A Librarian in Queen Elizabeth’s Court: Libraries and Virtual World Learning

Webcast Mary-Carol Lindbloom

Renaissance Island is a Tudor, Britain-based environment within the virtual world of Second Life. Its mission is to provide an immersive, multidisciplinary environment focused on Tudor, Britain to engage scholars, librarians, learners, and residents of Second Life, in a sustained, cross-disciplinary environment.  This presentation will look at the reasons and methods for creating Renaissance Island, the role of the librarian in immersive learning, and how to form and sustain a community in a virtual world.

Technical Requirements: Computer with Internet access; Second Life avatar and Viewer.

RSVP:  Although space is ‘virtually’ unlimited, please RSVP to either Matt Carmichael at mcar1996@gmail.com, Lori Bell at lbell927@gmail.com , or Dr. Pat Franks at patricia.franks@sjsu.edu

Note: If you are new to Second Life or have not been in SL in a while, you can contact our VCARA Student Assistant, Matt Carmichael, at mcar1996@gmail.com to arrange a time to meet for basic instructions (e.g., practice flying, test audio, tour VCARA).

Sunday, March 24, 2013
Time
: 6:00pm - 7:00pm Pacific Time
Location: Second Life 
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A Librarian in Queen Elizabeth’s Court: Libraries and Virtual World Learning