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10 Years Later

As Rockcliffe University Consortium is quickly coming to the end of its 10th year, we have an opportunity to look back and consider all the friends we’ve made, the creativity we have inspired, the good we have done for our community, and the people we have helped along the way. We here at Rockcliffe are looking forward to another 10 years of transforming education and providing opportunities for people to learn, play, and serve.

As we celebrate this special time of year with friends and family, I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone all the best on their successes and encouragement on your plans for the new year. May the new year be prosperous, filled with new challenges, and all your new year’s resolutions be successful.

All my best for you and yours.

Sincerely,
Kevin Feenan
President
Rockcliffe University Consortium

Rockcliffe has two Director openings on our Board of Directors to advise and assist with community development between Rockcliffe and higher education institutions and technology companies.

These volunteer opportunities would allow an interested person to initiate and maintain effective relationship and to ensure that the consortium grows in influence, size and usefulness to its members.

The ideal candidate is a persistent, self-starter, and creative individual who will learn about Rockcliffe member needs, maintain current knowledge of Rockcliffe services, and work to raise awareness about Rockcliffe within higher-education communities.

To find out more, please see the following pages

Board Member: Higher Education Advisor

Board Member: Technology Advisor

Rockcliffe’s events and services are supported by dozens of volunteers throughout North America and Europe. Member involvement is vital to the success of the association.

Rockcliffe members have the unique opportunity to engage in service with other members internationally while impacting trends, issues and services available for educational professionals.

We look forward to your interest in helping Rockcliffe provide better service to the educational community.

With the Rockcliffe University Conference on education and technology coming up next month, our on-site registrations closed as of September 30. While we will not be taking any more on-site registrations, there is still an opportunity for people to register as virtual attendees up to Sunday November 4th.

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Register by November 4 to guarantee your place!

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Some sessions, like our keynotes, will be streamed live from our venue, including opportunities to engage with the presenters in real-time through our mobile friendly conference site. Those attending the conference virtually can expect to see:

• Keynotes
  • “Learning for the Future: Tinkering with the Schema of School” with Dr. Pamela Redmond, Touro University
  • “To Boldly Go: Education, Technology, and Captain Kirk” with Dr. Chris Haskell from  Boise State University
• Hands on Play sessions with a focus on Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) allowing users to create, share and reuse interactive online content; and
• InfoGraphic Sessions

If you couldn’t join us physically in San Francisco, considering joining us a virtual attendee.

Read about Staying Relevant 

Register for the Conference

The Annual Rockcliffe University Consortium Conference (RUCC) is happening November 9-10, 2018 at the historic Fort Mason Center near San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf.

Registration has been extended to September 30th, including options for student rates to kick off the new academic year. Space however is limited as the conference is filling up quickly.

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Register today to guarantee your place before they are all gone!

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Attendees can expect a dynamic mixture of sessions, excursions, and critical discussion, all around the topic of innovative technology and its application to education at all levels, and how the two can impact our students’ preparedness for the digital world and a continually disrupted job market. Those attending the conference in-person can expect to see:

• Keynotes
  • “Learning for the Future: Tinkering with the Schema of School” with Dr. Pamela Redmond, Touro University
  • “To Boldly Go: Education, Technology, and Captain Kirk” with Dr. Chris Haskell from  Boise State University
• Experiential Play sessions that focus on how the learning experience is influenced by the learning environment, including an opportunity to experience the California Academy of Sciences;
• Workshop sessions that will focus on innovating the way we teach;
• Hands on Play sessions with a focus on Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) allowing users to create, share and reuse interactive online content; and
• Roundtable sessions on deconstructing experiential learning components and how they impact on learning.

On-site attendees will get the most of the conference. However, if you can’t join us physically in San Francisco you can still register as a virtual attendee. Some sessions, like our keynotes, will be streamed live from our venue, including opportunities to engage with the presenters in real-time through our mobile friendly conference site.

On-site seating is limited, so you should register for the conference now before we sell out.

