This was presented at the European Business School Librarians Group conference, Ashridge Management College, May 2009 by Sheila Webber, Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield, UK, s.webber@sheffield.ac.uk In the presentation she illustrates ways in which Second Life is being used for collaboration and networking, particularly by librarians and by business schools.
The document discusses blogs and wikis as tools for learning. It explains that blogs are good for ongoing discussions and sharing ideas with readers, while wikis allow for collaborative building of knowledge on a topic through contributions and edits by multiple users. Specific wikis like pbworks are highlighted for their easy setup and collaborative features. Challenges of blogs and wikis for schools are mentioned, such as ensuring safe environments and promoting learning outcomes.
Totally Totara - Learning Together, Jan Anderson, Northumberland County CouncilLearning Pool Ltd
Jan Anderson demonstrates how influential Totara has been for developing learners within their specific roles and the advantages of
this from both manager and learner. Jan ran through Totara on the day, if you would like a Totara LMSdemo, please visit www.learningpool.com
St. Hilda's School, an all-girls day/boarding school located in Queensland, Australia is setting the bar for K-12 schools worldwide. Using mobile learning, St. Hilda's is able to engage all of its stakeholders with a more personalized approach. Students are relating better, collaborating with one another and their instructors, and staying connected to their educational experience 24/7.
St. Hilda's has dramatically increased student engagement while decreasing their carbon footprint with Blackboard Mobile Central, Blackboard Mobile Learn, and Blackboard Managed Hosting.
The 16th Annual International Conference focused on harnessing Web 2.0 for education. The conference objectives were to reflect on educational uses of Web 2.0, how it can transform education, and exchange best practices. Web 2.0 tools like blogs, wikis, social bookmarking, media sharing, and social networking were discussed. Benefits of Web 2.0 in education included motivating and engaging students through interactive learning, collaboration, and flexibility. The conference concluded with ways educators can start using Web 2.0 through exploring, commenting, and contributing online content.
Employee Recruitment through Second LifeStacy Surla
Second Life is an online virtual world where users can socialize, play games, and interact. The document discusses how businesses are using Second Life for recruitment by setting up virtual offices and hosting job fairs. Recruiters see Second Life as a way to reach tech-savvy job candidates. Several large companies like IBM, eBay, and Microsoft have a presence in Second Life for recruitment purposes. While recruitment in Second Life has advantages like lower costs, some downsides are the learning curve for new users and the need for recruiters to maintain an active virtual presence.
The document discusses blogs and wikis as tools for learning. It explains that blogs are good for ongoing discussions and sharing ideas with readers, while wikis allow for collaborative building of knowledge on a topic through contributions and edits by multiple users. Specific wikis like pbworks are highlighted for their easy setup and collaborative features. Challenges of blogs and wikis for schools are mentioned, such as ensuring safe environments and promoting learning outcomes.
Totally Totara - Learning Together, Jan Anderson, Northumberland County CouncilLearning Pool Ltd
Jan Anderson demonstrates how influential Totara has been for developing learners within their specific roles and the advantages of
this from both manager and learner. Jan ran through Totara on the day, if you would like a Totara LMSdemo, please visit www.learningpool.com
St. Hilda's School, an all-girls day/boarding school located in Queensland, Australia is setting the bar for K-12 schools worldwide. Using mobile learning, St. Hilda's is able to engage all of its stakeholders with a more personalized approach. Students are relating better, collaborating with one another and their instructors, and staying connected to their educational experience 24/7.
St. Hilda's has dramatically increased student engagement while decreasing their carbon footprint with Blackboard Mobile Central, Blackboard Mobile Learn, and Blackboard Managed Hosting.
The 16th Annual International Conference focused on harnessing Web 2.0 for education. The conference objectives were to reflect on educational uses of Web 2.0, how it can transform education, and exchange best practices. Web 2.0 tools like blogs, wikis, social bookmarking, media sharing, and social networking were discussed. Benefits of Web 2.0 in education included motivating and engaging students through interactive learning, collaboration, and flexibility. The conference concluded with ways educators can start using Web 2.0 through exploring, commenting, and contributing online content.
Employee Recruitment through Second LifeStacy Surla
Second Life is an online virtual world where users can socialize, play games, and interact. The document discusses how businesses are using Second Life for recruitment by setting up virtual offices and hosting job fairs. Recruiters see Second Life as a way to reach tech-savvy job candidates. Several large companies like IBM, eBay, and Microsoft have a presence in Second Life for recruitment purposes. While recruitment in Second Life has advantages like lower costs, some downsides are the learning curve for new users and the need for recruiters to maintain an active virtual presence.
