From the ALS site:
A First Year of Operation Report on the of the Alliance Second Life Library 2.0 Project also known as the Alliance Information Archipelago in now available.
The report spans from April 11, 2006 through April 18, 2007
The report was compiled by Tom Peters of TAP Information Services with the assistance of Lori Bell and Beth Gallaway.
The entire report can be found here."
ALS also has great professional development/educational opportunities for librarians and library staff, listed on the CLeO section of their site (registration required to access list).
Friday, August 17, 2007
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Learning Style Information Literacy
The Otis College of Art and Design has made this helpful page available to their students. It provides written, interactive, and in-depth guides on how to use the library.
http://library.otis.edu/informationliteracy.html
http://library.otis.edu/informationliteracy.html
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Virtual Worlds & Education bibliography
From LISnews.com:
"It's Not Whether You Win or Lose, but How You Play the Game: The Role of Virtual Worlds in Education"
An Annotated Bibliography by Sharon Stoerger
"The articles that are summarized in this bibliography examine a wide variety of topics including immersion, creation (versus memorization), and game innovation, as well as Csikszentmihalyi's (e.g., 1993) concept of flow. Many of the authors take a constructivist rather than an instructivist approach to the topic and draw from the work of scholars, such as Piaget and Vygotsky. One theme that is repeated throughout many of these articles is the lack of empirical research and the reliance on anecdotal evidence that suggests conceptual learning.
While the focus of the articles included in this collection is primarily on the positive aspects of educational gaming, references to concerns, such as violence, bias against girls, and game addiction are included, as well. In general, this annotated bibliography is an attempt to pull together and examine a corpus of the available literature on the topic of virtual worlds in educational settings. It is by no means an exhaustive list of resources; rather, it includes some of the more commonly cited sources related to the use of this type of technology for the purpose of teaching and learning."
"It's Not Whether You Win or Lose, but How You Play the Game: The Role of Virtual Worlds in Education"
An Annotated Bibliography by Sharon Stoerger
"The articles that are summarized in this bibliography examine a wide variety of topics including immersion, creation (versus memorization), and game innovation, as well as Csikszentmihalyi's (e.g., 1993) concept of flow. Many of the authors take a constructivist rather than an instructivist approach to the topic and draw from the work of scholars, such as Piaget and Vygotsky. One theme that is repeated throughout many of these articles is the lack of empirical research and the reliance on anecdotal evidence that suggests conceptual learning.
While the focus of the articles included in this collection is primarily on the positive aspects of educational gaming, references to concerns, such as violence, bias against girls, and game addiction are included, as well. In general, this annotated bibliography is an attempt to pull together and examine a corpus of the available literature on the topic of virtual worlds in educational settings. It is by no means an exhaustive list of resources; rather, it includes some of the more commonly cited sources related to the use of this type of technology for the purpose of teaching and learning."
Pedagogy Journals outside of LIS
From ILI-L:
The Research and Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce the revision
of an online publication collaboratively authored by 2006-2007 committee
members Nancy Dewald, Wendy Holliday, Merinda McLure (Chair), Karen Munro
(Intern), Barbara Petersohn, and Rob Withers.
"A Selected List of Pedagogical Journals in Fields Outside of LIS"
This updated and expanded list aims to provide academic librarians and LIS
students with periodical sources for current awareness of disciplinary and
higher education pedagogy, and with suggested venues for publication
outside of the LIS literature. The list includes journals that have a focus
on higher education and pedagogy and are peer-reviewed and published in
English in the United States. Suggested journal titles are drawn from the
arts and humanities, the sciences, mathematics, the social sciences, and
higher education.
Karen Munro
Chair, IS Research & Scholarship Committee 2007-2008
Karen Munro
E-Learning Librarian
University of California, Berkeley
Doe/Moffitt Libraries
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
kmunro@library.berkeley.edu
510-643-1636
The Research and Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce the revision
of an online publication collaboratively authored by 2006-2007 committee
members Nancy Dewald, Wendy Holliday, Merinda McLure (Chair), Karen Munro
(Intern), Barbara Petersohn, and Rob Withers.
"A Selected List of Pedagogical Journals in Fields Outside of LIS"
This updated and expanded list aims to provide academic librarians and LIS
students with periodical sources for current awareness of disciplinary and
higher education pedagogy, and with suggested venues for publication
outside of the LIS literature. The list includes journals that have a focus
on higher education and pedagogy and are peer-reviewed and published in
English in the United States. Suggested journal titles are drawn from the
arts and humanities, the sciences, mathematics, the social sciences, and
higher education.
Karen Munro
Chair, IS Research & Scholarship Committee 2007-2008
Karen Munro
E-Learning Librarian
University of California, Berkeley
Doe/Moffitt Libraries
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
kmunro@library.berkeley.edu
510-643-1636
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Open Library
Story from InsideHigherEd.com:
"Open Library is a new online tool for finding information about books – even (perhaps especially) for titles that are out-of-print, scarce, or likely to find one reader per decade, if even that. It is, so to speak, a catalog with benefits. If a text is available in digital format, there is a link. you to it. Citations and excerpts from reviews will be available. Likewise, cross-references to other works on related topics. A user of Open Library can see the cover of the book and, in some cases, search the contents."
SDK
"Open Library is a new online tool for finding information about books – even (perhaps especially) for titles that are out-of-print, scarce, or likely to find one reader per decade, if even that. It is, so to speak, a catalog with benefits. If a text is available in digital format, there is a link. you to it. Citations and excerpts from reviews will be available. Likewise, cross-references to other works on related topics. A user of Open Library can see the cover of the book and, in some cases, search the contents."
SDK
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Mountains Beyond Mountains on Facebook
So, I recently composed an email to Stephanie suggesting that we start a discussion about Mountains Beyond Mountains on the Facebook Group "Illinois Wesleyan Class of 2011." Then I checked to see if the students might have already started a discussion; they had! 21 students have participated in the discussion since July 4th.
424 people are members of this group, many of them incoming freshmen. If you're not on Facebook yet, sign up and check this out. Or, come to my office and I will show you.
~Sarah
424 people are members of this group, many of them incoming freshmen. If you're not on Facebook yet, sign up and check this out. Or, come to my office and I will show you.
~Sarah
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