Geo-Distant Networking: Librarians & Educatorsin Second Life

Diane NahlUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa

Adra Letov in SLMarch 5, 2011

Big Island Library NetworkMookini Library, UH Hilo

UHM Aquaculture Island education

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Setting up an SL Account & Logging in as Your Avatar

1. Register for SL Account: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1npMKeBjVTD7tBfYCivxlwP7_xaYcWEOlnnBMJztUhys/edit?hl=en&authkey=CI_jnboF#

2. Avatar sign-up spreadsheet: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=t83zQm_30K38XfSWL-76GhA&authkey=CI-KsfEB#gid=0

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Outline Social Networking Trends

Growth of Virtual Worlds and Implications for Higher Education

Librarians in Second Life

Immersive Learning for Professionalizing in SL

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Social Networking Trends Social Networking Statistics:

http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2010/01/19/a-collection-of-social-network-stats-for-2010/

– Facebook 500 million – MySpace 57 million– Twitter 105 million: personal and professional– LinkedIn 60 million: professional networks– FourSquare 6 million: location-based social

“For the first time social network or blog sites are visited by three quarters of global consumers who go online…” … “80% of adult Internet users have a Twitter account” Pew Research, 2010

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Facebook Projection for 2011http://www.joesblogg.com/2010/03/social-media-usage-statistics-2010/

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How often do users check Twitter for updates?http://captico.com/twitter-statistics-and-info-on-usage/2010/12

Pew Research, 2010

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VWs in Education: Growth Areas

Remote Learning Immersive Learning Peer-to-Peer [P2P] Learning Student Outreach

KZERO Worldswide 2009http://www.kzero.co.uk/presentations.php

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100+ Virtual Worlds for Kids

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Virtual World Expansion

Virtual World Accounts 2009-10 500 million tweens worldwide form the largest

age group in virtual worlds. 300 million young adults worldwide. 1.1 billion total registered accounts

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VW Accounts Age 10-15 years

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VW Accounts Age 15-25 years

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Second Life Factoids 3-D virtual world where all graphic content is entirely

built and owned by its Residents 2003 opened to the public (Linden Labs) 17 million worldwide registered users 2010 55-80,000 online Has events; immersive history, literature, art, and

science sites; lands of different forms; shopping malls, homes, live music, sports; mainstream businesses, government agencies, schools, universities, museums, libraries, and more …

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University of Hawaii in SL

UHM Courses in SL: LIS, Psychology, 2nd Language Learning, Nursing, Educational Technology, Music, and more!

UH Islands: http://slurl.com/secondlife/University%20of%20Hawaii/56/226/22

– Main UH Island (UHM & Kapiolani CC)– College of Education Island– Aquaculture Island– Hawaii Community College Island– Google Group: uh-virtual-education@googlegroups.com

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UH Island in SL

Sustainability Courtyard

Amphitheater

IFA Pan STARRS Telescopes

Aquaculture

Water Sports

Characteristics of Immersive Learning Environments

Interactivity, social interaction, and engagement The more actively people engage with a learning environment the

more they learn Immersive learning environments are infused with

information, virtual 3-D places embody information Participants “go inside the subject”

Exploring, sharing, and co-constructing immersive environments with others enhances co-presence, deepens learning, and enriches perspective

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Mars “Curiosity AI” Project

Archivist Llwellyn, 2010

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Zones of Engagement

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_%28psychology%29

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Education

Virtual Hajj

Muinjij Native American island

Teesside Virtual Factory

Testis Tour U. Oregon

FSU Holocaust

UEL virtual patient

Biology

Advantages of Using Immersive Learning Environments

Preparing for the next generation of virtual learners Gaining cumulative virtual world experience

Librarians and faculty leading their institutions in educational applications of VW technology in subject courses, distance learning, recruitment, and providing greater access to resources Collaborating with faculty and professionals at the forefront of VW education

Creating useful settings, services, tools, resources, and activities in a novel information environment Developing creativity as a resource for innovation

Sustainable professional development, worldwide collaboration

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Creating VW Subject Tours 

 Librarian evaluating Genome Island for in-world subject guide

Evaluating places in Second Life for inworld subject guide creation. Academic librarian role adapted from websites to locations and places in VW

environments.

Robin Ashford, Librarian, GFU

Texas Wesleyan University's Genome

Island

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What are Librarians Doing in Second Life?

Building a VW Library Presence & Services UCLA, Stanford, University of Texas, and many others Kansas State Library, St. Olathe Public Library, and many others Sun Microsystems, IBM, NOAA, and many others

Creating Themed ‘Born-Inworld’ Libraries H.G.Wells Library, Jules Verne Library, Biblioteque Francophone, + Rachelville library of children’s literature, Illumination Library, +

Forming Professional Interest Groups (a mere few) Librarians of Second Life [1,412 members] Second Life Library 2.0 [2,100 members] LIS Student Union [100+ members]

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VW Reference Service

Students asking reference questions of their university librarian. Robin Ashford, GFU

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What are Librarians Doing in Second Life?

