Chat Log: IEA Leadership Team: October 7, 2003

Attending: Margaret Corbit (queenbee), Cinzia Gandini (Cinzia), Mark D. Puterbaugh (vbi1), Susan Katarzis (Susan K), Larissa Gontjarow (Zola), Rafael Cecconello (Rafael C), Richard Giles (Rich), Mark Arnold (Markus)

Markus: we will wait a few minutes and then get started

Susan K.: Good to see everyone today.

Markus: more have responded that they will attend today

Markus: Hi Zola

Rich: Hi Z :)

Zola: hello

"Rafael": hi

Susan K.: Good afternoon. ;oD

Zola: hello Susan and rfael

Zola: rafael

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Zola: nice round table...;)

Markus: hehe...very original right

Rich: absolutely :)

Zola: works well

Markus: found your spot hey Mark

MarkofEU: finally

Markus: (to Rich) right

Markus: hehe

MarkofEU: A bit sluggish here!

Rich: *passes round coffee and biscuits*

"Rafael": ja

Rich: heh, it was EST and not PST, GMT or VRT right ?

Markus: well...we could get started...I had expected a few more people to arrive from their replies

Markus: I put the time in EST, but also mentioned EST was -4 GMT

Rich: well we could get started and post the transcript

Markus: right

Markus: lets do a brief into....Rafael you can start and we will head clockwise

"Shadow": hallo

"Rafael": ok

"Rafael": I dont know if everybody knows me or if i have to introduce myself?

Markus: go ahead and give a little intro..it will be good practice :-)

"Rafael": ok im Rafael Cecconello from córdoba, argentina

"Rafael": im working at Universidad Blas Pascal here in Argentina www.ubp.edu.ar

Markus: thanks Rafael

"Rafael": in our university we are members of a network of universities that speak spanish called universia

"Rafael": www.universia.net

Markus: thanks for the links

"Rafael": its important the context i think ;)

Markus: I agree

"Rafael": next?

Susan K.: Hello. I'm Susan Katarzis, a member of the Virtually Learning design team.

Markus: Welcome Susan

Susan K.: Zola? ;oD

Zola: Hello, I'm Larissa Gontjarow, also part of the Virtually Learning, team;)

Markus: The pace was too much for her

Zola: I'm mainly responsible for graphic and world design.

Zola: Marko..?

MarkofEU: I am Mark Puterbaugh, Informaton Services Librarian at Eastern University, ST. Davids PA. In charge of VBI our Library's world.

Markus: Glad you could make it today Larissa

Zola: :)

Markus: Thanks for coming Mark

MarkofEU: : )

Rich: Hi I'm Richard Giles, Technical Director for the Conference

Rich: also finder of lost leadership members :)

Zola: hehe

Rich: done

Markus: ...you need to keep looking :-)

Markus: Thanks Rich

Immigration Officer: You are being joined by queenbee.

Zola: ....and then we have Markus, of cource...?:)

Markus: I am Mark Arnold, retired teacher....and I am trying to provide leadership inspiration for the IEA

Markus: Hi Margaret

queenbee: hi all sorry for being late

Rich: Hi Margaret

Markus: that's fine...we are glad you made it....and just in time for your turn at an intro

"Rafael": ok lets continue

Markus: we just did our intro Margaret

queenbee: want one from me?

Markus: (to queenbee) please

queenbee: Hi I am Margaret Corbit, I work at the supercomputing center at Cornell Univ, US. I do outreach using VWs and focus on science and technology.

queenbee: I am running a Uni with worlds that link college students with teams of science fair exhibit builders at remote schools. I have a model for the program called SciFair.

Markus: (to queenbee) I think you know everyone....Rafael Cecconello from córdoba, argentina and a leader in this organization www.universia.net

Markus: Glad you could come Margaret

Markus: Several people are planning to be involved with planning as they can make it in....as always it is hard to get an international group to find a suitable time to all meet, and most of us have very busy schedules

Markus: We will post chats from these meeting. Also, I will post chats I have with individuals or email exchanges that relate to this effort. Lastly, we will have a discussion forum posted on the website later this week

"Rafael": ok

Markus: I would like to start, before heading on to the agenda items, by asking if their are initial questions about this effort.

Markus: *there

"Rafael": no

Markus: Margaret, Mark?

MarkofEU: Not yet!

Markus: if not then I will give a brief statement of goals we have talked about to date regarding the IEA

Markus: it is quite simple actually...

