iLRN Central — Main Hub

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0. Build Governance Rules

Every asset must either:

If it does none of these, it should be removed.

1. Frame Overview

Frame Name: iLRN_Central (Agora Welcome Center)

Associated Program Area(s):

Primary Purpose:

A lightweight, low-polygon Agora that serves as the central orientation, navigation, and gathering space for iLRN2026. It anchors the entire virtual campus by providing immediate clarity on where to go, what is happening, and how to engage across the conference ecosystem.

Secondary Functions:

For Target Audiences:

Operational Mode:


2. Ownership & Stewardship

Frame Owner (Accountable):

Jonathon Richter (CEO/President, iLRN)

Co-Steward(s):

Decision Authority:

Design and navigation: Virtual Campus Architect

Operations and scheduling: Conference Program Chairs

Technical issues: CTO / Tech Lead

Escalation Path:

Greeter/Volunteer → Tech Support Lead → CTO → CEO (if structural)

3. Design & Experience Intent

Experience Goal:

Participants should immediately understand (within seconds) where they are, what pathways exist, and how to enter the intellectual and social life of the conference. The space should feel open, legible, and active—more like a civic forum than a building.

Design Constraints:

Key Interaction Patterns:

Athens Reuse or Extension:

Functions as the conceptual “digital Agora” complement to physical gathering spaces in Athens. Can be mirrored through signage, program structure, and session clustering.

Opinion:

This redesign corrects the prior failure mode: overbuilt architecture that obscured purpose. The Agora now behaves as an index, not a destination.


4. Wayfinding & Navigation

Entry Points:


Internal Wayfinding Elements:


Exit Paths:

Wayfinding Owner:

Virtual Campus Architect


5. Accessibility & Inclusion Checklist

Accessibility Lead:

(Insert)


Baseline Commitments:


Known Constraints or Risks:

Athens Considerations:

6. Volunteer & Support Roles


Role

Name

Backup

Notes

Greeter / Wayfinder



First point of contact at spawn

Presentation Moderator



For amphitheater use

Tech Support



Visible and accessible at all times

Volunteer Float



Covers overflow and transitions

Training Required:


Shift Coverage Notes:


7. Presentation & Session Operations

Presentation Format(s):


Moderator Responsibilities:


Speaker Support Assets:

8. Technical Configuration

Frame URL: (insert)

Capacity: ~100 (Plus Frame recommended)

Backup Space: Secondary Hub Frame (if needed)

Known Failure Modes:


Contingency Plan:


9. 48-Hour Online Conference Integration

Primary Active Windows:


Linked Events:


Quiet / Reset Periods:



10. Post-Conference Use

Intended Afterlife:


Documentation Owner:

Virtual Campus Architect + Codex Steward


HUB-03  iLRN Central — Main Hub

Frame Type

Hub — Primary Gathering Space

Status

OPEN

Track / Branch

iLRN ORG — Campus-Wide

Capacity

300 users

FrameVR URL

http://framevr.io/ilrn-central

Notes

Needs completion via FrameVR. Greek Agora-themed hub for iLRN2026 — intended capacity ~300, serving as social complement to Zoom sessions and the in-person Athens conference.


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Purpose Statement  — what iLRN Central must do

iLRN Central is the front door of the iLRN virtual campus. It is the first place most participants will land, the space that sets the tone for the entire conference, and the orientation layer that makes every other Frame navigable. This location acts as an active commons. Every design decision here must serve three functions simultaneously: orient newcomers, connect experienced participants to what they are looking for, and embody the Open Society theme of iLRN2026.

1  Ownership & Governance

Frame Lead / Owner

Jonathon Richter

Content Contributors

all 2026 Frame Team

Technical Steward

Michael Hamaoka

Accessibility Reviewer

Sarune Savickaite

Last Updated

April 04, 2026

2  Learning Design Requirements  — informed by UDL 3.0 (CAST, 2024)

iLRN Central must operationalize the campus learning design principles at the point of entry. The following requirements are non-optional — they are the learning design layer of the build, not decorative or optional additions.

 

Orientation & Scaffolding (Frehlich: guided vs. open learning; novices need maps)

Criterion / Pass Threshold
 

A clearly marked 'Start Here' zone exists at the entry point with movement and navigation instructions

Visitor locates it within 10 sec of entering, without prior knowledge
 

Signage explicitly differentiates pathways for: first-time visitors / returning members / conference presenters

Three distinct pathway signs or boards present at entry
 

A 'What is iLRN?' explainer board is present — including the mission statement and three network lenses

Board visible from entry; text legible on mobile screen
 

A campus map or Frame directory is embedded as a board or linked object

Full campus map (all 24 frames) accessible from Central without leaving the Frame

 

Representation — Multiple Ways to Access Content (UDL 3.0, CAST 2024)