Cutting through the hype to make a confident future library and information p...Sheila Webber
This was given at the CILIP East of England ISG meeting, May 2009, in Foxton, UK. I have added some additional notes for Slideshare (mostly in boxes on the slides). It was part of a programme that was looking at what skills and knowledge library and information professionals needed to meet the needs of young people. "Cutting through the hype" (in my title) indicates that I think that we shouldn't accept steroetypes & generalisations of what generations are like.
The document summarizes a blended virtual course on entrepreneurship taught in Second Life at Babson College. Some key findings were that social presence was greatly improved over traditional online courses. Speakers from around the world were more willing to participate. Students were energized by the experiential learning approach and invented their own presentation methods. While technical issues remained, the virtual world engagement led to richer learning experiences than asynchronous online courses alone.
Information Literacy in virtual worlds Part 1Sheila Webber
This was created as part of a presentation for the Information Literacy with Web 2.0 virtual seminar and is part of a page at http://www.netvibes.com/sheilawebber#Using_virtual_worlds
Using Second Life as a learning environmentSheila Webber
This was presented by Sheila Webber (Sheila Yoshikawa in Second Life) senior Lecturer in the Information School, University of Sheffield, at the IVIG conference in Prague, Czech Republic on 23rd September 2010. It responds to a number of questions about using Second Life and other digital environments for learning
This document is Hendry Wibisono's resume and portfolio. It summarizes his education, work experience, skills, and participation experience. It then showcases 9 portfolio projects that demonstrate his skills in interactive Flash design, websites, mobile apps, motion graphics, and more. The portfolios showcase projects for campaigns, museums, and other clients. Hendry aims to constantly challenge himself creatively through new design challenges.
This document is Hendry Wibisono's resume and portfolio. It summarizes his education, work experience, skills, and participation experience. It then showcases 9 portfolio projects that demonstrate his skills in interactive Flash design, websites, mobile apps, motion graphics, and more. The portfolios showcase projects for campaigns, museums, and other clients. Hendry aims to use design and technology to promote awareness, experiences, and culture.
This was presented at the 2009 CoFHE (Colleges of Further and Higher Education group of CILIP) conference, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, 19 June 2009. Additional notes have been added for this version. The presenters were: Sheila Webber (Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield); Vicki Cormie (Senior Academic Liaison Librarian at St Andrews University); Denny Colledge (Information Skills Librarian at Edinburgh University). The first part of the presentation briefly introduces SL and its use in education and for collaboration, then provides a few thoughts about supporting information literacy, finally indicating some tools and models for IL in SL. The second part of the presentation provides a snapshot of activity on the Edinburgh University SL campus and Denny Colledge's involvement. The actual presentation had a lot of demonstration of SL!
Presentation given at the CILASS (Centre for Inquiry Based Learning in the Arts and Social Sciences) IBL cafe, on 11 December 2007, at the University of Sheffield, UK. It begins by briefly introducing the virtual world, Second Life (SL), and indicating its value for professional and staff development. It goes on to define Inqury Based Learning (IBL) and links a SL initiative to IBL strategy. There is a brief description of this initiative, in which 1st year BSc Information Management students are inquiring into SL residents' information behaviour.
This document discusses the use of Second Life by library and information professionals. It provides an introduction to Second Life and examples of how libraries have used it for collaboration, continuing professional development, teaching, and engaging users. Examples discussed include library locations in Second Life, the RezLibris magazine for librarians in Second Life, and teaching activities through the Infolit iSchool in Second Life.
In this presentation at SXSWedu in March 2013, Dr. Gigi Johnson explores the fuzzy world of “blended” courses in higher education. She dissects the tensions and tribulations as universities attempt to blend F2F and web-enriched tools in traditional environments, including challenges of time, space, and data politics in research universities, challenges with cost structures and faculty development, and abundant legal and IP issues. What is a class vs. what it could be with rich alternative technologies for learning? How do old universities rethink “class” instead of “just” repackage learning in a blended environment?
The document summarizes a blended virtual course on entrepreneurship taught in Second Life at Babson College in 2007. Over 7 weeks, 22 MBA students met weekly in Second Life for presentations, guest speakers, and team projects. Students found the social presence improved over traditional online courses and enjoyed interacting with speakers from around the world. While technical issues arose, students were energized by the experiential learning approach and invented new presentation methods in Second Life. The course demonstrated Second Life's potential for online education by overcoming perceptions of it as just a game.
SolipCISM is an island in Second Life created by Kingston University's Faculty of Computing, Information Systems & Mathematics to support teaching and learning. It provides a virtual learning environment for both synchronous and asynchronous learning. Key features include an amphitheater for lectures, meeting pods for tutorials, and exhibition zones to showcase student and faculty work. The goal is to seamlessly integrate the virtual world into existing curriculum and pedagogy in a way that complements other learning components through coherence, complementarity and integration.
