Metanomics Community Forum guest Botgirl Questi (and her typist, David Elfanbaum,) lead off today at 2pm PDT, providing the keynote for the 2011 Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education conference. VWBPE has become a celebrated annual event, with the Lindens providing twenty Second Life regions to house the multitude of speakers and exhibits which provide an exciting view of the innovation possible when virtual worlds are the platform. Many of the programs will be broadcast this year by Metanomics Media Partner, Treet.tv, providing access to those limited to attendance via the web as well as an excellent archive.

Speakers featured that have appeared on either Metanomics or the Community Forum and are listed below.
Intersections International: The Veteran- Civilian Dialogues
Professor Allen Partridge
Andrew Hughes:Product Based Virtual Spaces for College Recruiting
Robin Teigland: Going Live: Innovating Business Education through Virtual Worlds
Maria Korolov: Our HyperGrid Future
Barry Joseph: A Funeral For Teen Second Life
Cynthia Calongne: Designing Simulations and Games: Design Tips and Tricks
Jon Brouchoud: Best Practices in Virtual Architecture for Education-Related Projects
Alice Krueger; Ann Ludwig: Accessible Presentations: Comparing RL and VW

Metanomics Community and Team Members are involved in several presentations:
Leveraging Virtual Professional Networks: The Science Circle as a Case Study in Best Practices
Building Activities for Engagement in Second Life
John Carter McKnight: Digital Literacy and the Death of Community: Implications for Education
waartza quixote: Reinventing English as a Language Teaching. Again.
Elisabeth Hayes; John McKnight: Learning about Community in Virtual Worlds
Featured Speaker: Mal Burns
Joel Foner: How to Create the Universal Immersive Teaching Toolkit
Bill Krebs: Virtual World Tour of Jibe

Please forgive me if I’ve missed anyone. Bring it to my attention please (jennfor@gmail.com) and I’ll update this list. Questions regarding how to view or attend can be answered here.
And remember to join Metanomics on Thursday, March 24th for a special Live Broadcast from GameTech.