iLRN2020 6th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network

Streets around the world are filled with protestors demanding equality and protection of civil liberties and rights. The iLRN Grand Challenge Jam I: Combating Systemic Racism is a facilitated open small group discussion event bringing people together from around the world to discuss the issues and offer solutions. It is about the solutions. How do we change things?

Artists will be taking visual and graphic notes during the event and displaying them via live stream and the final artwork in VirBELA, host to the conference.

This event is part of the iLRN2020 Conference and open to the public. These Grand Challenges tackle the issues considered of primary importance to the United Nations sustainable development goals, tackling racism, infectious diseases, the digital divide, and climate change in custom designed event spaces for the conference.

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COVID-19 caught all of us unprepared across the globe. It changed lives, and impacted everyone and everything, including your life. We have new invisible fears. We wear masks in public and change our day-to-day habits to prevent the spread of infections.​https://account.altvr.com/events/1499318683128824710​​​

The iLRN Grand Challenge Jam II: Curbing the Spread of Infectious Diseases is a facilitated open small group discussion event bringing people together from around the world to discuss the issues and offer solutions. It is about the solutions. How do we change things?

Artists will be taking visual and graphic notes during the event and displaying them via live stream and the final artwork in VirBELA, host to the conference.

This event is part of the iLRN2020 Conference and open to the public. These Grand Challenges tackle the issues considered of primary importance to the United Nations sustainable development goals, tackling racism, infectious diseases, the digital divide, and climate change in custom designed event spaces for the conference.

Join in AltspaceVR: https://account.altvr.com/events/1499318683128824710

It is harder and harder to deny human-influenced climate change isn't real. Temperature and weather shifts, glaciers melting, cities sinking, droughts, floods, the speed at which the planet's natural ecosystem is changing has become political as well as a matter of survival.

The iLRN Grand Challenge Jam III: Fighting Climate Change is a facilitated open small group discussion event bringing people together from around the world to discuss the issues and offer solutions. It is about the solutions. How do we change things?

Artists will be taking visual and graphic notes during the event and displaying them via live stream and the final artwork in VirBELA, host to the conference.

This event is part of the iLRN2020 Conference and open to the public. These Grand Challenges tackle the issues considered of primary importance to the United Nations sustainable development goals, tackling racism, infectious diseases, the digital divide, and climate change in custom designed event spaces for the conference.

Join in AltspaceVR: https://account.altvr.com/events/1499320399018590585

The gulf between the haves and the have-nots with technology is shifting and changing. Many "civilized countries" continue to have areas with little or no Internet access. Promises of 5G global access still has price barriers attached to the devices that support it and the cost to access. How do we shrink the digital divide and democratize access for communication, education, information, and survival?

The iLRN Grand Challenge Jam IV: Bridging the Digital Divide is a facilitated open small group discussion event bringing people together from around the world to discuss the issues and offer solutions. It is about the solutions. How do we change things?

Artists will be taking visual and graphic notes during the event and displaying them via live stream and the final artwork in VirBELA, host to the conference.

This event is part of the iLRN2020 Conference and open to the public. These Grand Challenges tackle the issues considered of primary importance to the United Nations sustainable development goals, tackling racism, infectious diseases, the digital divide, and climate change in custom designed event spaces for the conference.

Join in AltspaceVR: https://account.altvr.com/events/1499322706699485354

Facilitator: Judith Okonkwo. She is a Technology Evangelist, Business Psychologist and Organisation Development Consultant with experience working in Africa, Asia and Europe. She sits on the Board of the European Organisation Design Forum, advises Startups, not-for-profits and SMEs on emerging technologies and is a guest lecturer at the Lagos Business School and University of Westminster.