Call for proposals

Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education (VWBPE)

The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education (www.vwbpe.org) is a grass-roots community conference. We have already received some excellent submissions but we would like more!  The submission deadline is February 15, 2012.

To encourage the production of user created games and the growth of a community of educators, researchers, and students who use and create games and simulations, VWBPE has a Games and Simulation stream.

Presentations that encompass the following are encouraged:

Digital Game- Based Learning
Haptics
Augmented Reality
MMORPGs
Role-play
World of Warcraft
League of Legends
EVE Online
Minecraft
SWTOR
Glitch

As well as Poster Displays that show the following:

Mini-Game
Short quick play digital games that are designed for multiple iterations. An example would be a puzzle, board game, or quick quiz show all contained in a virtual world.

Game within a Game
Short game contained within another digital game. An example would be a user created questline in City of Heroes or World of Warcraft. This could also be an adventure or competition within  Minecraft.

Role-play
Games that require players to login to a specific virtual location and actively play key roles or characters during the game while others are also acting out roles. These may include a free flowing extemporaneous style that does not necessarily need to have a win/lose conclusion.

Simulation
Games that model specific situations virtually that the player may face in real life. Examples would include business meetings, ordering food in a restaurant, flying a plane, or operating on a patient.

Guild Structure/Badges/Pointification
This category focuses on the use of various digital tools for motivating the player to continue play and/or  received feedback on progress.

Other
This category can include any game or simulation that does not fit the categories above. This may be a NPIRL ( Not Possible in Real Life) scenario that is played as a game or simulation, a scenario created from a novel, historical recreation or anything else that involves play.

We do also want to encourage submissions for the Machinma Fest (http://www.vwbpe.org/calls/machinima)

VWBPE is a free online conference, organized and run by volunteers. While most activities will happen in the virtual world, Second Life, presentations and field trips can be scheduled for other parts of the metaverse and MMORPGs – contact the Program committee – [email protected] for any questions or more information.

Kae Novak

VWBPE Program Committee
www.vwbpe.org

@vwbpe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNwtfVg6RH4

To submit proposals, please go to: http://conf.vwbpe.org

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