /Lyr Lobo, Joyce Bettencourt / Rhiannon Chatnoir, Kevin Cozen / Andrew Hellershanks,
Melanie Milland, Robert Adams / Misterblue Waves, Ubit Umarov

The Wine Cellar has Country Bob and his curated selection of comedy for one hour tonight.
If you have not been to one of Bob's comedy Hours now is the time to come and laugh till you cry!
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Dj Azoramyth Destiny will be playing Gothic rock with some other rock thrown into the mix. We have the wine cellar decorated for autumn.
Azora puts on a heck of a great show, so you do not want to miss it. Mixed Rock, classic rock southern and Gothic Rock,
In an underground venue.
Come hear the great music, she does take requests. There is Dancing, free wine and steak dinners.
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The wine Cellar presenting DJ Lestat! Brand new to DigiWorldz Straight from SL clubs! Bringing you some Rock, some harder Rock and some classics thrown in All for your rockin pleasure! come and here this great set of music!

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Second Tour Music Live

A Beautiful Set of 2 Excellent Dj. Italy / France. This Duet will begin performing on Sunday, December 13, 2020.
A Pearl of Italy, Dj Arianna Feat DjViktor.Agent.Power & Heat Forever.

11 am.01pm: DjViktor.
01pm: Dj Arianna.

Always with our Partners: Elo Creations, Party Destination Grid, Stark Island, Zuzion Club.
celebrate with us. YaKa come :)

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DJ Nico at Magic Moments Venue
Saturday December 5, 2020
Time: Now to 9pm Grid Time

DJ Nico not only loves music, but he has an intense passion for DJing, and it shows. His music is great! So come on lets get this party started! Lets get those good vibes flowing!

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Kith is spinnin just for the fun of it this eve!!! Come on over and enjoy some nice easy blues this eve and let the turkey settle!!

TONIGHT ENDS THE 4 HOUR SETS THIS WEEK FOR ETERNITY AS DJ JACK BRINGS SONGS FROM THE HIT SERIES GLEE!! IT HAS BEEN A GREAT WEEK WITH 4 HOUR SETS AND TONIGHT WILL BE NO EXCEPTION. COME JOIN US FOR ALL THOSE GLEE SONGS FROM THE ORIGINAL SERIES, HAVE FUN, MAKE NEW FRIENDS, MEET UP WITH OLD ONES. YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT THIS CLUB, WE JUST KNOW YOU WILL HAVE FUN!