Criterion / Pass Threshold
 

All navigation signage uses text labels AND visual/spatial cues — not spatial position alone

No portal or zone identified only by colour or shape
 

A link to the Codex (BookStack) is prominently featured as a text-equivalent layer for all in-world content

Codex URL linked on at least one board in the entry zone
 

Live event schedule is posted as a board in Central (not only in external calendar systems)

Current week's schedule visible in-Frame

 

Action & Expression — Multiple Ways to Participate (UDL 3.0; Frehlich: transactional learning)

Criterion / Pass Threshold
 

At least two asynchronous contribution pathways are available from Central (e.g. forum link, Codex comment)

Both links confirmed live
 

Quest/scavenger hunt entry point or first clue is embedded in Central (iLRN2026 Greek Agora theme)

Quest entry confirmed with George / Greek team before launch
 

Discord server link is embedded in Central as a contribution/community pathway

Discord invite link confirmed live and not expired

 

Engagement — Relevance, Autonomy, and Belonging (UDL 3.0; Frehlich: emotional well-being)

Criterion / Pass Threshold
 

Greek Agora theming is applied — cultural artifacts, philosophical references, spatial identity elements

At least 3 distinct Agora-themed elements placed; performance budget not exceeded
 

iLRN2026 conference theme (From Plato's Cave to Open Immersive Societies) is visually present

Theme text or visual visible from entry zone
 

Social spaces (Haptics Café, Thirsty Scholar) are signposted directly from Central

Portal or board links to both social spaces
 

A welcoming statement from iLRN leadership is included (text board or video board)

Statement approved by organising team; video set to NOT autoplay

3  Design & Build Checklist

every asset must either help users understand where they are, where to go, or why this space matters. If it does none of those, it is a likely candidate for removal 

 

Layout (Hub Frame — high traffic, open, multi-portal)

Criterion / Pass Threshold
 

Open, uncluttered layout at entry — no objects blocking central walking path

Walk path clear for avatar movement in all directions from spawn point
 

Multiple portals (minimum 4) connecting to key campus zones

≥ 4 portals: Branch Houses hub, Special Projects, Community Spaces, and Expo
 

Consistent portal visual language used — same portal asset style as all other Frames

Portal asset matches campus-wide standard
 

Frame environment size is appropriate for 300-user capacity — large, open environment selected

Not a small meeting room env; auditorium or plaza-scale

 

Navigation

Criterion / Pass Threshold
 

No dead-end navigation paths — every portal links out; Central links in from all Frames

Verified by walking test; all portals bidirectional
 

'Go To Menu' configured with named links to all 24 campus Frames

Frame link list complete and tested
 

Navigation from entry to any Branch House ≤ 2 portal hops

Routing map confirms ≤ 2 hops to any Frame

 

Signage

Criterion / Pass Threshold
 

All text legible at default eye level on a mobile screen without zooming

Phone screen test by reviewer
 

No signage relies on colour alone

Each colour-coded element has a text or icon label
 

Signage uses consistent font style with rest of campus

Matches campus-wide signage template

4  Performance & Asset Budget  — 300-user hub

iLRN Central has the highest expected concurrent user count on campus (300). Performance budgets should be treated as hard ceilings, not guidelines. Check via Frame Settings → Performance Rating or ?debug=true → Babylon Inspector.

 

Performance Monitor Readings — record actuals in fields below

Criterion / Pass Threshold
 

FPS ≥ 40 on reviewer desktop (Chrome/Edge)

Target 60; below 40 = must fix
 

FPS ≥ 30 on iOS Safari mobile

iOS Safari is hardest platform; must pass
 

Draw call count ≤ 200

Babylon Inspector → Stats; hard ceiling per FrameVR docs
 

Active face/poly count ≤ 130,000

Babylon Inspector → Stats; hard ceiling per FrameVR docs
 

Material count ≤ 20

Babylon Inspector → Stats; hard ceiling per FrameVR docs
 

Performance Rating not flagged RED in Frame Settings

Yellow = caution; Red = block launch

 

Asset Hygiene — especially critical for high-capacity Hub

Criterion / Pass Threshold
 

All images compressed before import (squoosh.app)

No raw camera/screen captures imported
 

No 3D model from Sketchfab imported without poly-count review

Flagged models in Assets list reviewed and resolved
 

Unused assets deleted (not just hidden)

Assets list contains only active assets
 

Greek Agora themed assets are low-poly — confirmed before placement

Each Agora asset poly-counted before upload  Check with the owner of the asset before deletion!!

