iED EUROPE: The European Chapter of Immersive Education

Welcome to iED Europe, the European Chapter of the Immersive Education Initiative. iED Europe is a regional chapter of the Immersive Education Initiative. iED Europe's Board of Governors liaise directly with the international Immersive Education Initiative and the Initiative's governing bodies to support the growth of Immersive Education around the world. Membership to iED Europe is free and open to the entire European academic community.

Chapters, such as iED Europe, constitute the geographically distributed structure of the Initiative through which regional and local members are supported and enriched. Chapters organize officially sanctioned iED Summits, workshops, collaborations, seminars, lectures, forums, meetings, technical groups, technical work items, research, and much more.

The Immersive Education Initiative is a non-profit international collaboration of universities, colleges, research institutes, consortia and companies that are working together to define and develop open standards, best practices, platforms, and communities of support for virtual reality and game-based learning and training systems. Thousands of faculty, researchers, staff, administrators and students are members of the Immersive Education Initiative, which is growing at the rate of approximately 100 new members every month...   .:: MORE ::.

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JUCS

2nd European Immersive Education Summit

The 2nd European Immersive Education Summit will be held in Paris on 26th and 27th November 2012 at the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (EnsAD). EnsAD has the mission to provide artistic, scientific and technical training for creative designers engaged in design and research in all aspects of the decorative arts. ENSAD is involved in research on the creation of artistic and shared online spaces, exploring the aesthetic and sociological implications of immersive 3D environments. The summit will build on this theme, exploring how virtual spaces can be used for innovative forms of teaching and learning, fostering creativity and artistic expression. This will be rooted in new technological developments in the fields of virtual, augmented and mixed reality. There will also be a strong emphasis on pedagogy and effective design and evaluation of solutions, with case studies from active practitioners in this emerging cross-disciplinary domain.
Details, deadlines and submission instructions are available here.
     
     
JUCS ........ iED SUMMIT 2012 CALL FOR PAPERS

Call for Papers - Immersive Virtual Worlds for academic, organizational, and life-long learning

The Journal of Universal Computer Science (J.UCS) would like to invite potential authors to submit their original and sound work on immersive virtual worlds for educational purpose in primary, secondary, tertiary and life-long learning settings for publication in an Special Issue. The Journal of Universal Computer Science is a high-quality electronic publication that deals with all aspects of computer science and is one of the oldest electronic journals... .:: MORE ::.  		  

iED SUMMIT 2012 CALL FOR PAPERS

The Immersive Education Initiative has issued an open call for papers for iED SUMMIT 2012 ("iED 2012"). Boston College will host the three-day iED Summit from June 14-16. Speakers at past iED Summits have included faculty, researchers, and administrators from Grid Institute, Boston College, Harvard University, MIT, Stanford, Loyola, The Smithsonian, U.S. Department of Education, NASA... .:: MORE ::.
     
     

iED Europe		 ........ iED 2011 : MADRID, SPAIN

iED EUROPE LAUNCHED

During his opening statements at iED 2011, Aaron E. Walsh, Director of the Immersive Education Initiative, announced the new European Chapter and Board of Governors. Chapters constitute the geographically distributed structure of the Initiative through which regional and local members are supported and enriched...   .:: MORE ::.		  

1st European Immersive Education Summit

The Immersive Education Initiative has issued an open call for the first European Immersive Education Summit (iED Summit). Universidad Carlos III de Madrid will host the two-day iED Summit from 28th to 29th November 2011 in Madrid, Spain...  .:: MORE ::.
     
     
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iED NEWS

PSYCHOLOGICALLY BENEFICIAL

The Immersive Education Initiative's Psychology of Immersive Environments Technology Working Group today issued an open call for psychologically beneficial immersive environments...  .:: MORE ::.		  

iED NEWS

Keep up to date on the rapid growth of Immersive Education through the International Immersive Education Initiative news center and events page, the European Chapter's news center and events page, the "Inside Scoop" iED Twitter feed, and iED Weekly Paper.
     
     
iED 2011 BOSTON ........ NASA at iED 2011

iED 2011

The Immersive Education Initiative has opened registration for iED SUMMIT 2011 ("iED 2011"). Boston College will host the three-day iED Summit from May 13-15. Speakers at past iED Summits have included faculty, researchers, and administrators from Grid Institute, Boston College, Harvard University, MIT, Stanford, Loyola, The Smithsonian, U.S. Department of Education, NASA...   .:: MORE ::.		  

NASA Immersive Education

Dr. Daniel Laughlin, NASA Learning Technologies project manager, will be the opening keynote at the Immersive Education 2011 Boston Summit (iED 2011) this May. Laughlin's keynote address examines the current and rapid transition from "virtual" to "immersive" education...  .:: MORE ::.
     
     
iED K-12 GROUP ........ iED 3D/VR: Create Once, Experience Everywhere

iED K-12 GROUP ANNOUNCED

The Immersive Education Initiative's K-12 Technology Working Group (K12.TWG) is chartered to define, evolve and maintain a range of immersive learning experiences (virtual worlds, learning games, simulators and mixed/augmented learning experiences), best practices, guides, tutorials and communities of support for primary and secondary education. Educators are invited to...   .:: MORE ::.		  

Create Once, Experience Everywhere™

The Immersive Education Initiative has unveiled iED 3D/VR™, the open and royalty-free cross-platform 3D/VR mesh file format that enables 3D and virtual reality (3D/VR) content to be created once and experienced across a range of virtual worlds, games, simulators and mixed/augmented reality applications. The culmination of over 2 years of work, iED 3D/VR is...  .:: MORE ::.
     
     
iED 2010 In Review ........
2010 Boston Summit Outcomes

2010 IN REVIEW

The Immersive Education Initiative released a summary of annual progress made by the non-profit international collaboration for the year 2010. The report is organized into three categories: 1) Notable Events and Activities in 2010, 2) Notable "Inside Scoop" Twitter items in 2010, and 3) Notable iED Member Discussions in 2010...  .:: MORE ::.		  

iED 2010 OUTCOMES POSTED

The Immersive Education Initiative has posted outcomes of the 2010 Boston Summit that convened at Boston College through special arrangement with the Woods College of Advancing Studies...  .:: MORE ::.
     
     

iED EUROPE SPOTLIGHT : VIRTUAL INCUBATOR WORLD

Entrepreneurship Training in OpenWonderland: The Virtual Incubator World is a Virtual World especially designed for start-up entrepreneurs and also business incubators by the AEMT research group of the Graz University of Technology as part of the European project “Cross Border Virtual Incubator”.  For more information click here.

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