As part of the ongoing discussion series on Infolit iSchool island, in Second
Life (SL), there are two forthcoming events to be held in SL. This is part of
the activity of the Centre for Information Literacy Research. Discussions last
an hour and normally start with a short introduction, followed by an open
discussion. You will need to have a Second Life avatar to participate (see
http://www.secondlife.com/).
Thursday 7th February **Information Literacy for researchers** 12.00 SL time
(that's 20.00 UK time). Sheila Webber (Sheila Yoshikawa in SL) will begin by
reporting back on the SCONUL/CONUL conference (held in Dublin, Ireland, 31st
Jan) which focused on the question of how librarians can support the
information literacy of academic researchers, research assistants and research
students. Participants are welcome to discuss the issues raised and contribute
their own experience and ideas.Also, if you were at the event, please come
along to contribute your views. This will be held in Hobbiton House,
coordinates: Infolit iSchool (153, 23, 21)
Thursday 14 February **Evaluating SL educational interventions for information
literacy** 12.00 SL time (that's 20.00 UK time). This will start by
highlighting points from a session for UK educators ("Measuring the impact of
Second Life on learning") which took place 23rd Jan. Discussion here will focus
in particular on evaluating SL interventions aiming at educating for
information literacy. This will be held in Sakura House, coordinates: Infolit
iSchool (153, 23, 21)
No need to register in advance, just teleport in ;-)
The transcript of the last meeting, on assessment for information literacy (led
by Lyn Parker/Maggie Kohime) is at http://sleeds.org/chatlog/?c=217
Infolit iSchool island is devoted to information literacy, information
management and inquiry-based learning, and is part of the University of
Sheffield, sponsored by the Centre for Inquiry based Learning in the arts and
Social Sciences.
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Sheila Webber
Senior Lecturer, Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield,
211 Portobello Street, Sheffield S1 4DP, UK
0114 222 2641
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The information literacy weblog - http://information-literacy.blogspot.com/
Sheila Yoshikawa (SL) blog: http://adventuresofyoshikawa.blogspot.com/
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