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Student Challenge Awards

April 25, 2026

The VWEC Student Challenge Awards Ceremony 2026 was presided over by Marie Vans (founder of the project), along with VWEC Board Chair Elli Pinion and her fellow Board Member Valibrarian Gregg. To start with each participating student was presented with a certificate ‘for achievement in building, problem solving, and team work’ and a medal. Congratulations to all the student participants for completing the module and the Student Challenge. It was great to see everyone receive their awards. Special thanks to Marie Vans, Elli Pinion, and Valibrarian Gregg for organising, managing and supporting this initiative which always plays such an important part in this module.

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Erin Mc Ilwain (avatar name, erniemcs) certificate ‘for achievement in building, problem solving, and team work’.

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This was followed by the presentation of the overall team awards, of which five were won by our teams:

Green Team was awarded First Prize for “Virtual Village Sustainable Development Goals”. Team members: Erin Mc Ilwaine (erniemcs, team leader) and Jessica Finnegan (JessicaAmanita, co-lead) both from TU Dublin; Iuliana Todorean (IulianaMonica) from Cluj-Napoca; Yeşim Toytok (yesimtytk) and Yasemin Damla İnceoğlu (ydmlinceoglu) both from Çağ. Team mentor: John O’Connor (Acuppa Tae) from TU Dublin and Çağ.

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Purple Team was awarded Third Prize for “A Sustainable and Accessible College of Further Education”. Team members: Liliana Trushkevych (Liliana0520, team leader) from TU Dublin; Samia Jailani (samia17, co-lead) from TU Dublin; Atahan Hosta (atahosta); and Ayça Dilara Helvacı (aycadilaraa) both from Çağ. Team mentor Magua Theriac (Murat Gülmez) from Çağ).

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Gold Team received the Award for Best Presentation for “A Sustainable and Accessible College of Further Education”. Team members: Diana Boț (Diana Bot, team leader) from Cluj-Napoca; Goda Majauskaite (GodaMajauskaite, co-lead) from TU Dublin; Catherine Ifa-Uwadiae (Catherine004) from TU Dublin; Ümmühan Bobuş (ummuhann); and Cemre Uysal (cemreuys) both from Çağ. Team mentors: Andrea Pasca (Andreea88) and Raluca Pascaniuc (Raluca1984) from Cluj-Napoca.

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Blue Team received Honorable Mention. Team members: Nisa Karataş (nisakrs, team leader) from Çağ; Mariana Kifa (marianakifa05, co-lead) from Cluj-Napoca; Óskar Rondán (Oskar333) from TU Dublin, and İlayda Lara Bağban (ilayda11) from Çağ. Team mentor Çağla Solak (Merino) from Çağ.

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Red Team received Honorable Mention. Team members: Eliza Iura (iuraeliza, team leader) from Cluj-Napoca; Huilin He (Huilink057, co-lead) from TU Dublin; Uliana Dovhoteles (Uliana) from TU Dublin; Ayfer Güvenç (ayyferr); and Sıla Naz Tepebaşı (Silanazzz) both from Çağ. Team mentor Lia Pop from Cluj-Napoca.

Other awards were made to teams from Sekolah Bintang Mayantara, a virtual world school initiative in Jakarta, Indonesia. The student teams were unable to attend due to their time zone and were represented by their instructor Maria Magdalena (Marcel Mosswood):

Ice BeAm Team Red was awarded Second Prize for “Water in the World”.

IceBeAM Blue Team received the Award for Most Authentic for “Animal Cells”.

IceBeAM Orange received the Award for Most Interactive for “Urban Farming for Sustainability”.

Finally, a Special Acknowledgement:

Global Digital Citizenship Minecraft Club received a Special Acknowledgement with the “Minecraft Innovation Award”. Team members: Ezio, Pomni, and Eve. Team mentors: Lucía Morales (ceriumsolas), Çağla Solak (Merino), and Valerie Hill (Valibrarian Gregg). This team of 9 to 11 years olds entered the contest to build without competing with the university teams.

Recording of the ceremony courtesy of Francisco Koolhoven.
Recording of the ceremony courtesy of Francisco Koolhoven.

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Student Team projects

April 20, 2026

This week the Student Teams made their presentations and Merino recorded them to produce the final video which plays at each team build. Many thanks to Merino for her work recording, editing, and posting these videos. Students were reminded that they now have two more days to refine their submissions before the closing on Wednesday this week. Check the schedule for the specific deadline. Don’t forget the Awards Ceremony on Saturday!

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Student Challenge Project

February 23, 2026

Here is the brief for the VWEC Student Challenge project. You can find out more about the project at the VWEC website. For information about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals go to the official UN SDG website or this useful YouTube video posted by the UN.

Team Project Spring 2026Download

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Student Challenge 2026 kick-off

February 14, 2026

Marie Vans (aka amvans Lapis) and Valerie Hill (aka Valibrarian Gregg) host the kick-off event for the VWEC Student Challenge 2026.

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VWEC Student Challenge Awards 2025

April 26, 2025

The Awards Ceremony for the VWEC Student Challenge 2025 was well attended by instructors, tutors, lecturers, students, participants, judges and more this year. All the students were presented with the individual certificates marking their completion of the challenge. In addition, The Red Team was presented with the trophy for Second Place overall winner and the Blue Team received the certificate for the Most Authentic Exhibit. Congratulations to all the students who participated in this year’s challenge. Well done! Huge thanks to the instructors who mentored the three teams and to all the guest speakers who shared their knowledge and experience over the semester.