 

Media Settings

Criterion / Pass Threshold
 

All videos set to NOT autoplay

Each video asset → autoplay = OFF
 

Webcam/streaming screens disabled unless live event in progress

Default OFF; enable only during scheduled sessions
 

No Smoke particle effects in use

Smoke = high GPU cost; zero tolerance in a 300-user hub
 

No excessive animated objects; animations minimised

Each looping animation adds ongoing GPU load

FPS Desktop

 

FPS iOS Safari

 

Draw Calls

 

Poly Count

 

Materials

 

Perf. Rating

 

5  Content & Boards Checklist

 

Required Boards — iLRN Central

Criterion / Pass Threshold
 

'Start Here' orientation board (movement, interaction, navigation instructions)

Board present at entry spawn point
 

'What is iLRN?' mission statement board (includes 3 network lenses)

Text matches approved mission statement in this document
 

Campus map / Frame directory (all 24 frames named and linked)

All 24 Frame names and URLs current
 

Conference schedule board — current week / full conference programme

Schedule confirmed with programme team; updated weekly during conference
 

iLRN2026 theme board (From Plato's Cave to Open Immersive Societies)

Design approved by organising team
 

Leadership welcome statement (text or video board; video = no autoplay)

Content approved; if video, autoplay = OFF
 

Codex link board (BookStack private and/or public pages as appropriate)

URL live and tested
 

Discord community link board

Invite link live and not expired
 

Quest / scavenger hunt entry point (Greek Agora theme; first clue or quest intro)

Content confirmed with George / Greek team
 

Portals to: Branch Houses area / Special Projects / Community Spaces / Expo Halls

All 4 portal types present and functional

 

iLRN2026 Greek Agora Theming Elements

Criterion / Pass Threshold
 

At least 3 Agora-themed cultural artifacts placed (columns, amphora, laurel, philosophical text)

Each asset poly-counted and within budget before placement
 

Philosophical reference to Plato's Cave visible in Central space

Text or visual element present
 

Quest entry object placed and linked to quest system

Confirmed live with George / Greek team


5A iLRN Network Membership Quadrant — Civic Offices

Function within iLRN Central

The iLRN Network Membership Quadrant is a participation and intake district within iLRN Central. It replaces the former Circle of Scholars quadrant and serves as the main civic interface for joining, identifying, routing, and contributing within the iLRN network. This quadrant should not read as a decorative conceptual area. It is an operational zone that helps convert visitors into known participants, members, contributors, partners, volunteers, and chapter contacts.

This quadrant must support both:

Its purpose is to give users a clear answer to the question: How do I formally connect to iLRN from here?

Design Requirement

All twelve offices in this quadrant must be immediately understandable as distinct participation pathways. Users should be able to identify the correct office within a few seconds based on plain-language naming, visible signage, and a short one-sentence purpose statement.

This quadrant must not require prior knowledge of iLRN’s organizational structure in order to be usable.

Core Build Logic

Each office in the quadrant should do at least one of the following:

Where possible, forms should be short, role-based, and use branching logic instead of forcing everyone through the same intake sequence.

iLRN-Central Civic Offices Directory

1. Membership Application Office
*Campus Link

https://framevr.io/ilrn-central#office-membership-applications

Membership.png

Primary intake point for people formally joining or identifying themselves within the network. This office should distinguish among conference participants, public visitors, students, educators, researchers, and other participant types so that downstream records and access pathways can be updated accordingly.

LINK: MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM

Outputs: member profile record, access tier clarification, role-based follow-up.

2. Campus Visitor Registry
* Campus Link
https://framevr.io/ilrn-central#office02-campus-visitors

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A lightweight visitor sign-in office for people who are exploring the campus but are not yet joining as members. This should function like a guest book with optional identification, allowing iLRN to thank visitors, understand traffic, and create a minimal visitor record.

LINK: CAMPUS VISITOR REGISTRY FORM

Outputs: visitor record, follow-up thank-you, possible later invitation into membership pathways.


3. Newsletter Subscription & Contribution Office
*Campus Link

https://framevr.io/ilrn-central#office-subscribe-and-contribute

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Subscription and editorial-interest intake for the newsletter. This office should allow users to subscribe, confirm preferred content streams, and indicate whether they would like to contribute material such as articles, interviews, field reports, or resource recommendations.

LINK: SUBSCRIBE and CONTRIBUTE TO OUR iLRN NEWSLETTER FORM


Outputs: segmented newsletter preferences, contributor interest record, editorial follow-up.


4. Partner Development Inquiry Office

Professional intake point for institutional engagement. This office is for organizations or representatives interested in collaboration, sponsorship, partnership, standards participation, or broader institutional membership.

Outputs: qualified partner lead, partnership inquiry record, routing to leadership or business development follow-up.


5. Volunteer & Contributor Interest Office

Participation intake for people willing to give time, labor, coordination, facilitation, technical support, or domain expertise. This office should make visible the different kinds of service pathways across conference operations, virtual campus support, community activities, and longer-term network work.

Outputs: volunteer record, skill matching data, routing to appropriate teams.


