Speakers for this event

• Algernon Loire (rl: Elizabeth Stricker)

  Algernon Loire (rl: Elizabeth Stricker)

• Delightful Doowangle (rl: Barbara Truman)

  Delightful Doowangle (rl: Barbara Truman)

  UCF Graduate Faculty & Simulation Researcher

  Dr. Barbara Truman serves as a Strategic Advisor for Immersive Learning & Collaboration in the University of Central Florida’s Institute for Simulation & Training in Orlando. At UCF, Barbara founded an award-winning department representing Online@UCF. Her background is in Instructional Systems Design, Human Performance Technology, and Computer Science, Emerging Media. Barbara has also served as the Community Manager for the US Army's Military Open Simulation Enterprise Strategy (MOSES) Project.

  UCF Graduate Faculty & Simulation Researcher

• Frankie Antonelli (rl: Francisca Yonekura)

  Frankie Antonelli (rl: Francisca Yonekura)

• JJ Drinkwater (rl: JJ Jacobson)

  JJ Drinkwater (rl: JJ Jacobson)

  Sci-Fi Librarian

  JJ Drinkwater is a Virtual Librarian in a Real World, or a Real Librarian in a Virtual World, or both, or neither. Curatorial experience includes the real & imaginary 19th c, American Culinary History, and Speculative Fiction. Current research is Interactive/Immersive/Improvisatory Narrative in Virtual Environments.

  Sci-Fi Librarian

• Lyn Skylark (rl: Kathy Flitter)

  Lyn Skylark (rl: Kathy Flitter)

• Lyr Lobo (rl: Cynthia Colongne)

  Lyr Lobo (rl: Cynthia Colongne)

  OSCC Co-Chair, Professor

  Dr. Cynthia Calongne, aka Lyr Lobo, is a Professor at Colorado Technical University and CCCOnline. She taught 52 university classes held in virtual worlds and conducts virtual world research at Virtual Harmony. As a software engineer, she worked with Air Force Space Command and with the U.S. Space Foundation during the Space Shuttle Challenger crash. A pioneer for 3D immersive education and games for change, she received the Thinkerer award at the 2017 Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education, and her team won the $25,000 Grand Prize in the Federal Virtual World Challenge for their space simulation the Mars Expedition Strategy Challenge. Slides: https://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/presentations

  URL http://bit.ly/ccalongne

  OSCC Co-Chair, Professor

• Spinoza Quinnell (rl: Andrew Stricker)

  Spinoza Quinnell (rl: Andrew Stricker)

  Dr. Andrew Stricker is an education innovation analyst with Air University’s LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education. In this position he conducts research in future concepts and advances in cognitive sciences and artificial intelligence for innovative applications in professional military education. His research addresses augmented cognition and developmental growth in reflective mindsets and contemplative practices. Andrew also engages in collaborative design of assistive immersive 3D virtual and augmented reality simulations for helping to improve complex problem-solving among teams. His graduate work was conducted at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas and Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. He is a member of the American Psychological Association. In 2020 he was elected to the Board of Directors of the International Board of Standards in Performance, Training and Instruction (IBSTPI).

  URL https://vharmonyarts.com/