2011 marks the first year that the VWBPE Conference introduces award categories to encourage friendly competition showcasing best practices. This year the Virtual Worlds Best Practices Program Committee sponsored two competitions: Machinima and Posters.
We are pleased to announced the winners.
Posters
Best Example of Educational Practices in a Virtual World
| Poster Area | Creator | Region Location | |
| 1st Place | NASA eEducation in Second Life | Stephanie Smith | SLURL |
| 2nd Place | Dream Realizations | Ute Frenburg, Cooper Macbeth, Maike Tierbal, Alexsis Kamala |
SLURL |
| 3rd Place | Senior Project® at P4DL, Inc. | Kathleen Norris | SLURL |
Best Interactive Display
| Place | Poster Area | Creator | Region Location |
| 1st Place | Virtual Pioneers | Spiff Whitfield | SLURL |
| 2nd Place | NASA eEducation in Second Life | Stephanie Smith | SLURL |
| 3rd Place | Rockcliffe University Library | Mel Krupinski | SLURL |
Best Use of Design Theme (The design theme for VWBPE 2011 was Steampunk)
| Place | Poster Area | Creator | Region Location |
| 1st Place | UnSymposium | Rurik Bellingshausen, Kavon Zenovka | SLURL |
| 2nd Place | Virtual Pioneers | Spiff Whitfield, Serena Offcourse | SLURL |
| 3rd Place | Working Relationships | Deb Quintessa, Van Hoffnung,Trill Lomu, Gypsy Paz | SLURL |
People’s Choice
| Place | Poster Area | Creator | Region Location |
| 1st Place | Fragility of Spaces:Architectural and Design based Education and Practice | Moira Hunter (SL: Busy Link) Lesley Scopes (SL: Light Sequent) | SLURL |
| 2nd Place | Virtual Pioneers | Spiff Whitfield, Serena Offcourse | SLURL |
| 3rd Place | NASA eEducation in Second Life | Stephanie Smith | SLURL |
Machinima
For a complete list of all entries, please go to http://tinyurl.com/4botfpg.
Best Educational Machinima
| Place | Machinima | Creator | YouTube Link |
| 1st Place | SWIFT Virtual Genetics Lab | Paul Rudman, Suzanne Lavelle | YouTube |
| 2nd Place | Kansas to Cairo Project I | Bernhard Drax | YouTube |
| 3rd Place | Muinji’j Becomes a Man | Marlene Brooks | YouTube |
Best Production
| Place | Machinima | Creator | YouTube Link |
| 1st Place | Muinji’j Becomes a Man | Marlene Brooks | YouTube |
| 2nd Place | Click: Immersive & Interactive Virtual Art | Lori Landay | YouTube |
| 3rd Place | Kansas to Cairo Project I | Bernhard Drax | YouTube |
Best Story Line / Narrative
| Place | Machinima | Creator | YouTube Link |
| 1st Place | Time Travelers – Episode 1 – The Time Machine | PookyMedia | YouTube |
| 2nd Place | Muinji’j Becomes a Man Machinima | Marlene Brooks | YouTube |
| 3rd Place | WB Yeats – An Irish Airman Foresees His Death | Russell Boyd | YouTube |
People’s Choice
| Place | Machinima | Creator | YouTube Link |
| 1st Place | SWIFT Virtual Genetics Lab | Paul Rudman, Suzanne Lavelle | YouTube |
| 2nd Place | Mars Rover1 | Ines Ogura | YouTube |
| 3rd Place | Ask the Expert Water Cycle | Ines Ogura | YouTube |