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SLanguages 2008: Virtual Conference Explores New Frontiers in Language Learning
Barcelona, Spain, 17 March 2008 - - SLanguages 2008 is a 24-hour multilingual conference to celebrate and investigate the use of 3D virtual worlds for language education. The event will be held in Second Life on 23-24 May 2008...
Conference Description
SLanguages 2008 is the second annual conference that brings together practitioners and researchers in the field of language education in Second Life for a 24-hour event to celebrate languages and cultures within the 3D virtual world. The conference is a forum for practitioners, researchers and consultants to share experiences and advance the body of knowledge in the sphere.
For more information on the SLanguages conference or to learn more about language education in virtual worlds, contact Gavin Dudeney or visit www.slanguages.net.
What Attendees Said in 2008
"SLanguages 2008 represented a high-water mark for Second Life based educational conferences. It was well-organized, well-executed, and highly effective. The presentations were relevant, well-chosen, and provided an excellent representation of where education is and will be in Second Life. SLanguages 2009 is on my calendar already. SLanguages and EduNation rock!" - Chris Surridge, The eLearning Project.
"SLanguages 2008 was even better than last year and showed that language education in virtual worlds has come of age! It was just fantastic to see so many great examples of how virtual worlds are changing the way we learn languages" - Howard Vickers, Avatar Languages.
What Attendees Said in 2007
“Thank you for the "all-in-all" excellent organization of SLanguages 2007!”
“An inspiring event. It was great to see educators from across the globe generously sharing their experience - an illustration in itself of the educational benefits of SL!”
“One day seminars have inherent difficulties in real life: there’s only room for 4/5 sessions so how broad / deep? One dud session can cast a pall over the whole day etc. This held up VERY well. Congrats.”
“An inspiring event. It was great to see educators from across the globe generously sharing their experience - an illustration in itself of the educational benefits of SL!”
“I was excited to be part of this conference. I can't help thinking that, in the future, we'll look back on it as the start (or part of the start) of something important in education.”
“Would love to see this event happen next year...and the next...and the next...;)”
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Contact
Gavin Dudeney
The Consultants-E
c/ Cerámica 54
08035 Barcelona
Spain
gavin.dudeney@theconsultants-e.com
www.theconsultants-e.com
Dudeney Ge (Avatar in Second Life)