Congratulations to the Red Team who were presented with their certificates. Photo courtesy of Acuppa Tae.
John O’Connor (Acuppa Tae) accepted the trophy for Second Place on behalf of the Red Team. Photo courtesy of Acupp Tae.
Congratulations to the Blue Team who were presented with their certificates. Ersin Ïnal (Ginger) accepted the certificate for Most Authentic Exhibit on the team’s behalf. Photo courtesy of Acuppa Tae.
Congratulations to the Green Team who were presented with their certificates, with Lia Pop.

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Class 11: Team Presentations

April 18, 2025

The student teams have been working hard on their projects for the last two weeks and today we finally saw their completed presentations. Çağla Solak, aka Merino, joined us to record the videos for each team and also made a really nice introduction to the student Team Projects for the VWEC Student Challenge. All the team members were present and took part in the tour of their builds and the presentations. The work was very impressive and the performances were word perfect and delivered with confidence and professionalism. Amber Selenium also joined us to take the team photos.

Here is the introduction to the project from Çağla Solak, aka Merino (video courtesy of Çağla Solak):

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RED TEAM: Konrad Karolkiewicz (KONRAD1), Laura Bota (LauraBota), Vanesa Hotca Francesca (Vanesa26), and Derin Nur Özer (nyxiebiyxe). Team mentor: John O’Connor (Acuppa Tae). (video courtesy of Çağla Solak):

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BLUE TEAM: Alina Sandor (AlinaMarsiposa), Ava Fenton (phroggg), Emma Long (Emmagukkie), and Tuğçe Çetinkaya (tugcecetinkaya). Team mentor: Ersin İnal (Ginger). (video courtesy of Çağla Solak):

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GREEN TEAM: Oliwia Kowalczyk (oliwiakowalczyk), Dana Rusu (DanaR2507), Andreea Pasca (Pasca Andreea), and Raluca Pascaniuc (Raluca1984). Team mentor: Lia Pop. (video courtesy of Çağla Solak):

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Amber Selenium took the team photos starting with the Red Team: from left, nyxiebiyxie, Vanesa26, LauraBota, KONRAD1. (Photo courtesy Amber Selenium.)

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Blue Team: Ava, tugcecetinkaya, Emma, AlinaMariposa. (Photo courtesy Amber Selenium.)

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Green Team: DanaR2507, oliwiakowalczyk, Pasca Andreea, Raluca1984. (Photo courtesy Amber Selenium.)

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Class 9: Intermediate building class

March 22, 2025
Tilly, from Builder’s Brewery leading the class. Photo Acuppa Tae

Excellent attendance again today for the intermediate building class, led by Tilly from Builders Brewery. The folder of items used in the class is still available at the at the Student Training area for anyone who would like to revisit the training. Here is the recording of the class:

Video courtesy of Valibrarian Gregg

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Class 5: Absolute beginners building

March 1, 2025

The introductory class to building in Second Life had almost full attendance, an excellent outcome considering it took place late on Saturday evening for the European students. Builders Brewery has been offering classes for beginners, intermediate and advanced builders for many years and we are fortunate to have their support for the VWEC Student Challenge. For those who could not attend, or if you would like to review the class, here is a recording made by Valibrarian.

Video courtesy of Valibrarian Gregg

There will be an intermediate building class by Builders Brewery on Saturday 22 March at 9:00 am SL Time.

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Class 3: Team builiding

February 17, 2025
Sitearm Madonna presents the theory of teamwork. Photo by Acuppa Tae

Meeting at Çağ campus this week we heard from Sitearm Madonna about how teams function and the roles of the team members. If you missed the class you can review the recording of the same class from last semester.

Then we had a look at the brief for the Student Challenge in a little detail to determine precisely what is expected. The detail is in the previous post Serious Simulations in the Metaverse. Some changes have been made to the teams for the Student Challenge which will be confirmed next week but, in the meantime the teams broke out with their instructors to confirm the team lead and assistant lead and share contact details. Both Red and Green teams met but nobody from the Blue team was in class so the members will need to catch up on that work in their own time.

After the breakout the full class met again and shared their progress. The Teams were asked to arrange to meet during the week to discuss the Student Challenge and select the SDG they will address. Following that we had a request from Nova, a PhD researcher at North Carolina University, to take part in a focus group about learning in virtual worlds. Anyone interested can let John / Tae know and he will share details.

Next week we meet at Çağ again when Valibrarian Gregg will talk to us about Metaliteracy and Digital Citizenship. Please arrive early.

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Serious Simulations in the Metaverse

February 17, 2025

VWEC Student Challenge 2025

Brief

World leaders came together in 2015 and made a historic promise to secure the rights and well-being of everyone on a healthy, thriving planet when they adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Today, with the world suffering a range of crises from climate change to a shifting geopolitical situation these goals seem even more important to the future well-being of citizens across the globe.

You task is to select one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and develop a presentation to explain what it means and how it might be achieved. Each team will choose from the relevant list below and design a virtual education experience explaining what the goal means and what needs to be done so that it can be fulfilled. The team will then build a simulation of this in Second Life. The build must be:
• accessible,
• authentic,
• interactive,
• and cite sources

When it is finished you will record a 5 minute video presenting your simulation to the judges.

Choose from the following options

Red Team
• No poverty or
• Good Health and Well-being or
• Quality Education

Blue Team
• Zero hunger or
• Affordable and Clean Energy or
• Reduced Inequalities

Green Team
• Climate Action or
• Life Below Water or
• Life on Land

Here is a link to a video showing some of the simulations built by students competing last year.

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