FSU Center for Teaching and Learning: Learning and Research in Second Life

Joe Clark is a CTL instructional consultant and a doctoral student in Communication. He’s just one of many FSU faculty who've been exploring the learning and research potentials of online environments for some time now, and hopes this event will help share the groundbreaking work of his colleagues with the rest of the FSU and Tallahassee community.

One-Day Conference:
Virtual FSU: Learning and Research
in 'Second Life'

Second Life is already being used for library services and distance learning, and scholars are starting to see its potential as a site of continuing research on social behavior and culture.

Find out what's going on with Second Life at FSU at a one-day conference sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning and featuring presentations by faculty from a number of disciplines across campus.

The event is open free of charge to all members of the FSU community and the general public, and will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, November 13, in the Starry Conference Room of the Rovetta Building. A parallel presence in Second Life is also planned.

Note: Lunch will not be provided; however, feel free to bring a brown bag lunch with you so we can continue the conversation!

To keep abreast of conference-related announcements and receive a detailed agenda, be sure to register online. Registration is recommended but not required, and you may drop in for a single presentation or stay for the day.

Come join the discussion and see what potential virtual worlds might hold for your academic and professional future!

Virtual FSU: Learning and Research in Second Life
Thursday, November 13, 2008, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Starry Conference Room (214 Rovetta) and in the Metaverse
Register Now!

Presentation Schedule

Time	Presentation Title	Presenter
10:00 AM	Welcome and Introduction	Joe Clark Center for Teaching and Learning/ College of Communication
10:15 AM	Environmental Education and the Production of "Nature" in SL	Joe Clark Center for Teaching and Learning/ College of Communication
10:45 AM	The Role of Community and Society in Virtual World Marketing	Rob Hooker College of Business
11:15 AM	Action Research on Virtual Environments and Underachieving Students	David Callihan and Nancy Davis College of Education
11:45 AM	Brownbag lunch and discussion	Joe Clark Center for Teaching and Learning/ College of Communication
12:45 PM	Claudia L'Amoreaux Special Virtual Guest	Claudia L'Amoreaux (Claudia Linden) of Linden Lab, Creators of Second Life
1:00 PM	Library Reference Services in Second Life	Nancy Kellett Dirac Science Library
1:30 PM	Information Providers in Second Life	Lorri Mon College of Information
2:15 PM	A Virtual Clothing Store for Merchandising Students	Peter Jorgensen College of Information
2:45 PM	Museums in Second Life	Paul Marty College of Information
3:15 PM	The New FSU iSpace Teaching and Learning “Island” in Second Life	Presenters from the College of Information
3:45 PM	Conference Wrap-up	Joe Clark Center for Teaching and Learning/ College of Communication