A great network to follow is the Counsellor Education in Second Life (CESL) group, which as the group name suggests, explores the use of virtual worlds relevant to counselling. For more information, please refer to their website: http://sl.counseloreducation.org/
To date the CESL has run a number of in-world workshops and two very successful in-world conferences. These conferences have involved the exploration of virtual world usage in counsellor education and therapy, as well as using it simply as a delivery platform to explore topics unrelated to virtual worlds.
Virtual worlds are a great way to bring the international community together for conferences, without the cost of travel. Although "jet lag" can still occur because of the global time dynamics. But a bit of give and take means that we all take turns in day and night attendance!
The following links are the 2009 and 2010 CESL conference programs, to give you a better idea of what sessions were available at these events:To date the CESL has run a number of in-world workshops and two very successful in-world conferences. These conferences have involved the exploration of virtual world usage in counsellor education and therapy, as well as using it simply as a delivery platform to explore topics unrelated to virtual worlds.
Virtual worlds are a great way to bring the international community together for conferences, without the cost of travel. Although "jet lag" can still occur because of the global time dynamics. But a bit of give and take means that we all take turns in day and night attendance!
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| Getting Together as a Group |
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| Looking at a Concept in 3D |
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| Becoming a Concept and Participating in an Activity |
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| Exploring Traditional and Virtual Concepts |
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| Presentation on the Counselling Theorists Project |
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| Experiencing the Theorist Project 2010 This was the fun finale for the 2010 conference: fireworks and dancing:   |
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