SUNY Empire State College has been one of the founding institutions in immersive, virtual education having islands on Second Life (www.secondlife.com) since 2004 and classes and meetings on the islands for almost as many years. As this fall academic year begins, a band of intrepid faculty and staff are continuing their own learning and peer support through the Virtual Affinity Group, which began as VirtualESC in spring 2011. As the education costs for Second Life rose, more open source venues emerged and extended expansive opportunities have arisen. As this virtual support community moves into yet another academic year, it will be hosting external speakers and events that will examine the borders and boundaries of emerging and open virtual experiences.
The VFAC presenters invite individual interested in learning about our past, present, and future immersive experiences to join us in the Virtual Rotunda on the ESC island; we will share what lies ahead with the speaker and our own expectations. And, we will gather your ideas for ways we might grow ESC’s holding in the future. So please do come to meet-and-greet, experience an immersive environment, and learn about our upcoming affinity group events.
Helen Barrett presented on using free online tools for ePortfolio development. She began by defining ePortfolios as digital collections that allow students to reflect on their learning through various media formats. Barrett discussed key concepts like the purposes of ePortfolios for reflection, identity development, and online branding. She outlined various free web 2.0 tools and mobile devices that can be used to create ePortfolios, focusing on tools like blogs, wikis, and social networks. Barrett emphasized that ePortfolios should balance being a working portfolio for reflection and a presentation portfolio to showcase work. She provided examples of student ePortfolios and discussed how purpose drives the choice of ePortfolio structure and tools.
The document summarizes the vision and activities of the Centre of Excellence for New Media at Innova Junior College in Singapore. The center spearheads research on using new media technologies in teaching and learning. It equips students with new media literacies and skills through facilities like a media center, studio, and installation space. Students gain hands-on experience creating podcasts, videos, and other new media projects. The center has conducted international conferences and partnerships to share best practices in virtual world education and integrating new media across disciplines.
The document announces the upcoming LIN 2012 conference with a call for abstracts on creativity, innovation and change in higher education. It provides details on submitting abstracts by June 22nd and acceptance notifications by September 6th. It also provides an update on nine LIN-funded projects focusing on teaching and learning, including new modules, case studies, and webinars. Finally, it highlights recent awards won by the DIT Learning, Teaching and Technology Centre for their work supporting teaching and learning at DIT.
ePortfolios and eAssessment - - using technology to gather quality assessment...Vanguard Visions
This document discusses using ePortfolios and eAssessment to gather quality assessment evidence. It provides examples of different digital tools that can be used to capture learning such as digital stories, conversations, workshops and reflective journals. The benefits of ePortfolios for trades such as hairdressing are outlined, including helping students gather and present their work, providing ongoing feedback, and enabling peer and self-assessment. Principles of valid, flexible, reliable and fair assessment are discussed.
Cutting through the hype to make a confident future library and information p...Sheila Webber
This was given at the CILIP East of England ISG meeting, May 2009, in Foxton, UK. I have added some additional notes for Slideshare (mostly in boxes on the slides). It was part of a programme that was looking at what skills and knowledge library and information professionals needed to meet the needs of young people. "Cutting through the hype" (in my title) indicates that I think that we shouldn't accept steroetypes & generalisations of what generations are like.
The document summarizes a blended virtual course on entrepreneurship taught in Second Life at Babson College. Some key findings were that social presence was greatly improved over traditional online courses. Speakers from around the world were more willing to participate. Students were energized by the experiential learning approach and invented their own presentation methods. While technical issues remained, the virtual world engagement led to richer learning experiences than asynchronous online courses alone.
Information Literacy in virtual worlds Part 1Sheila Webber
This was created as part of a presentation for the Information Literacy with Web 2.0 virtual seminar and is part of a page at http://www.netvibes.com/sheilawebber#Using_virtual_worlds
Using Second Life as a learning environmentSheila Webber
This was presented by Sheila Webber (Sheila Yoshikawa in Second Life) senior Lecturer in the Information School, University of Sheffield, at the IVIG conference in Prague, Czech Republic on 23rd September 2010. It responds to a number of questions about using Second Life and other digital environments for learning
This document is Hendry Wibisono's resume and portfolio. It summarizes his education, work experience, skills, and participation experience. It then showcases 9 portfolio projects that demonstrate his skills in interactive Flash design, websites, mobile apps, motion graphics, and more. The portfolios showcase projects for campaigns, museums, and other clients. Hendry aims to constantly challenge himself creatively through new design challenges.
This document is Hendry Wibisono's resume and portfolio. It summarizes his education, work experience, skills, and participation experience. It then showcases 9 portfolio projects that demonstrate his skills in interactive Flash design, websites, mobile apps, motion graphics, and more. The portfolios showcase projects for campaigns, museums, and other clients. Hendry aims to use design and technology to promote awareness, experiences, and culture.
