Open to museum professionals.

The Graduate School of Library and Information Science, at the 
University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, is pleased to offer 
"Libraries and Immersive Learning in 3D Virtual Environments." This is a 
new non-credit, continuing education course held in Second Life.

Course description: What skills and techniques from other disciplines do 
librarians need to learn/use/modify, in order to take the library 
forward to its future incarnations? One of the hot topics in the world 
of MUVE's, MMORPG's, and game-based education is Immersive Learning 
(IL). Immersive Learning uses the ability of environments to supply 
information, and to engage more of the learner's cognitive "package" 
than does a traditional read-lecture-and-discuss format. This course 
will begin by examining a few basic concepts of IL and looking at Second 
Life as an IL environment. The majority of the class will explore ways 
that librarians can support IL classes and how librarianship can 
incorporate IL into its practices: LIS education, providing information 
and education to patrons, etc.

Week One: Introduction to immersive learning
Week Two: Second Life as an immersive learning environment
Week Three: Immersive education in virtual space
Week Four: Technologies of learning
Week Five: Immersive learning library programs
Week Six: Immersive reference services


Audience: Open to anyone interested in learning more about libraries and 
learning/teaching in virtual worlds. Experience in Second Life is 
strongly recommended. Educators and museum professionals wanting to 
learn more about immersive learning are welcome. Detailed syllabus 
available upon request.

Instructors: JJ Jacobson (JJ Drinkwater) and S. Thompson (Hypatia Dejavu)

Section One: October 31; November 7, 14, 28; December 5 and 12 from 8:00 
- 10:00 am SL (10:00 am - 12:00 pm central)

Section Two: November 1, 8, 15, 29; December 6 and 13 from 6:00 - 8:00 
pm SL (8:00 - 10:00 pm central)

Cost: $250

For additional information and to register: 
http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/programs/cpd/Immersive_Learning.html

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