HIE – Celebrating the many languages of OpenSimulator
Three members of the Hypergrid International Expo organizing team will be discussing unique aspects of this celebration of the languages of the hypergrid.
Moderator – Heike Philp
Panelists:
Mal Burns
James Lloyd
Thirza Ember
Speakers
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Heike Philp (Poster booth #20)Heike Philp is an immersive language education specialist and teacher of German based in Germany. Philp co-initiated five European funded projects to develop accredited and certified teacher training courses for language teaching and learning in real-time at a distance. These EU Projects are LANCELOT, AVALON, CAMELOT, GUINEVERE and EXCALIBUR. Philp is co-founder and organiser of DaFWEBKON, an online conference for teachers of German and her research interest lies in using AI Companions as a language coach in virtual environments.
http://vlanguages.pbworks.com/w/page/118343718/vLanguages%20Wiki
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Mal Burns (Poster Booth #2)Mal Burns is host of the “Inworld Review” – a weekly news and discussion program mostly focused on the hypergrid which has been running for over 15 years. Mal has used virtual environments for nearly two decades, is concerned about user interfaces in general and has a wealth of media and design experience behind him. In the organic sphere he is now retired and uses his experience to deploy and promote immersive spaces. He also has a twitter stream (@malburns) which provides news links on a daily basis.
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James Lloyd / James AtlloudAvaCon volunteer staff member and fan of Open Simulator. Also does a weekly webcast with Mal Burns.
