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The event is available\u00a0online\u00a0in two places.\u00a0 If you have a SL avatar and the inclination, you can attend via the Serious Games Institute&#8217;s Virtual Auditorium in Second Life at:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Second Life link to Serious Games Institute Auditorium.\" href=\"http:\/\/slurl.com\/secondlife\/SGI%20Nexus\/96\/107\/27\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/slurl.com\/secondlife\/SGI%20Nexus\/96\/107\/27<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you prefer a more low-key, incognito approach there&#8217;s a live stream available on the\u00a0Serious Games Institute website at:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriousgamesinstitute.co.uk\">http:\/\/www.seriousgamesinstitute.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Due to some technical glitches I missed Nottingham\u2019s Prof. Steve Benford this morning, however, I\u2019m hoping to catch two presentations from the Health and Cultural Heritage strand this afternoon:<\/p>\n<p>13:50 \u2013 14:15 GMT (06:50 &#8211; 07:15 SLT) \u2018Serious Games for Upper Limb Rehabilitation Following Stroke\u2019 by Burke, McNeill, Charles, Morrow, Crosbie, McDonough.<\/p>\n<p>14:15 \u2013 14:40 GMT (07:15 &#8211; 07:40 SLT) &#8216;A Sensory Gate-Ball Game for the Aged People and its User Interface Design&#8217; by J. Kim, Kang, Yang, D. Kim.<\/p>\n<p>The event is sponsored by BECTA and the Association for Learning Technology amongst others. For those who are interested in finding out more, or adopting a more lo-fi approach, please note that the proceedings will be published by IEEE*. \u00a0Select papers will also be published in one of two international Journals: Visual Computer and the British Journal of Educational Technology.\u00a0 More details are available\u00a0via the <a title=\"Serious Games Institute, UK.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seriousgamesinstitute.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Serious Games Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*The I.E. Who? In their own words, the IEEE name was originally an acronym for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Today, the organization&#8217;s scope of interest has expanded into so many related fields, that it is simply referred to by the letters I-E-E-E (pronounced Eye-triple-E).<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\r\n\t\t<!-- BEGIN ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.7 (WP) -->\r\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\">\r\n\t\t<!--\r\n\t\t\/\/ ODIOGO_START:do_NOT_remove_this_comment\r\n\t\tshowOdiogoReadNowButton (\"687068\", \"Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications\", \"156\", 290, 55);\r\n\t\t\/\/ -->\r\n\t\t<\/script>\r\n\t\t<br\/>\r\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\">\r\n\t\t<!--\r\n\t\tshowInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame (\"687068\", \"156\", 290, 0);\r\n\t\t\/\/ ODIOGO_END:do_NOT_remove_this_comment\r\n\t\t\/\/ -->\r\n\t\t<\/script>\r\n\t\t<!-- END ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.7 (WP) -->\r\n\t\t\n<p>Today is day 2 of the \u2018VS Games &#8217;09 Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications Conference hosted by the Serious Games institute. 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