SLA in Virtual Worlds

Second LIfe Information Literacy Panel

IS 448: “Information Literacy Instruction: Theory and Practice”
Esther Grassian, Adjunct Lecturer
UCLA Information Studies Department

Event: Class meeting - Information Literacy Instruction panel and poster session
Date & Time: Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 1:30 pm to 5 pm SLT/PDT
Place: Info Island Open Air Auditorium:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/97/116/33

FINAL SCHEDULE
1:30-1:45 Introduction & Welcome- Rhonda Trueman (Abbey Zenith) & Esther Grassian (Alexandria Knight)  estherg@library.ucla.edu
1:45-1:55 Jeanne Swedo (Veronica Piers) -- JSerra Catholic High School Library   jswedo@jserra.org 
2:00-2:10 Drew Smith (Drew Rodinia) -- U of So. Florida drewsmithtpa@gmail.com   & Ilene Frank (Ilene Pratt), University of South Florida ilene.frank@gmail.com 
2:15-2:25 Elizabeth Jacobsen Marrapodi (Brielle Coronet) -- Trinitas Regional Medical Hospital, New Jersey (Special Library) EMaripodi@Trinitas.org
2:30-2:40 Cindy Gruwell (Librfun Loon) -- St. Cloud University cagruwell@stcloudstate.edu
2:40-2:50  Q & A
2:50-3:00  Valerie Hill (Valibrarian Gregg) -- Elementary school librarian working on her Ph.D. valeriehill@hotmail.com
3:05-3:15 Richenda Hawkins Wilkinson (Richenda Demonia) -- Linn-Benton Community College, Oregon Richenda.Wilkinson@linnbenton.edu
3:20-3:30 Ann Owens (Annot8 Greatrex) -- Sacramento Public Library aowens@saclibrary.org
3:35-3:45   Tricia Juettemeyer -- Art Institute of Portland [Oregon] (Academic/Special Library)
3:45-4:00 Q & A
4:00-5:00 --- Poster Sessions & More Q&A
Doug Dechow (Auden Breguet) -- Chapman College, California, dechow@chapman.edu
Elizabeth Jacobsen Marrapodi (Brielle Coronet) --Trinitas Regional Medical Hospital, New Jersey (Special Library),  EMaripodi@Trinitas.org
      Ann Owens (Annot8 Greatrex) -- Sacramento Public Library, aowens@saclibrary.org
      Elvira Saurina (Mariae Habana) -- Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, esaurina@puc.cl
      James Sherman (Frank Quixote) -- Los Angeles Public LIbrary, jsherman@lapl.org
      Teal Smith -- UC Merced, tsmith23@ucmerced.edu

Second LIfe New Quick Start Guide Now Available

Second Life has a new 7 page Quick Start Guide available.  The Keyboard shortcuts are particularly helpful (even if you have been around awhile.)

Alliance Virtual Library is a Top 10 Finalist for Linden Prize

From Lori Bell' (Lorelei Junot) email.

Congratulations and thanks to everyone. Alliance Virtual Library has been named as one
of 10 finalists for the Linden Prize which will be announced on April 30. 

https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/features/blog/2009/04/23/announcing-the-finalists-for-the-linden-prize

Two Virtual World Conference to Choose from

The Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds Conference:  Imagine the future is taking place today and tomorrow (April 23-24) in Wasington, DC.  The Conference will offer the first event to be live, video-streamed to several virtual worlds including Second Life, Forterra, Protospehre, VastPark and 3DXplorer.  Conference is free to online particpants.  If you are curious about what may be going on at the conference check out the blog http://fedconsortiumvw.blogspot.com/

The Second Virtual World:  Libraries, Education and Museum  Conference in Second Life takes place tomorrow and Saturday (April 24-25).  For the modest price of $49, you can visit the exhibit hall, attend the sessions, listen to the keynote speakers, socialize, and never have to leave your computer.  There are demos, tours of several sims, and tracks for libraries, museums, and learners.

Virtual Worlds Advisory Council Established

The SLA Board of Directors has approved the establishment of the Virtual World Advisory Council.  Download Virtual Worlds Advisory Council.  Jill Hurst-Wahl, chair of the previous established Second Life Working Group, recommended this Council in her Second Life Workgroup Year End Report.

SLA President, Gloria Zamora, appointed the following members to the board.

Council Member 2009:  Scott Brown 

Council Member 2009:  Heather O'Daniel 

Council Member 2009:  Patricia Alderman

Council Member 09-10: Cindy Hill

Council Member 09-10: Marcella Dulka

Council Member 09-10: Christy Confetti Higgins.

Stephen Abram is the Board liaison.

John Lowery is the Staff Lision.

Gloria recommended that the group select a chair.  The group elected Cindy Hill.

Journal of Virtual Worlds Research: Vol 2, No 1: Pedagogy, Education and Innovation in Virtual Worlds

The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research has released its latest issue:

http://jvwresearch.org

Vol 2, No 1: Pedagogy, Education and Innovation in Virtual Worlds

This edition of the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research is dedicated to exploring the breadth of designs, pedagogies and curricular innovations that are actually already being applied to teaching and learning in virtual worlds. We encourage participation from a broad range of academics, researchers, educators, and educational practitioners from across the disciplinary spectrum – including, but not limited to:

curriculum development, educational administration, distance education, information and knowledge management, instructional technology, e-learning, communication and education, sociology, art education, and visual culture. We strongly encourage submissions that illustrate key findings with examples and case studies; experimental research; pedagogical innovations; and best practices for the integration of virtual worlds technologies into the learning experience.

