[Publib] "Working with a Class in Second Life" course

[Marianne Steadley]

Apologies for duplicate postings. 

NOTE: Class starts Monday, August 4, but there is still time to register.

Are you getting thinking about using Second Life in the classroom or actually using Second Life as the classroom? If so, join Dr. Bryan Carter (Bryan Mnemonic) in "Working with a Class in Second Life", a course created to help librarians and instructors 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.

Week One: Setting up a class in Second Life
Week Two: The Pedagogy of Second Life
Week Three: Student Projects
Week Four: Managing a Project/Sim 

Audience: Open to all interested in using Second Life for educational purposes. Students must feel comfortable navigating in Second Life. This is not a basic Second Life course. 

Dates: Mondays, August 4, 11, 18,and 25 from 4:00 - 6:00 PM SL (US Pacific) 

Location: Second Life
Cost: $150 

Sponsored by the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois and the Alliance Library System.

For additional information and to register:
http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/programs/cpd/VW/class.html
Marianne Steadley
Continuing Professional Development Program Director
501 E. Daniel St. Champaign IL 61820
217/244-2751
Fax: 217/244-3302