This was presented at the 2009 CoFHE (Colleges of Further and Higher Education group of CILIP) conference, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, 19 June 2009. Additional notes have been added for this version. The presenters were: Sheila Webber (Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield); Vicki Cormie (Senior Academic Liaison Librarian at St Andrews University); Denny Colledge (Information Skills Librarian at Edinburgh University). The first part of the presentation briefly introduces SL and its use in education and for collaboration, then provides a few thoughts about supporting information literacy, finally indicating some tools and models for IL in SL. The second part of the presentation provides a snapshot of activity on the Edinburgh University SL campus and Denny Colledge's involvement. The actual presentation had a lot of demonstration of SL!
Presentation given at the CILASS (Centre for Inquiry Based Learning in the Arts and Social Sciences) IBL cafe, on 11 December 2007, at the University of Sheffield, UK. It begins by briefly introducing the virtual world, Second Life (SL), and indicating its value for professional and staff development. It goes on to define Inqury Based Learning (IBL) and links a SL initiative to IBL strategy. There is a brief description of this initiative, in which 1st year BSc Information Management students are inquiring into SL residents' information behaviour.
This document discusses the use of Second Life by library and information professionals. It provides an introduction to Second Life and examples of how libraries have used it for collaboration, continuing professional development, teaching, and engaging users. Examples discussed include library locations in Second Life, the RezLibris magazine for librarians in Second Life, and teaching activities through the Infolit iSchool in Second Life.
In this presentation at SXSWedu in March 2013, Dr. Gigi Johnson explores the fuzzy world of “blended” courses in higher education. She dissects the tensions and tribulations as universities attempt to blend F2F and web-enriched tools in traditional environments, including challenges of time, space, and data politics in research universities, challenges with cost structures and faculty development, and abundant legal and IP issues. What is a class vs. what it could be with rich alternative technologies for learning? How do old universities rethink “class” instead of “just” repackage learning in a blended environment?
The document summarizes a blended virtual course on entrepreneurship taught in Second Life at Babson College in 2007. Over 7 weeks, 22 MBA students met weekly in Second Life for presentations, guest speakers, and team projects. Students found the social presence improved over traditional online courses and enjoyed interacting with speakers from around the world. While technical issues arose, students were energized by the experiential learning approach and invented new presentation methods in Second Life. The course demonstrated Second Life's potential for online education by overcoming perceptions of it as just a game.
SolipCISM is an island in Second Life created by Kingston University's Faculty of Computing, Information Systems & Mathematics to support teaching and learning. It provides a virtual learning environment for both synchronous and asynchronous learning. Key features include an amphitheater for lectures, meeting pods for tutorials, and exhibition zones to showcase student and faculty work. The goal is to seamlessly integrate the virtual world into existing curriculum and pedagogy in a way that complements other learning components through coherence, complementarity and integration.
SUNY Empire State College has been one of the founding institutions in immersive, virtual education having islands on Second Life (www.secondlife.com) since 2004 and classes and meetings on the islands for almost as many years. As this fall academic year begins, a band of intrepid faculty and staff are continuing their own learning and peer support through the Virtual Affinity Group, which began as VirtualESC in spring 2011. As the education costs for Second Life rose, more open source venues emerged and extended expansive opportunities have arisen. As this virtual support community moves into yet another academic year, it will be hosting external speakers and events that will examine the borders and boundaries of emerging and open virtual experiences.
The VFAC presenters invite individual interested in learning about our past, present, and future immersive experiences to join us in the Virtual Rotunda on the ESC island; we will share what lies ahead with the speaker and our own expectations. And, we will gather your ideas for ways we might grow ESC’s holding in the future. So please do come to meet-and-greet, experience an immersive environment, and learn about our upcoming affinity group events.
Helen Barrett presented on using free online tools for ePortfolio development. She began by defining ePortfolios as digital collections that allow students to reflect on their learning through various media formats. Barrett discussed key concepts like the purposes of ePortfolios for reflection, identity development, and online branding. She outlined various free web 2.0 tools and mobile devices that can be used to create ePortfolios, focusing on tools like blogs, wikis, and social networks. Barrett emphasized that ePortfolios should balance being a working portfolio for reflection and a presentation portfolio to showcase work. She provided examples of student ePortfolios and discussed how purpose drives the choice of ePortfolio structure and tools.
The document summarizes the vision and activities of the Centre of Excellence for New Media at Innova Junior College in Singapore. The center spearheads research on using new media technologies in teaching and learning. It equips students with new media literacies and skills through facilities like a media center, studio, and installation space. Students gain hands-on experience creating podcasts, videos, and other new media projects. The center has conducted international conferences and partnerships to share best practices in virtual world education and integrating new media across disciplines.