Markus: The primary purpose is to bring together educational institutions to form a network in which creative intercultural collaborations can take place..

Markus: ...a gathering and organizational structure that will help promote these intercultural collaboration, and a system for generating support to pursue initiatives within the group.

Markus: ...that is the general overview

Markus: questions?

Rich: thanks Markus

queenbee: do you plan a specific focus on digital communication, virtual worlds?

"Rafael": i understand Mark, how institutions present their initiatives to IEA

"Rafael": ?

"Rafael": do you think that language will be a problem for this project?

Rich: let me know if you want some help fielding these

Markus: Margaret > I feel that the IEA should focus on helping to facilitate collaborations between institutions (as a primary focus) regardless of technology or collaborative tools, but I would like to think this is a rich tool to try and inspire use of

Rich: I think language is always going to be a problem Rafael

Rich: although there has been some talk of translation tools

Markus: before I get to your question Rafael...I would like to say I am hoping that all of the leaders that we involve will help shape the goals and means for reaching those goals

Rich: It would be interesting to foster collaborations amongst groups such as Spanish speaking institutions and other groups as well as just English speaking

Markus: I also think that this issue of overcoming language barriers is part of this effort

Markus: As leaders how will we better enable intercultural education collaborations....?

Rich: by having bilingual members of the leadership able to take the lead and coordinate efforts ?

Markus: Rafael > as far as how will institutions propose initiative? We will plan to develop a proposal submission process as part of the website and as part of the agenda in leadership meetings

"Rafael": yes rich

"Rafael": ok mark

Markus: ...plus we will convey proposals to network members

Markus: Again...I think a proper function for the IEA is to help build the network and then to find means for supporting the goals and initiatives of the network.

Markus: The larger the network grows...the more likely it is to generate support for member initiatives I would think.

"Rafael": to accomplish these goals mark we have in short time we have to contact existing networks like, educause, universia and others

queenbee: yes, I was wondering what the relationship would be with something like educause?

Markus: Right...I have a large invite list already established for the Summit....I will send those invites out next Monday.....

Markus: I was waiting to ask today for input on groups that you might feel are essential to contact about this effort.

Rich: I would imagine that each entity would strengthen the other by cooperation and as such these organizations need to be invited to participate at every opportunity

Markus: There are several organizations that do things that are in harmony with this idea. I think it is critical that we find a way to work together with those groups. If you have connections with any such groups we should build on that.

Markus: Educause is on the invite list already :-), but I do not personally know anyone in that organization

"Rafael": queenbee like Mark say before here u have an organizational structure that will help promote these intercultural collaboration, and a system for generating support initiatives within the group

"Rafael": i this that OEA its important for this project

"Rafael": http://www.oas.org/

"Rafael": i know Mr. Paldao he is the director of technology

Rich: A good group to invite Rafael

"Rafael": ok

Markus: yes...that and other governmental agencies that promote international or intercultural initiatives are important to invite.

Rich: I think getting representatives of these groups to the Summit would be an important first step

"Rafael": i ll work on that

Markus: Is it clear what the primary goal(s) of the IEA are....and if so maybe this is a good time to move on to agenda item 2 > Summit Goals

"Rafael": ok

Rich: yes, let's move on

queenbee: yes and specifics about it's relationship to the real world meeting?

Markus: The Summit is timed to overlap with a conference presentation at the SIETAR conference in Austin, TX on November 21 (friday)...

Markus: (to Rich) please throw up the SIETAR link

Rich: k

Rich: http://www.sietarusa.org/

Rich: The actual timetable of events to occur during the live linkup is yet to be determined

Markus: SIETAR is a worldwide organization Society for Intercultural Education Training and Research. The conference in Texas is an arm of that organization SIETAR USA

Rich: but we will have approx 50 minutes of linkup time to utilize between the virtual and the 'real' conference

Markus: The organization has strong support for intercultural initiatives from many significant corporations and foundations.

queenbee: So Markus what is your involvement with SIETAR?

Markus: This is just one group that if inspired, could lend support to IEA initiatives as they develop

Markus: I have no direct affiliation with SIETAR

Markus: they simply are a group we feel could help facilitate reasons why our work here is important to education and the relationships in a global society

queenbee: thanks

Rich: We put forward an application to present at the SIETAR conference titled "MUVE-ing Between Worlds”: Fostering intercultural connections, collaborations, and communities; technology and its role in educating a global society.

