EDUCEDGE,

My find of the day! I had to share with the SLED and SLRL listserv as soon as I saw how extensive this thing was.

http://vr.coe.ecu.edu/vpbib.html

74 pages (word doc format) of goodies organized as:
General
Collaborative Virtual Environments
Disabilities -Education and Training
Medical Education and Training
Museum Education
Training With Virtual Reality
Military Training
Text-Based Virtual Reality

I am interested only in the citations relevant to the teaching side of the instructional event equation and those that do not limit the report to K-12 education explicitly…which shortens a bit the bib. Nevertheless, I am reading about a lot of work done WAY before the “gaming-and-MUVE-in-Education explosion.” A few pedagogical pieces are there. I particularly like Dr. Pantedilis’ model of decision for VR usage in classroom (http://vr.coe.ecu.edu/vredmod.html).

Early-bird registration for Innovation 2008 (http://education-2008.org) closes March 15, as does early-bird reservations at the Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center in Breckenridge, Colorado.

This conference, co-hosted by Innovate, brings together world-class scholars and educators along with business and governmental leaders to formulate a vision for the future of education and the role of technology in that future. Previous attempts to integrate technology into education may have met with difficulties because solutions have not taken into account the total social system around teaching and learning. With that in mind, we will look at what’s next not just in technology, but also in the social, cultural, and methodological dimensions of education to shape a realistic appraisal of the present and a forecast for the future. Our intent is to bring together leaders in education, business, academia, and government in a conference environment organized around these themes to produce significant new ideas, perspectives, and initiatives.

Conference program at http://www.education-2008.org/