The document announces the upcoming LIN 2012 conference with a call for abstracts on creativity, innovation and change in higher education. It provides details on submitting abstracts by June 22nd and acceptance notifications by September 6th. It also provides an update on nine LIN-funded projects focusing on teaching and learning, including new modules, case studies, and webinars. Finally, it highlights recent awards won by the DIT Learning, Teaching and Technology Centre for their work supporting teaching and learning at DIT.
ePortfolios and eAssessment - - using technology to gather quality assessment...Vanguard Visions
This document discusses using ePortfolios and eAssessment to gather quality assessment evidence. It provides examples of different digital tools that can be used to capture learning such as digital stories, conversations, workshops and reflective journals. The benefits of ePortfolios for trades such as hairdressing are outlined, including helping students gather and present their work, providing ongoing feedback, and enabling peer and self-assessment. Principles of valid, flexible, reliable and fair assessment are discussed.
Curriculum, community, context, sustainability: A reflectionSheila Webber
The document discusses curriculum, community, context, and sustainability in education. It reflects on how curriculum needs to account for varying student contexts and communities. A curriculum should consider both what is taught (knowledge and skills) and how it is taught (pedagogy). True transformation requires reflective participation from those being transformed to avoid treating them as objects. Any approach to sustainability or decolonization needs to start from the goals and learning outcomes of the program and be developed through collaborative dialogue.
Libraries and Literacies in the MetaverseSheila Webber
Poster presented at the World Library and Information Conference July 2022, in Dublin, Ireland. Created by Sheila Webber (presenter in Dublin) University of Sheffield Sheffield, United Kingdom. s.webber@sheffield.ac.uk
Dr Valerie Hill, Peninsula College, Port Angeles, USA. vhilledu@gmail.com
Rossanna Barrios-Llorens, University of Puerto Rico’s Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico. rossana.barrios@upr.edu
References and further links at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VqBgEJabPMkfoYYNR-oG-RKusvHV59eqwDNf9lykPQ8/edit?usp=sharing
Abstract "In uncertain times, virtual libraries connect patrons to vital information that they may not be able to access in the physical world. They can also be sanctuaries from pandemic and war. Librarians (including the co-authors) have worked in virtual worlds for 15 years (e.g. Webber & Nahl, 2011) and the Community Virtual Library in the 3D virtual world Second Life https://communityvirtuallibrary.org/ exemplifies global connectivity, with volunteers collaborating internationally to enact diversity for information access. A current exhibit, "Social Determinants for Access to Information: Virtual World Library Exhibition" includes 3D rooms filled with resources on racial diversity, gender diversity, issues of changing literacies, digital legacy, confirmation bias, digital citizenship, and the digital divide. Visitors interact with content and share a sense of place and presence through embodiment in the metaverse, providing advantages beyond web platforms such as Zoom.
Our poster shares examples of using 3D virtual worlds for librarianship through international collaboration across learning communities. The 3D virtual library is a real space where librarians can offer services such as reference work, exhibits, workshops, conferences and discussions, and embed themselves into virtual spaces without the boundaries of physical space (e.g. Hill, 2016; Hill, 2021). "
Creating connections for enhancing collaborative and professional development...Sheila Webber
A panel presented in the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) 24 hour Global Conference, 27 April 2022. The presenters were: Sheila Webber: Information School, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom; Professor Imane Hilal: School of information Sciences, Rabat, Morocco; Dr Grace Msoffe: University of Dodoma, Tanzania; Dr Sophie Rutter: Information School, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
The importance of creating relevant material to develop information literacy Sheila Webber
The document discusses issues around misinformation and the need for trustworthy information. It outlines four key issues - the problems of misinformation, the need for relevant and trustworthy information, language barriers, and the need for solutions. Some potential solutions discussed include education initiatives, fact-checking, and empowering users to identify credible information. The creation of multilingual resources that provide information in clear language is important to effectively address misinformation issues.
Using theory of change to evaluate information literacy initiativesSheila Webber
Workshop by Dr Pam McKinney and Sheila Webber, Information School, University of Sheffield, 11 April 2022, at the LILAC conference in Manchester, UK. Abstract: "Theory of Change (ToC) is a participative approach to evaluating the impact of projects, programmes and initiatives. Librarians and information professionals engaged in change processes, development projects and research studies can use ToC to generate evaluation data and articulate the impact of their activities, working closely with stakeholders such as students, academic staff, teachers and other professionals. The ToC process generates new understandings of how and why project successes have been achieved, and can form the basis of justifications for current and future funding. ToC has been widely used to evaluate the success and impact of projects in a variety of sectors (often community and public sector initiatives), and in educational development (Hart, Dierks-O’Brien & Powell, 2009) including Information Literacy initiatives (McKinney, 2014; McKinney, Jones & Turkington, 2011). In the version of the ToC process used in CILASS projects, stakeholders are asked to identify the drivers for change in the current situation; the longer term impact they envisage the project will have; the intermediate outcomes that the project is expected to achieve; activities that would need to be undertaken to achieve outcomes and enabling factors and resources required to support the project (Hart, Dierks-O’Brien & Powell, 2009). Stakeholders collaboratively design a Theory of Change poster that defines key project indicators and develops a causal narrative between project activities and outcomes. A plan and evaluation framework is then developed from these indicators, and stakeholders design data collection instruments. Connell & Kubisch (1998) have identified that a good ToC should be plausible, doable and testable."