Markus: This is central to the reasons why I came to AWEDU in the first place....

Markus: I do think this type of environment has strong and valuable purpose in helping educators and students think and grow in a more global sense

Rich: and therefore the Summit should follow a similar theme to that of the SIETAR presentation

Markus: Our thinking was, "What a powerful opportunity for many meaningful collaborations could arise from developing such a network.

queenbee: So would you like some of us to provide you with examples of international collabs so far in here?

Rich: that would be good, we have to determine the sequence of events during the summit and provide examples to the assembled delegates

Markus: Some networks like this already exist....our goal is to also show the additional benefits a tool like this could bring to such efforts

Rich: James Burke has agreed to keynote, although he is filming on location at the time of the conference

Rich: which presents us with an interesting technical challenge

Markus: Chris Dede has also talked about becoming involved and would consider speak at a future IEA event

Rich: we're going to have to bow out shortly to catch the shops

Markus: as well, I have made contact with a couple other leaders in this area (intercultural collaboration) that would like to become vocal supporters of this effort

Rich: So we have a 3 hour summit, with a keynote arranged and a 50 minute live hookup at the end, the rest remains open to planning

Markus: It seems that most critical is establishing a relationship with organizations that have already developed networks that can be integrated and enabled in using 3D technology

Markus: I won't dance around it say that my function here is to support the use of this technology....I know we all have some reservations about the fact that in doing so it seems to be we work as marketing agents for AW, but that is truly not my motivation

vetunimi: hello

Rich: We have also created spaces here on Unite for both delegates and existing AWEDU participants to display their work

Markus: Hi Cinzia

Rich: Hi CInzia :)

vetunimi: hi markus and rich

Zola: Hello, Cinzia

"Rafael": yes i the exibitors place its excelent

vetunimi: hi zola

Markus: (to vetunimi) I will email you the log after we are done...please try and join in

Rich: we can expand the exhibitors area as required and hope we find the need to :)

Immigration Officer: You are being joined by vetunimi.

vetunimi: ok thank u

vetunimi: thank you, when did it start

vetunimi: i had some work problem today

Markus: (to vetunimi) 1pm vrt

vetunimi: ok

vetunimi: maybe better to stick on vrt for next meetins

Markus: (to vetunimi) yes...I will do that next time

vetunimi: ok

"Rafael": so we have more than an hour left Mark

Markus: Well...I don't want to make the meeting too long, but we will meet here again next week at the same time 11am EST / 1pm VRT

Rich: So the goals of the summit seem clear, we have to determine the exact sequence of events for the summit itself and the people who wish to speak

"Rafael": no problem

Rich: yes, we need to go soon i'm afraid

vetunimi: same day?

Rich: same day, same place, same time :)

Markus: We also hope that as leaders we can all work to recruit people to attend....especially in terms of our international connections and connections with groups that would be good partners

vetunimi: yes i had some work prolems unfortunately but actually I thought it was starting at 6 pm gmt +1

Markus: please email me any invites that you would like sent out...or information about groups you feel I should contact directly.

Markus: I will make sure to include the VRT time next time...my mistake

"Rafael": ok

vetunimi: it's alright

vetunimi: I am not good with time zones

Rich: we will send out chat logs of the meetings anyways :)

Rich: ot post them on the site Markus ?

Markus: next week we would like to talk directly about the plan for the day of the Summit and roles that we can play.

vetunimi: every tuesday?

Markus: I will send and post them

vetunimi: ok

Rich: great :)

Markus: not every Tuesday...hopefully we can get this planned out in 2-3 meetings

vetunimi: can you meet wednesday next time

"Rafael": ok

Markus: Then the week before the Summit we will hopefully have a final meeting to just touch base on final info and prep.

