Published: October 17, 2020 by Dr. Pat Franks

Symposium 9 a.m. – 12 noon SLT (Pacific) | Keynotes 9 a.m. – 10 a.m.

 
Donna Z. Davis, PhD, APR / Tredi Felisimo in SL
Associate Professor and Director
Strategic Communication Master’s Program
Oregon Reality (OR) Lab
University of Oregon
School of Journalism * Communication | Portland

Keynote: The Canyon Crossing: XR and inAccessibility

Emerging immersive technologies have long been touted as the next great moment for equity and inclusion. And, while many people experience extraordinary opportunity and connection in game spaces and social virtual words such as Second Life, the technological gaps experienced in the next generation of immersive tech continue to be challenged. Promise is still on the horizon, but the bridge-building has proven harder and slower than expected. This presentation will address both that promise and the challenges ahead.  

Fengfeng Ke, PhD / 123lily Artful in SL
Professor
Department of Educational Psychology & Learning Systems
College of Education
Florida State University

Keynote: Adaptive Training & Data-driven Tracking Representational Flexibility in a Virtual Reality-based Learning Environment

This presentation will highlight a design-based research project on individualized training of representational flexibility for STEM+C reasoning and problem solving among adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. The adaptive learning program, called Force and Motion–Adaptive Representation (FM-AR), trains participants how to develop motion/interaction simulations in the 3D virtual reality. FM-AR also provides adaptive training for representational competence development via (a) individualized design of representational-practice tasks; (b) tracking of representational performance via multimodal learner data mining. 

Location: VCARA XR Research Center in Second Life: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SJSU%20SLIS/217/128/33