Older People in the “Post-Truth” Era: Countering Ageism by Developing Age Fri...Sheila Webber
Presentation by Sheila Webber (University of Sheffield) &
Bill Johnston (Strathclyde University)
ECIL, September 2021
References are at http://tinyurl.com/bu422pjw
Fake news: has it changed UK academic librarians’ ideas about teaching Inform...Sheila Webber
Presentation by Chris Thorpe (City, University of London, UK, chris.thorpe.1@city.ac.uk) and Sheila Webber (Information School, University of Sheffield, UK (s.webber@sheffield.ac.uk), presented at the European Conference on Information Literacy, September 2021
Using theories of change to evaluate information literacy initiatives Sheila Webber
Presented at the European Conference on Information Literacy, September 2021 by Dr Pamela McKinney and Sheila Webber
A video of this presentation is available at https://digitalmedia.sheffield.ac.uk/media/Using+Theories+of+Change+to+evaluate+Information+Literacy+initiatives/1_v1g05eav
3D Virtual Worlds for Professional Development and Lifelong LearningSheila Webber
Presentation given for MINDSETS by Sheila Webber, s.webber@sheffield.ac.uk , on 15 June 2021. References are at References https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jszFFUIPralN3B5T4z5pUpRbxdW9vL3NN7rs8Iz6RVo/edit?usp=sharing
The information worlds of non resident informal carers: stakeholder perceptionsSheila Webber
Presented by Sheila Webber and Dr Pamela McKinney at the conference Information Science Trends: Health Information Behavior, organised by the European Chapter of ASIS&T, on June 10 2020. The references are at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ilCIpu7IWsRUhtWinPNuVetlrvkDxBN_lKTaV26yWAU/edit?usp=sharing
This document summarizes a presentation on ageism and libraries. It discusses several key points:
1) Ageism can affect people of any age but often targets older individuals, manifesting as stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination.
2) During the coronavirus pandemic, some expressed ageist attitudes suggesting older people are expendable or a burden.
3) Ageism in the workplace can involve biases in hiring, promotion, and assumptions about competency and ambitions based on age rather than individual skills or desires.
4) Libraries often frame programs for older adults around decline, disability, and stereotypical interests rather than recognizing older individuals' diversity. Events could involve intergenerational learning and skills-sharing.
Transformational Media and Information Literacy learning for adult citizens: ...Sheila Webber
Presentation given by Sheila Webber, Information School, University of Sheffield, coauthored with Bill Johnston, Honorary Research Fellow, Strathclyde University. Presented on 29th October 2019 as part of the University of Sheffield Information School's celebration of Global Media and Information Literacy Week. A recording of the webinar (31 minutes) is here: https://eu-lti.bbcollab.com/recording/0284c699a3784b1a9da5a632291dc8d8
Media and Information Literacy: creative and critical engagement across the c...Sheila Webber
Workshop presented by Sheila Webber and Bill Johnston at the "Transforming futures: International perspectives on Research-Based Education conference, University of Adelaide, Australia, 16 July 2019.
What's my approach? Deciding on the approach to use for your researchSheila Webber
Workshop delivered by Sheila Webber and Dr Pamela McKinney, Information School, University of Sheffield, at the LILAC Conference, held in Nottingham, UK, on 25 April 2019. The references are at https://docs.google.com/document/d/10S_6ZPKLpsAIn1YaMDhZPS8HIOwFGXlz4sUDyBzxYNM/edit
Media and Information Literacy for Informed Citizens in the Digital AgeSheila Webber
These are slides from a webinar given by faculty in the University of sheffield Information School on 22 March 2019. The recording of the webinar is here https://sheffield.adobeconnect.com/pf8k3h0qn1ys
Sheila Webber chaired the session, and the panellists were: Dr Pam McKinney, Dr Sophie Rutter and Dr Laura Sbaffi
Links from the slides are here http://information-literacy.blogspot.com/2019/03/media-and-information-literacy-for.html
#AFMIL The Age-Friendly Media and Information Literate City: Combining polic...Sheila Webber
"#AFMIL The Age-Friendly Media and Information Literate City: Combining policies and strategies for ageing populations in media and information rich societies" was presented by Sheila Webber (University of Sheffield Information School) and Bill Johnston (University of Strathclyde, Honorary Research Fellow) at the Global Media and Information Literacy Week feature conference held in Kaunas, Lithuania, on 24 October 2018
What makes us trust online information? The perspective of health InformationSheila Webber
Slides from a webinar presented by Dr Laura Sbaffi, University of Sheffield Information School, on 30th October 2018 to celebrate Global Media and Information Literacy Week. The webinar recording is at https://sheffield.adobeconnect.com/pwy4m50tbl8r
Leveraging Generative AI to Drive Nonprofit InnovationTechSoup
In this webinar, participants learned how to utilize Generative AI to streamline operations and elevate member engagement. Amazon Web Service experts provided a customer specific use cases and dived into low/no-code tools that are quick and easy to deploy through Amazon Web Service (AWS.)
LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
environment for investigating the changes in vegetation cover dynamics. Our study utilizes
advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
these activities. As the most crucial natural resource, its utilization by humans results in different
'Land uses,' which are determined by both human activities and the physical characteristics of the
land.
The utilization of land is impacted by human needs and environmental factors. In countries
like India, rapid population growth and the emphasis on extensive resource exploitation can lead
to significant land degradation, adversely affecting the region's land cover.
Therefore, human intervention has significantly influenced land use patterns over many
centuries, evolving its structure over time and space. In the present era, these changes have
accelerated due to factors such as agriculture and urbanization. Information regarding land use and
cover is essential for various planning and management tasks related to the Earth's surface,
providing crucial environmental data for scientific, resource management, policy purposes, and
diverse human activities.
Accurate understanding of land use and cover is imperative for the development planning
of any area. Consequently, a wide range of professionals, including earth system scientists, land
and water managers, and urban planners, are interested in obtaining data on land use and cover
changes, conversion trends, and other related patterns. The spatial dimensions of land use and
cover support policymakers and scientists in making well-informed decisions, as alterations in
these patterns indicate shifts in economic and social conditions. Monitoring such changes with the
help of Advanced technologies like Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems is
crucial for coordinated efforts across different administrative levels. Advanced technologies like
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
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Changes in vegetation cover refer to variations in the distribution, composition, and overall
structure of plant communities across different temporal and spatial scales. These changes can
occur natural.
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2. Presented at the European Business
School Librarians Group conference,
Ashridge Management College,
May 2009
Sheila Webber
Department of Information Studies,
University of Sheffield, UK
s.webber@sheffield.ac.uk
With additional notes added for Slideshare version. Title picture: Sheila Yoshikawa,
relaxing after a hard day of conferencing
3. Second Life
• 3-D Online Digital world, owned by Linden Labs
• Most things created by SL residents: SL fashion
designers, architects, bakers, animal makers ….
• Avatars- 3D representation of yourself – free to
signup and can live on freebies, but need Linden
dollars if want to own land, buy clothes etc.
• Communication through text chat, Voice and Instant
Messaging
• 40-80,000 people online simultaneously
Sheila Webber, May 2009
4. Collaboration …
Sheffield
student & Staff learning about SL
Canadian
student
Planning teaching
Part of a panel talking about
libraries and SL – this was
integrated into a real life
Sharing conference session
experiences
with the
On a panel for SL
Educators
TV discussion
Coop
Sheila Webber, May 2009
5. My students and I:
show and tell
Education
My students and I:
virtual Hajj
• Only 18+ on main grid: separate Teen grid
• 90% UK universities with some presence
• Many disciplines: English, Psychology, Chemistry,
Biology etc. etc. Practice
• Role play, simulations interviewing with
my students
• Discussion, communication
• Problem solving, inquiry Sheila Webber, May 2009
6. http://www.mydebitcredit.com/
Dr. Steven Hornik / Robins Hermano
Kenneth Dixon School of Accounting
University of Central Florida
900+ accountancy students
Tour of the Testis
Biology learning &
exploration
Peter Miller/ Graham Mills
Liverpool University
http://tidalblog.blogspot.com/
Sheila Webber, May 2009
7. The following slides use the “10
techniques for business in SL” that I
outlined in my article
Webber, S. (2008) quot;Second Life for Business:
Ten Techniques.quot; FUMSI, October.