Leveraging Game-Playing Skills, Expectations and Behaviors of Digital Natives to Improve Visual Analytic Tools Theresa A. O'Connell, John D. Grantham, Kevin A. Workman, Wyatt Wong

Introduction: Pedagogy, Education and Innovation in Virtual Worlds Leslie Jarmon, Kenneth Y. T. Lim, B. Stephen Carpenter, II

An Ecology of Embodied Interaction: Pedagogy and homo virtualis Leslie Jarmon

Virtual Worlds as Educational Experience: Living and Learning in Interesting Times B. Stephen Carpenter, II

The Six Learnings of Second Life: a Framework for Designing Curricular Interventions In-world Kenneth Lim

Peer-Reviewed Research Papers

Learning in a different life: Pre-service education students using an online virtual world. Chris Campbell

An integrated framework for simulation-based training on video and in a virtual world David Chodos, Eleni Stroulia, Parisa Naeimi

Using Second Life for Problem Based Learning in Computer Science Programming Micaela Esteves, Benjamim Fonseca, Leonel Morgado, Paulo Martins

Beyond the Game: Quest Atlantis as an Online Learning Experience for Gifted Elementary Students Jackie Gerstein

Virtual Education: Teaching Media Studies in Second Life David Kurt Herold

Canadian Border Simulation at Loyalist College Ken Hudson, Kathryn deGast-Kennedy

Using Second Life to Teach Operations Management Peggy Daniels Lee

Questions and Answers in a Virtual World : Educators and Librarians as Information Providers in Second Life Lorri Mon

A virtual environment study in entrepreneurship education of young children Angela M Pereira, Paulo Martins, Leonel Morgado, Benjamim Fonseca

Second Life Physics : Virtual, Real or Surreal? Renato P. dos Santos

Second Life and Classical Music Education: Developing Iconography That Encourages Human Interaction David Thomas Schwartz

3D virtual learning in counselor education: Using Second Life in counselor skill development Victoria Lynn Walker

A Composite Adult Learning Model for Virtual World Residents with Disabilities: A Case Study of the Virtual Ability Second Life® Island Marjorie A. Zielke, Thomas Roome

"Think Pieces"

Games, Learning, and 21st Century Survival Skills James Paul Gee

Can We Move Beyond Visual Metaphors? Virtual World Provocations and Second Life Pamela G. Taylor

Interactive Online Exhibits and Demonstrations

Visualizing Atomic Orbitals Using Second Life Andrew Stuart Lang, David Kobilnyk

Between snapshots and avatars: using visual methodologies for fieldwork in Second Life Paula Roush, Ming Nie, Matthew Wheeler

Research-in-Brief Papers

Use of a virtual world system in sports coach education for reproducing team handball movements Antonio Lopes, Bruno Pires, Marcio Cardoso, Arnaldo Santos, Filipe Peixinho, Pedro Sequeira , Leonel Morgado, Hugo Paredes, Oleguer Camerino Foguet

Emerging Legal Questions Arise in Virtual Worlds

Rob Phillips has written a thought provoking article, "Real Law in a Virtual World: Legal Questions Arise in an Emerging Web based Landscape" in the Spring 2009 issue of All Rise, from the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.  Phillips begins with a description of virtual worlds in general and Second Life in particular.  He gives examples of library, business, government, and nonprofits in second life.  He then explains why lawyeres (and other perhaps) should care about virtual worlds.  Phillips focuses on four areas:  "intellectual property, tax, privacy, and employment law."  The article includes an interesting sidebar on "When Virtual-World Behavior Equals Real World Crime".

Announcing the First Second Life Library Career Fair & Library Fair, Sponsored by Alliance Virtual Library!

From the Alliance Virtual Library email group:

If you visited the College Fair or the Tech Fair last year, you will have an idea of the excitement and buzz around an in-world conference like this.  It is a chance to meet peers and network, a chance to show off what your library is doing in Second Life, a chance to present, and with the inclusion of the Library Career Fair – it is a chance to make library job openings known and meet with job seekers and LIS students! 

The Library Career Fair, May 8th, is being managed by the LIS Student Union under Adra Letov and DaisyBlue Hefferman.  The Career Fair events will include: Orientations for new avatars (librarians, students, and staff), an LIS Career Resource Center with links to global job postings, speakers on survival skills for getting a job in a bad economy, resume tune-up, and what employers are looking for in today's media-rich Web 2.0 information environments.  If you are interested in posting positions or working with the Career Fair in some way, please contact Diane Nahl, SL: Adra Letov, at nahl@hawaii.edu.

The Library Fair, May 8th & 9th, will be in full operation during the career fair, speakers for the Library Fair will be scheduled for Saturday, May 9th. Each exhibitor for the Library Fair portion of this conference will receive a 10 x 10 area on which they can build a booth.  This is your chance to be creative and let everyone know the great things you are doing in Second Life.   Please register here: http://infoisland.org/library-career-fair-library-fair-may-8th-9th-2009/
 
Exhibiting is free, but we are happy to accept donations to Alliance Virtual Library for sponsoring this event. 

Each booth will be limited to 100 prims and we ask that scripting be kept to a minimum to help prevent lag.  If you need your booth parceled off for sound or video we will be glad to do that as well.  Booths can be set up May 3rd through the 7th.   With the opening of the Library Career Fair, exhibits will open to the public.

We have a full sim for this event and would love to have as many real life libraries operating in SL as possible involved.  This is a wonderful opportunity to network and learn from each other.  Please indicate if you are interested in presenting on May 9th and we will get in touch with you to set up a time.  Please contact:  Abbey Zenith (abbeyzen@gmail.com) with any questions.