Second Life Workshop Big Island Librarians Network University of Hawaii at Hilo Dr. Diane Nahl LIS Program University of Hawaii March 5, 2011

1. Geo-Distant Networking: Librarians & Educatorsin Second Life Diane Nahl University of Hawaii at Manoa Adra Letov in SL March 5, 2011Big Island Library Network Mookini Library, UH Hilo UHM Aquaculture Island education

2. Setting up an SL Account & Logging in as Your Avatar Register for SL Account:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1npMKeBjVTD7tBfYCivxlwP7_xaYcWEOlnnBMJztUhys/edit?hl=en&authkey=CI_jnboF# Avatar sign-up spreadsheet: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=t83zQm_30K38XfSWL-76GhA&authkey=CI-KsfEB#gid=0 University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program 2

4. Growth of Virtual Worlds and Implications for Higher Education

5. Librarians in Second Life

6. Immersive Learning for Professionalizing in SLUniversity of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program 3

8. Facebook Projection for 2011http://www.joesblogg.com/2010/03/social-media-usage-statistics-2010/ University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program 5

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10. How often do users check Twitter for updates?http://captico.com/twitter-statistics-and-info-on-usage/2010/12 University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program 7 Pew Research, 2010

12. Immersive Learning

13. Peer-to-Peer [P2P] Learning

14. Student OutreachKZERO Worldswide 2009 http://www.kzero.co.uk/presentations.php University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program 8

15. 100+ Virtual Worlds for Kids University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program 9

16. Virtual World Expansion University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program 10

18. 300 million young adults worldwide.

19. 1.1 billion total registered accountsUniversity of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program 11

20. VW Accounts Age 10-15 years University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program 12

21. VW Accounts Age 15-25 years University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program 13

22. University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program 14

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25. 2003 opened to the public (Linden Labs)

26. 17 million worldwide registered users 2010

27. 55-80,000 online

28. 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 …University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program 16

30. UH Islands: http://slurl.com/secondlife/University%20of%20Hawaii/56/226/22Main UH Island (UHM & Kapiolani CC) College of Education Island Aquaculture Island Hawaii Community College Island Google Group: uh-virtual-education@googlegroups.com University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program 17

31. UH Island in SL University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program 18 IFA Pan STARRS Telescopes Aquaculture Sustainability Courtyard Water Sports Amphitheater

33. The more actively people engage with a learning environment the more they learn

34. Immersive learning environments are infused with information, virtual 3-D places embody information

35. Participants “go inside the subject”

36. Exploring, sharing, and co-constructing immersive environments with others enhances co-presence, deepens learning, and enriches perspectiveUniversity of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program 19

37. University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program 20 Mars “Curiosity AI” Project Archivist Llwellyn, 2010

38. Zones of Engagement University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program 21 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_%28psychology%29

39. Education UEL virtual patient Virtual Hajj Biology Testis Tour U. Oregon FSU Holocaust Muinjij Native American island Teesside Virtual Factory 22 University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program

41. Gaining cumulative virtual world experience

42. Librarians and faculty leading their institutions in educational applications of VW technology in subject courses, distance learning, recruitment, and providing greater access to resources

43. Collaborating with faculty and professionals at the forefront of VW education

44. Creating useful settings, services, tools, resources, and activities in a novel information environment

45. Developing creativity as a resource for innovation

46. Sustainable professional development, worldwide collaborationUniversity of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program 23

47. Creating VW Subject Tours Texas Wesleyan University's Genome Island Librarian evaluating Genome Island for in-world subject guide Robin Ashford, Librarian, GFU Evaluating places in Second Life for inworld subject guide creation. Academic librarian role adapted from websites to locations and places in VW environments. University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program 24

49. UCLA, Stanford, University of Texas, and many others

50. Kansas State Library, St. Olathe Public Library, and many others

51. Sun Microsystems, IBM, NOAA, and many others

52. Creating Themed ‘Born-Inworld’ Libraries

53. H.G.Wells Library, Jules Verne Library, Biblioteque Francophone, +

54. Rachelville library of children’s literature, Illumination Library, +

55. Forming Professional Interest Groups (a mere few)

56. Librarians of Second Life [1,412 members]

57. Second Life Library 2.0 [2,100 members]

60. Tudor Caledon, Renaissance Island, and more

61. Creating and providing orientation and instruction for SL users, especially new users, educators, librarians, library staff, and students in all disciplines

62. The Learning Lab and the Virtual Learning Library

63. Teaching professional development courses, producing and presenting at inworld and RL conferences

66. Book talks, author events, current issue discussions, writing contests, commemorations, photo contests, concerts, themed exhibits and celebrations, rez-day celebrations, memorials, etc.

67. Creating Interactive Information Objects

68. Subject guides, resource collections, educational objects, exhibits and events, linking to fulltext books and Web sites

69. Creating Innovative Information Objects

70. Virtual Book Experience, walk-in, multimedia, immersiveFarenheit451, Goldilocks, Human Trafficking Interactive Exhibit

71. Creating Information Sharing Tools

73. CVL Reference Area 31 University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program

74. CVL Virtual Learning Library 32 University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program

76. Second Life virtual world platform

77. Field research focus

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

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

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

81. Integrates Web 2.0 cloud computing

82. Course Google group & Google documents for collaborative work; Flickr photo archive; YouTube machinima archive; Website archive33 University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program

83. Google Docs - Collaboration Tool 34 University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program

84. Google Group & Google Documents 35 University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program

85. Flickr 36 University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program

86. YouTube Machinima& Website 37 University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program

88. AVL LIS Career Fair with speaker programs and booths

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

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

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

92. 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

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

94. LIS Student Research Poster Conference with librarian adjudicators 2009, 2010, & 2011 38 University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program

95. 39 LIS 694 Students Planning and Producing Professional Events for CVL, SLA, and ACRL University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program

96. University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program 40 LIS Students & Librarians Learning Together

97. 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 University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program 41

98. 42 LIS Student Research Presentations VW CULTURAL SUBJECT COLLECTIONS Historical Clothing, Buddhism, Landscapes, & Live Music in Second Life University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program

100. Parcel and building donated by Community Virtual Library

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

102. Meeting space and presentation area for LIS students

103. Sandbox for LISSU members

104. LISSU Collections

105. LIS Career Collection

106. Monthly Themed Exhibits

107. LIS student collection projects from SL field researchUniversity of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program 43

108. Picture(s) here Backyard display area for presentations and student research posters 44 University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program

110. Flickr

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

112. Website

113. Archiving in-world activitieshttp://www2.hawaii.edu/~nahl/studentunion/lis-su.html

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

115. SLURL: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/145/99/24University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program 45

116. 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 46 University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program

117. Professional Conferences University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program 47

118. 48 Professional Meetings and Events University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program

119. Global Connections & Professional Development: University of Sheffield InfoLit iSchool Island University of Edinburgh Librarians, InfoLit iSchool 49 University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program

120. Research Meetings University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program University of Kentucky in SL College of Du Page in SL George Fox University in SL University of Hawaii in SL 50 [Images by Beth Kraemer]

121. Professor Diane Nahl nahl@hawaii.edu http://www2.hawaii.edu/~nahl/courses http://www.flickr.com/photos/lis-students-sl/sets/ 51 University of Hawaii, BILN, UH Hilo 3.5.11 Diane Nahl, LIS Program