http://web.fumsi.com/go/article/use/3326
I give some suggestions about how
these might be applied to libraries
8. Promotion and relationship
management
• Alert people to new products
• Keeping in touch (e.g. messages in inworld Groups)
• There for people who use SL
A Departmental
exhibition for a visit
Inworld (SL) group –
from the VC – and Add library example keeping in touch
any visitors
Bonding with my students on
Kansas State Library
a teaching tour
– topical information
Sheila Webber, May 2009
9. quot;Manchester Business School has
always been interested in the “the first cohort to complete BP’s prject
possibilities that virtual worlds management course at Manchester
offer. They wanted a Second Life Business School will be awarded their
certificates in the virtual world, Second
presence that could develop in a Life ... The student controlled avatars will
modular fashion, becoming sticky climb the stage to receive their
enough to encourage long-term certificates and scripted handshakes will
enable them to be congratulated by the
interaction. The space has Dean, as in real life.”
evolved from a place to share
ideas, to a location for training The Drum (2009) “Corporation Pop gives
BP executives a Second Life.” The Drum,
courses, and now a place for 16 February. http://www.thedrum/news/
students to take part in award
ceremonies.quot; Dom Raban
(developer) Inworld
Group for
MBS
students
Sheila Webber, May 2009
10. Training and professional development
Conferencing
Attending a conference
held in Oxford in RL
I chair a session by Professor Jackie
Marsh at the Virtual Worlds Best
Practices in Education conference
Sheila Webber, May 2009
11. Members of the
Educators Coop
plan a team exercise
Professional
development
One of the many discussions held on our
island, Infolit iSchool. Robin Ashford (a
librarian from the) talks about her experience
Sheila Webber, May 2009
12. Cross selling and building
brand Promoting existingSL onesservices
library
Stanford University Libraries
and creating new
Stanford Uni here!
Librarians will want to have control of
their brand, rather than leaving it to
others ...
“The library has
developed the island
Solent Life 2. This is a
library skills island …”
Emery, in Kirriemuir
(2009) Sheila Webber, May 2009
13. Knowhow island
Visit to Infolit iSchool led by
librarian Robin Ashford (GFU)
Purple OR orange
Nottingham Library Garden Sheila Webber, May 2009
14. Product testing
Virtual focus group
3D plan of a new library –
getting feedback before it is
finalised
Sheila Webber, May 2009
15. Making money from sales of virtual
services and products
• For educational institutions: E-learning, Online
Distance Learning …
New markets or increased attraction,
with activities or whole classes offered
in SL
Virtual
workshops
in GIS Ashridge Island (private)
Also – new online products
e.g. MBA e-commerce at
Coventry University
(private)
Sheila Webber, May 2009
16. Developing VW infrastructure
• If you develop expertise in VW design (whether
technical or “set dressing”) then could be
marketable part of your institution’s portfolio
My own expertise:
landscaping / “set dressing”
and simple builds on
information literacy
Sheila Webber, May 2009
17. Developing a low-cost international
presence
As in all other Strath Business School
channels, can International
you cope with lecture series at
Strathclyde
queries in Business School
other
languages,
from other
time zones
etc.?
Toulouse Business Sheila Webber, May 2009
18. Modelling and monitoring operations
Virtual reference desk – with
international rota of librarians
Training medical students &
health profession The Open University – using
role play training, in a virtual
office
Island = Imperial College London
http://www.elearningimperial.com/SL/BT
S_poster.pdf
Sheila Webber, May 2009
19. Recruitment “I’m using SL as
a marketing tool
giving visitors a
sense of the
• Students University [of
Sussex] and its
– SL demographic means may be more campus…”
Hudson in
valuable for recruiting mature students Kirriemuir, 2009
– Increasing use of VWs by children/teens
• Staff
– Could be part of selection process
– Establish whether distant candidates
worth the expenses
Sheila Webber, May 2009
20. Networking
• Short informal
meetings
• Planning meetings
(e.g., right, planning
for our LILAC
session)
• “Hanging out”
Sheila Webber, May 2009
22. References
• Corporation Pop. (2008) Manchester Business School in
Second Life.
http://www.lindamacaulay.com/upload/resource/mbs-doms-
presentation.pdf
• Kirriemuir, J. (2009) The Spring 2009 snapshot of virtual
world use. Virtualworldwatch.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/12459921/The-Spring-2009-Snapshot-of-Virtual-World-
Use-in-UK-Higher-and-Further-Education see also
http://virtualworldwatch.net/ (including my podcast at
http://virtualworldwatch.net/wordpress/wp-
content/uploads/2009/03/vww-16th-mar-2009.mp3)
Sheila Webber, May 2009
23. Other material
• Flickr set on Infolit iSchool:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23396182@N00/collections/7215
7604063164433/
• Infolit iSchool (SL island) wiki:
http://infolitischool.pbworks.com/
• Video of presentation on: Inquiry and Information Behaviour in
Second Life (my activity with 1st year UGs)
http://stadium.open.ac.uk/stadia/preview.php?whichevent=1248
• Delicious bookmarks on SL and libraries/education
http://delicious.com/LILACSL
Sheila Webber, May 2009