Virtual Worlds at Virtual Conferences

Autor/in	Stevens, Vance
Titel	Virtual Worlds at Virtual Conferences
Quelle	In: TESL-EJ, 25 (2021) 1, (32 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1072-4303
Schlagwörter	Conferences (Gatherings); Virtual Classrooms; Videoconferencing; Computer Mediated Communication; Distance Education; Emergency Programs; COVID-19; Pandemics; Simulated Environment; English (Second Language); Language Teachers; Models + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computerkonferenz; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Hilfsprogramm; Künstliche Umwelt; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Analogiemodell
Abstract	With the onset of COVID-19 and the continuing need to move both teaching and professional encounters online, novel approaches providing effective ways of doing both are gaining increasing attention. There was of course considerable work being done in virtual worlds long before COVID-19 became a factor, but now that it is becoming the norm for conferences once held exclusively face to face to be moved entirely online, there is renewed interest. As should be obvious, developments in classroom approaches to remote teaching can be modeled for teachers in virtual conferences, and virtual worlds modeled in virtual conferences can conversely serve as models for virtual classrooms, and even for other virtual conferences. Here, we take a look at online versions of major conferences, in particular the TESOL 2021 Virtual Conference just ended, and the parallel track implemented and managed by the CALL-IS Interest Section in TESOL. The latter included several presentations featuring the virtual worlds Second Life, OpenSim, and Minecraft. This article suggests that, apart from how such presentations are aimed at showing language teachers ways they might incorporate virtual worlds into their online or blended teaching, organizers of major conferences would do well to borrow from what presenters are modeling at their events. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	TESL-EJ. e-mail: editor@tesl-ej.org; Web site: http://tesl-ej.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01