Recap of the 2023 VWBPE conference on Second Life

Presenters: Dr. William Schmachtenberg (Dae Miami SL) and Linda Morris Kelley, BA (Delia Lake SL)

From March 23 to 25, 2023, The VWBPE (Virtual Worlds Best Practice in Education) conference on Second Life was held. This is the largest online free conference for educators ever held. I have been going to these conferences for many years, but come to my talk to find out why Dae thought this was the best VWBPE conference ever held! The metaverse was the dominant theme of the conference, and our own Delia Lake gave a tour of wetlands during the conference. The networking with technicians as well as educators was very useful in planning a science project involving a virtual field trip to the Jurassic simulation that I am doing with the staff on Dinosaur Ridge in Colorado.