Collaborating with educators in creating immersive educational sites and inworld courses Tudor Caledon, Renaissance Island, and more

Creating and providing orientation and instruction for SL users, especially new users, educators, librarians, library staff, and students in all disciplines The Learning Lab and the Virtual Learning Library

Teaching professional development courses, producing and presenting at inworld and RL conferences VWBPE, College & Career Fairs, ALA SLymposium, and more

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First Librarians in Second Life

  http://www.rezlibris.com/archive/175-virtual-worlds-real-libraries-a-must-read-for-second-life-librarians.html [Image by Denise Cote]

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What are Librarians Doing in Second Life?

Building Inworld Community Book talks, author events, current issue discussions, writing contests,

commemorations, photo contests, concerts, themed exhibits and celebrations, rez-day celebrations, memorials, etc.

Creating Interactive Information Objects Subject guides, resource collections, educational objects, exhibits and

events, linking to fulltext books and Web sites Creating Innovative Information Objects

Virtual Book Experience, walk-in, multimedia, immersive Farenheit 451, Goldilocks, Human Trafficking Interactive Exhibit

Creating Information Sharing Tools Interactive information givers, slide viewers, notifiers, statistics

counters, readable books, skill games, and more.

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LIBRARIES

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CVL Reference Area

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CVL Virtual Learning Library

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LIS 694 Information Behavior in Virtual Environments

Fulfills part of MLIS technology course requirements Second Life virtual world platform Field research focus

Applying three IB models to examine and compare live information seeking and use within different virtual environments

Producing VW events, pathfinders and interactive information sharing exhibits for the library community of the Info Islands and UH Islands

Acquiring virtual skill in: distributed collaboration, VW building and creation, communication and marketing, content presentation, participant observer and other applied research techniques, data analysis and presentation

Integrates Web 2.0 cloud computing Course Google group & Google documents for collaborative work; Flickr

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Google Docs - Collaboration Tool

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Google Group & Google Documents

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Flickr

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YouTube Machinima& Website

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National and International Professional Activities in SL

Professional event planning, production, and evaluation AVL LIS Career Fair with speaker programs and booths

ALA Banned Books Week programs with Dr. Rebecca Knuth 2009 & CVL Social Networking event 2010

AVL Hot Topics Panel with Kansas librarian Bill Sowers and Dr. Leon James

SLA Buzz Session Panel with Dr. Andrew Wertheimer, Librarian Ben Hoganson, SJSU MLIS student Chris Nelson, and SLA Librarian Cindy Hill

ACRL Information Literacy and Web 2.0 Panel with academic librarians Robin Ashcroft, Esther Grassian, Beth Kraemer, and Marsha Schnirring, and U. Sheffield LIS professor Sheila Webber

AVL 50th Anniversary of Statehood Event and Exhibit with Professor Dan Boylan

LIS Student Research Poster Conference with librarian adjudicators 2009, 2010, & 2011 38

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LIS 694 Students Planning and Producing Professional Events for CVL, SLA, and ACRL

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LIS Students & Librarians Learning Together

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Professional Development for Academic Librarians, LIS Faculty and MLIS Students

          

      

“Academic librarians in SL are early adopters who understand the importance of virtual worlds and other emerging technologies. They are leaders and learners who fill important roles in their institutions.” Robin Ashford, George Fox University

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LIS Student Research Presentations

VW CULTURAL SUBJECT COLLECTIONS Historical Clothing, Buddhism,

Landscapes, & Live Music in Second Life

LIS Student Union in SL Founded January 2009 by Adra Letov

Parcel and building donated by Community Virtual Library

Home base for all LIS students, near main Reference Desk, SJSU, Stanford U and other campuses

Meeting space and presentation area for LIS students

Sandbox for LISSU members

LISSU Collections LIS Career Collection

Monthly Themed Exhibits

LIS student collection projects from SL field research

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Picture(s) here

Backyard display area for presentations and student research posters

LIS Student Union in SL

URL Linkers to Access LISSU Web 2.0 Sites Flickr

Documenting learning events and student research presentations http://www.flickr.com/photos/lis-students-sl/sets/

Website Archiving in-world activities

http://www2.hawaii.edu/~nahl/studentunion/lis-su.html

YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/LISstudentunionSL

SLURL: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/145/99/24

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Continuing Professional

Development

• Expertise from around world: speakers & audience• Sustainable: No travel cost, time, uses less energy• People chat and network• Variety of formats – Conferences & Meetings– Guided & Interactive Tours– Themed / Commemorative Events– Training Courses & Workshops– Interactive Exhibits

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Professional Conferences

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Professional Meetings and Events

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Global Connections & Professional Development: University of Sheffield InfoLit iSchool Island

 

University of Edinburgh Librarians, InfoLit iSchool

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Research Meetings

University of Kentucky in SL

University of Hawaii in SL

College of Du Page in SL

George Fox University in SL

[Images by Beth Kraemer]

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Professor Diane Nahl nahl@hawaii.edu http://www2.hawaii.edu/~nahl/courses

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lis-students-sl/sets/