6. Community Channels Connection Office

Routing point for ongoing participation in community spaces. This office helps people identify and opt into the relevant communication and community channels across Discord, Invision Community, special interest groups, and design-based research or topic-specific spaces.

Outputs: channel preference data, targeted outreach capability, stronger community routing.


7. Regional Capacity & Community of Practice Affiliation Office

Geographic and chapter-related intake. This office helps users identify existing regional or national communities of practice and also captures interest from people who may want to help start a new chapter where none exists.

Outputs: chapter match, regional interest record, chapter formation lead if relevant.


8. Codex Contribution Office

Entry point for crossing from reader to contributor within the Codex. This office should explain the Codex as living knowledge infrastructure and provide a pathway for contributing resources, reflections, case material, or structured entries.

Outputs: Codex contributor lead, knowledge contribution intake, orientation to BookStack/Codex use.


9. Standards Initiative Stakeholder Office

Intake point for stakeholders interested in standards and competency work. This includes educators, researchers, institutions, and practitioners who want to participate in standards-related discussions, pilots, frameworks, or allied competency-building efforts.

Outputs: standards stakeholder record, working group prospects, follow-up for standards initiatives.


10. Events & Programming Participation Office

Office for people who want to engage through scheduled activities such as webinars, book clubs, debates, workshops, community sessions, or future event programming. This office captures programming interest apart from general membership.

Outputs: event participation interest record, future programming lists, cohort development.


11. Innovation & Project Incubation Office

Office for people who want to propose, join, or support emerging projects. This may include research collaborations, pilot programs, practice showcases, design experiments, or work connected to the Innovation Garden and related initiatives.

Outputs: project idea intake, collaborator matchmaking, incubation pipeline.


12. Sponsorship & Funding Interest Office

Office for organizations or individuals interested in supporting iLRN financially through sponsorship, funding partnerships, donations, or aligned support mechanisms. This should be framed professionally and distinctly from general partnership inquiries.

Outputs: funding lead, sponsorship inquiry, development follow-up.


Pass Thresholds — Membership Quadrant

Criterion / Pass Threshold

Membership, Visitor Registry, Newsletter, Partner Development, Volunteer, ___, ___ offices confirmed functional


Membership Application Office distinguishes member type or user role


Codex Contribution office explains what the Codex is for newcomers


Critical participation does not fail if Frame navigation fails


Wayfinding Requirements for This Quadrant

Such grouping may be spatial, textual, or both, but the underlying office distinctions should still remain clear.


Accessibility Requirements for This Quadrant


Operational Notes

This quadrant will only be valuable if each office is tied to an actual response workflow. A live form without clear downstream ownership will produce dead records instead of network activity.

Each office should therefore have:

At minimum, ownership for each office should be tracked in an internal operations table even if that table does not appear in the public-facing version of the hub page.

6  Planned Activities & Events

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7  Connected Frames & Portals

Destination Frame

Portal Type

Notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8  Asset Inventory

Asset Name / Description

Poly Count

File Size

Owner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9  Accessibility Sign-Off  — completed by a reviewer, not the Frame owner

 

Wayfinding & Legibility

Criterion / Pass Threshold

☐

New user can orient and find the Start Here zone within 10 seconds of entry

Blind test with a volunteer unfamiliar with the Frame

☐

All text boards legible on mobile screen at default eye level — no zoom required

Phone screen test

☐

No navigation element identified by colour or spatial position alone

Confirmed with audio OFF and colour-blind simulation

 

Inclusivity

Criterion / Pass Threshold

☐

No flashing or strobing effects in any part of the Frame

Zero tolerance — photosensitivity risk

☐

Critical content is accessible from a stationary avatar position

No movement required to read any essential orientation board

☐

Language used on all boards is plain, jargon-free, and welcoming to newcomers

Reviewed by someone outside the organising team

 

Device & Bandwidth

Criterion / Pass Threshold

☐

Frame fully usable on Chrome / Edge desktop (navigation complete, no crash)

Full navigation test completed

☐

Frame usable on iOS Safari mobile (navigation complete, no crash or major lag)

Full navigation test completed on iPhone

☐

Frame loads within 30 sec on simulated Slow 3G (Chrome DevTools → Network → Slow 3G)

Slow 3G test completed and passed

 

Sign-Off

Criterion / Pass Threshold

☐

Reviewer name and date recorded below

Required before Frame status = Ready

Reviewed By

 

Review Date

 

Outcome

 

Follow-Up Items

 

10  Codex Integration (BookStack)

Codex Book / Chapter

 

Codex Page URL

 

Last Synced

 

Outstanding Codex Tasks

 

11  Additional Notes & Open Questions

 

Revision #1
Created 24 April 2026 09:10:12 by Charlene Hardin
Updated 24 April 2026 09:10:12 by Charlene Hardin