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Education in the Metaverse: Reflections on the Art of the Possible

​Advances in technology skyrocketed interest in virtual reality (VR) for educational development. Virtual worlds give students the power of creation, and VR makes it feel personal. Join us as we reflect on how to bridge XR content in 3D education and share your dreams for the future of immersive education.  Keynote recording (https://youtu.be/h-oEY2c5OrU) 

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Dr. Cynthia Calongne

Professor, Parker University
Center along with Author, Kae Novak and Author and Co-Editor, Dr. Barbara Truman from eLCC 2016 Conference
Integrating an Awareness of Selfhood and Society in Virtual Learning 



Biography

Cynthia Calongne (Lyr Lobo) is a Professor at Parker University in Dallas, Texas where she is the extended reality (XR) faculty champion, and an instructor at CCCOnline and CTU Doctoral Studies. She is a pioneer for learning in virtual worlds and investigated alternative designs for virtual reality (VR) interfaces in 1995-97. She taught 55 university classes in Second Life (SL) and OpenSimulator and mentored 800+ 8th grade students during their virtual world classes.
 
In 2010, her team won the $25,000 grand prize for the Mars Expedition, and in 2017, she received the Thinkerer Award at VWBPE for service to virtual world education. 
 
Calongne conducts research at Virtual Harmony (VH), a community devoted to learning, leadership, and character strengths through VR, 3D games, and simulations. Her recent work focuses on testing their VH Oculus Quest 2 app and studying multiplayer VR design strategies.

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Contact Info

Dr. Cynthia Calongne, Parker University, CCCOnline, and Colorado Technical University
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lyrlobo
Thinkerer Award Recipient, 2017 Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education
CynthiaCalongne@Parker.edu
https://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/presentations and https://bit.ly/ccalongne
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthiacalongne/
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calongne@pcisys.net

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