[Web4lib] Continuing education courses on virtual worlds

[Lori Bell]

Join us next week in the following Second Life courses for librarians, museum professionals, and educators. 

Title: Setting up Your Library or Museum in Second Life: An Applied Approach 

This course is intended for those interested in creating their library or museum presence in SL. Each participant will be lent a small plot of land on which to develop a prototype for their SL library or museum. Instructors will focus on the information, skills, and SL utilities necessary to accomplish that task. Participants will also be given the opportunity to reinforce their learning through hands-on experiences that will result in a model for their SL library or museum. Led by Daisyblue Hufferman, Krull Aeon, and Sonja Morgwain. 

Wednesdays, May 6, 13, 30, 27, June 3, 10 from 4:00-6:00 pm SL (U.S. Pacific) 
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Title: Working with a Class in Second Life 

Join Dr. Bryan Carter (Bryan Mnemonic) in this course created to help librarians and educators learn how to work with a class in Second Life including hardware and software requirements, orientation, faculty and student mindset change, establishing course objectives, finding and creating content, creating meaningful projects, evaluating student work, action learning, grants, managing a sim-island, and collaborative opportunities. 

Wednesdays, May 6, 13, 20, 27 from 5:00-7:00 pm SL (US Pacific) time 
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Title: Virtual World Librarianship 

What is it like to work as a librarian in the virtual world of Second Life (SL)? What skills and knowledge are needed? What resources are available? This is a hands-on course that will introduce you to providing reference services and building collections and exhibits in Second Life, to planning programs and events, and to the skills needed for the 21st century librarian in a virtual world. Led by Hypatia Dejavu, Abbey Zenith, Rocky Vallejo, JJ Drinkwater. 

Thursdays, May 7, 14, 21, 28 (with an optional party on June 4) from 5:00 - 7:00 pm SL (US Pacific) time 
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For additional information and to register: 
http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/programs/cpd/VW/ 
Marianne Steadley
Continuing Professional Development Program Director
501 E. Daniel St. Champaign IL 61820
217/244-2751


Lori Bell
Director of Innovation
Alliance Library System
600 High Point Lane
East Peoria, IL 61611
(309)694-9200 ext. 2128
lbell at alliancelibrarysystem.com