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Virtual Round Table Symposium

On Sunday 29 April, the SIG took part in the ​10th
Virtual Reality symposium​. Our speakers were
Sarah Rogerson, Raquel Ribeiro and Heike Philp
(the conference organiser). They gave versions of
their talks and workshops from our PCE in
Brighton. In addition, there was a presentation by
The Alchemist team of Öznur Özdal, Ege Kumlalı,
who presented their educational game that takes
advantage of the immersive structure of VR and
creates an exciting and unique experience for the
language learners. The demo has a magical

theme that provides three different levels with
three different modes of interaction to teach
players Spanish vocabulary. This game was the
winning application of a Hackathon in Istanbul by
Goethe Institut. The winners were invited to
present their VR game in Berlin.

For those who missed it the recordings are available here:

Sarah Rogerson​: ​The potential for VR and AR in the language classroom (55min)
http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/pklbetpkmc7i/

Raquel Ribeiro: Integrating Virtual Reality to EFL teaching (35min)
http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/pem3Q97csdxx/

Heike Philp: Back to the future: From virtual worlds to virtual reality (24min)
http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/pc3pspzxrful/

Öznur and Ege: The Alchemist (32min)
http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p77mtx9pivs9/

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