Rich: Plus we are usually here inworld if anyone wants to get hold of us quickly :)

vetunimi: yes

Rich: I have to go for now I’m afraid, please let me know anything i miss :)

Markus: We could make it Wednesday next time, but it is likely that regardless, people are going to have conflicts. We will post not only the meeting logs, but also individual chats we have with others about the Summit and IEA

vetunimi: ok bye Rich see you next week

Rich: oops, forgot the bot.... scratch that last statement :)

vetunimi: yes I am afraid I cant be here on tuesday at 1 pm vrt cos I am at work

Markus: thank you for coming Rich and Zola

Rich: *smiles*

Markus: What if we made it a bit later

Zola: We'll see you later :)

Susan K.: Have a good day. ;oD

Rich: Bye everyone for now :)

"Rafael": bye

Markus: bye Susan

MarkofEU: bbye

vetunimi: bye

Markus: any closing questions today?

vetunimi: yes

vetunimi: Ihave one

Markus: ok

vetunimi: 'where is the 3D going?'

vetunimi: i like to ask myself

vetunimi: yes like saying

Markus: We hope 3D is going places :-)

vetunimi: yes hopefully ..where we want to

Markus: would people left like to take a stroll around this place

vetunimi: yes of course

Markus: ok...not sure if Margaret is with us still

Markus: ...but follow me

vetunimi: do you think pharmaceutical firms would sponsor this

Markus: heading east first

Markus: do you know some we should ask Cinzia?

vetunimi: yes

vetunimi: lloking at podium tablets I would ask the bayer

Susan K.: WOW!

Markus: Send me their contact information and I will invite them to the Summit...but for sponsorship it would be best to personally contact such groups

vetunimi: yes could be an idea

Markus: join us cinzia

vetunimi: you are not ticked on contacts

Markus: then just fly east

vetunimi: ok

Markus: we are making several cultural displays here as a culture park for the day of the Summit...a nice tour we hope

vetunimi: hi susan

Susan K.: This is a great way to show how VR can support cultural exchange Markus ;oD

Markus: We have Native American, Aztec, Buddism/Shintoism, and will add one for Finnish, and Russian

Markus: it is just a sample space, but we want to give people an idea

Markus: we are working to finish them up :-)

vetunimi: very nice indeed

queenbee: yes, lovely

Markus: I have links to cultural information and other things left to add

vetunimi: hello margaret

queenbee: I have some American Indians who might be willing to contribute

queenbee: Hi Cinzia

Markus: excellent!

Markus: We eventually want to have a cultural display that represents each delegate member

Markus: but these 5 will be plenty for us to finish before the Summit....

Markus: ok...lets go see the Summit Center

Markus: heading north

Markus: over the island

queenbee: Whose wonderful artwork is all of this?

Markus: Zola hasn't revealed all of the master plan yet :-)

Susan K.: She and Rich have been doing the building.

Susan K.: I'm trying to keep up with new models and avs. ;oD

Markus: They are from The Japanese National Art Museum

Markus: hehehe...I know you are Susan

Susan K.: Enjoying it, mind you. ;oD

queenbee: well, there's plenty now! yoiks

Markus: I will link the story of those works .... the story of the 16 stages of hell in Shinto culture is fascinating

Susan K.: You will all excuse me? I need to get my son to work.

Susan K.: Love the cultural islands. Great work!

queenbee: yes, sorry, but I have to go, too.

Susan K.: Take care and I hope to see you later. ;oD

Markus: ok Susan....see you soon

Markus: ok

queenbee: ttfn, poof :>)

queenbee: ttfn, poof :>)

Markus: Same time next week if you can make it Margaret

Markus: ..thanks so much for coming

vetunimi: where are you

vetunimi: where are you

Markus: head NW

vetunimi: ok

Markus: you were here before

vetunimi: yes

Markus: this is where the Summit will center its activity

Markus: welcome are, Speakers area, and an exhibitors area

vetunimi: yes

Markus: here we would like to create links to other worlds or to sponsor link websites

vetunimi: interesting

Markus: hopefully we will need more space

Markus: please feel free to encourage attendance by others you feel would benefit from the experience....

vetunimi: yew

vetunimi: yes

Markus: Keep watching the IEA website as I am working on the press kit and documents that you can use to promote attendance and coverage

vetunimi: yes cheemet world was developed by me but world has never been translated in english

Markus: that would be an excellent project initiative for the IEA.

vetunimi: it's the one with educational avatars

Markus: Rafael is doing the translations for the IEA website into Spanish now.

vetunimi: ihave to go now mark

vetunimi: that is great

Markus: ok...please feel free to email questions and ideas....and if I made the meeting at 3pm vrt next week would that be ok

vetunimi: yes that would be alright on tueday for me because here would be 7pm

Markus: ok..I will make it at 3pm then on Tuesday

vetunimi: yes because at 5 I might be still away

Markus: thank you for coming

vetunimi: to you mark see you next week

Markus: ok, bye..look for email :-)

vetunimi: yes I will !

vetunimi: bye for now