Read about Staying Relevant 

View our Conference Schedule

Register for the Conference

Rockcliffe University Consortium and our charming host Renne Emiko Brock (Zinnia Zauber) are pleased to have Dick Dillon (Coughran Mayo) as this month’s guest July 11, 2018, at 3:00 PM SLT. 

Join us at the Rotunda, Rockcliffe Library or watch live on Rockcliffe’s YouTube channel (with many archived videos to revisit!)

 

 

SLURL: https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Rockcliffe%20Library/243/12/29

Live Stream: https://gaming.youtube.com/urockcliffe 

Dick also appeared on Inside Avatar Studio: Season 2 on July 27, 2011! 
http://www.avatarstudio.info/season-2/dick-dillon-ngut-ohs/

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Joining us August 8th, is the team behind the incredible feature documentary “Our Digital Selves: My Avatar is me” (embodiment and placemaking in virtual worlds) with Bernhard Drax, Tom Boellstorff & Donna Davis. Full feature film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQw02-me0W4&feature=youtu.be  

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Producer: Bevan Whitfield (Elisa Butler)

 

Rockcliffe University Consortium Conference Program Nov 9-10 2018 
Fort Mason Arts & Culture, San Francisco
Recharge Your Profession at the Future Present! #RUCC 

The Future Present Tentative Conference Program: 
https://rucc.confcenter.org/2018futurepresent/for-attendees/schedule/
https://rucc.confcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Future-Present-Tentative-Conference-Program.pdf

Learning for the Future, Experiential Learning & Mixing Realities, Digital Citizenship through Immersive Learning, Achieving Virtually Real Accessibility, Transformative Digital Storytelling, Mobile Technology in Clinical Orientations, AR/VR…

Presentations & workshops with instructional developers, researchers, designers, educators, and librarians; field trips & excursions…

Registration closes August 31, 2018! 
https://shops.urockcliffe.com/product/rucc-2018-registration/

Don’t miss out on all the fun! Use your Professional membership discount and join us in San Francisco!  Rockcliffe University Professional Member https://urockcliffe.com/membership/

Consider Sponsorship! https://rucc.confcenter.org/2018futurepresent/for-sponsors/

Conference Venue: Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture https://fortmason.org
Conference Hotel: Holiday Inn SanFrancisco Fisherman’s Wharf (online booking Group Code: RUC)  https://rucc.confcenter.org/2018futurepresent/venue-information/

Infographic Guidelines & Submissions, Tracks, Free Design Tools & Resouces
Categories: Research, Project & Non-Profit Education Support Community https://rucc.confcenter.org/2018futurepresent/for-presenters/rucc-2018-infographics-guidelines/

Nearby Attractions:  California Academy of Sciences, Exploratorium, Maritime National Historic Park and Fisherman’s Wharf, Ghirardelli Square, Alcatraz Island…
https://rucc.confcenter.org/2018futurepresent/venue-information/nearby-attractions/

Live or Virtual Participation? Compare and Decide https://rucc.confcenter.org/2018futurepresent/for-attendees/live-or-virtual/

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The Journal of Virtual Studies is a peer-reviewed, free and open access publication sponsored by the Rockcliffe University Consortium. Its main aim is to feature work that examines knowledge emergence in virtual spaces, whether they be web 2.0 or 3D applications. In order to receive publication notices, please register at the website. The Journal of Virtual Studies is constantly evolving, just like the work of those who can imagine that horizon. Teachers, academics, practitioners, and others engaged in the use of any virtual space for education, research, or training, are encouraged to submit proposals to the journal.

Every year, the Journal of Virtual Studies publishes a special edition for the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education conference proceedings. All papers and presentations were peer-reviewed with the same level of care as journal papers typically are, convening an additional editorial staff to assist in the process. Vol 9, No 2 (2018) has now been published and can be downloaded here.

The journal features work from a variety of communities who took up the VRevolution challenge. Also available in this issue are links to keynote videos, a spotlight on this year’s Thinkerer Award winner, and papers highlighting the topics shared at each of the Quadrivium sessions.