Resources

The following resources are centered around interests related to:

Financial Education
Instructional Design
Virtual Worlds
General Use of Technology in Education

Happening Now

Virtual Worlds Conferences:

OpenSimulator Community Conference - December 8-9, 2018

The OpenSimulator Community Conference is an annual conference that focuses on the developer and user community creating the OpenSimulator software. Organized as a joint production by Core Developers of OpenSimulator and AvaCon, Inc., the conference features a day of presentations, panels, keynote sessions, and social events across diverse sectors of the OpenSimulator user base.

The OpenSimulator Community Conference 2018 features a series of dynamic short presentations and panels that spotlight the best of the OpenSimulator platform and community.

Pix-Elated OSCC 2018-Cheryl Moore.pdf

Pix-Elated(TM) - Building Positive Habits for Future Financial Well-Being

Slide Deck from OSCC 2018 Presentation

12th Annual Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education - April 4-6, 2019 - Theme : re:Vision

This conference offers an opportunity to learn about the current and potential use of virtual worlds and best practices for using in education.

The VWBPE Conference is a completely virtual conference that is conducted using simulated environments. Participants experience the conference through a virtual reality type setting including conference rooms, theatres, exposition halls, meeting spaces, and other types of venues similar to a brick and mortar type conference.

The conference is free to attend. The cost of the conference is covered by sponsorship and donations.

vwbpe.org/

Innovative Work in the Field

Technology and Financial Education

SEFCU's Institute for Financial Well-Being is innovating education of financial concepts with youth. STEM/STEAM subjects are incorporated, and their work is aligned with National and Common Core standards.

Virtual Worlds in Patient Care

Burn Patients Find Relief in a Virtual World

This story is an inspiring example of innovation in patient care and boundless exploration of using virtual worlds.

Professional Associations

Association for Financial Counseling & Planning Education (R) (AFCPE)

This association is highly connected to the concept of non-profits, with a community-based approach toward impacting individual lives through financial education. With a comprehensive approach to educators and individuals, there are several resources for professional development and standards, and personal financial management tools.

A variety of specialized certification programs are available.

www.afcpe.org/

National Financial Educators Council (NFEC)

The NFEC offers a certification program for educators of financial programs. There is an initial fee, as well as an annual fee, and all materials are provided to educators for continuing education while maintaining updated certification.

www.financialeducatorscouncil.org/

National Association for Media Literacy Education

The NAMLE vision is to see media literacy be highly valued by all and widely practiced as an essential life skill for the 21st Century. (NAMLE.net/about)

Online Learning Consortium

The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) is a collaborative community of higher education leaders and innovators, dedicated to advancing quality digital teaching and learning experiences designed to reach and engage the modern learner – anyone, anywhere, anytime. (OnlineLearningConsortium.org/home)

Quality Matters Instructional Designers Association

The QM Instructional Designers Association Mission is to promote and improve the quality of online education and student learning through instructional design practice by providing professional development opportunities to strengthen instructional design practice, building community, networking, and fostering mentoring opportunities, promoting quality standards-based practice informed by research and sharing best practices. (ida.qualitymatters.org/aboutus)

Virtual World Industry Resources

Hypergrid Business

Hypergrid Business is an online publication indexed by Google News that covers enterprise uses of immersive virtual reality environments and virtual worlds, with more than 195 contributing writers and industry experts. (Hypergrid Business/About Us)

This resource exposes practitioners to a multitude of information and opportunities to participate in the virtual world community.

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