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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 the
conference organiser, Heike Philp . 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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