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Visit Museum Island in Second Life

Posted By Valerie Hill Dec 23, 2024 04:55 PM
Found In Community: Virtual Worlds Interest Group Events
VWEC and ACRL Virtual World Interest Group present A Visit to Museum Island in Second Life Date: Wed Jan 15th 9-10amSLT Location: Meet at the VWEC Fireside Deck for a brief intro and then we can teleport to a tour of Museum Island http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/192/156/30 ...

Dickens Victorian Era Research Projects

Posted By Valerie Hill Dec 02, 2024 10:30 AM
Found In Community: Virtual Worlds Interest Group Events
VWEC and ACRL Virtual World Interest Group present the Dickens Project (annually built by Seanchai Library) WHEN: Wed Dec 18th 9-10am SLT Where: Meet at the VWEC Fireside Deck and we will teleport to the tour http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/184/170/30 Join the ACRL Virtual ...

Archiving Virtual World Builds for Education

Posted By Valerie Hill Oct 17, 2024 01:51 PM
Found In Community: Virtual Worlds Interest Group Events
TITLE: Archiving Virtual World Builds for Education Location: Meet at the VWEC Fireside Deck for a brief intro and then we can teleport to the Wind Farm Exhibit http://maps.secondlife.com/ secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/ 184/170/30 Presenter: Hope Botterbusch ( Esperanza ...

Rainforest Rescue: a Virtual Simulation

Posted By Valerie Hill Sep 19, 2024 09:58 AM
Found In Community: Virtual Worlds Interest Group Events
Oct 16th 9am SLT Rainforest Rescue WHERE: Meet at the VWEC Fireside Deck http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/184/170/30 We will teleport to the Rainforest Rescue at EduNation. Description: Visit an immersive learning environment set in the rainforest ...

Freed Between the Lines: Celebrate Banned Books Week 2024

Posted By Valerie Hill Aug 26, 2024 12:03 PM
Found In Community: Virtual Worlds Interest Group Events
Come join us for a celebration of Banned Books week in Second Life. Wednesday (3rd week of the month) at 9am Pacific Time Create an avatar and start at the Virtual Worlds Education Consortium Fireside Deck. This program is a joint venture with VWEC, the Community Virtual Library and our ACRL Virtual ...

Visit CyberX Immersive Cybersecurity Simulation

Posted By Valerie Hill Jul 24, 2024 03:42 PM
Found In Community: Virtual Worlds Interest Group Events
Come visit a cybersecurity simulation in the virtual world of Second Life. Cybersecurity experts Erik Moore and Ran Hinrichs will share information in an immersive environment designed to illustrate online security issues. Meet at the VWEC Fireside Deck and we will teleport to the CyberX Event. ...

Virtual Book Clubs & a Tour of 3 Readers’ Nests

Posted By Valerie Hill Jul 09, 2024 12:36 PM
Found In Community: Virtual Worlds Interest Group Events
Come learn about book clubs in virtual worlds! Land here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/177/178/29 We will begin right there at the VWEC Fireside Deck and then visit: Bay City Library Sonder Books The Reading Room by Shoshin Cafe Tour Guide: Malia Rose (blumomo resident) ...

What the Buzz! 3D Beekeeping Simulation

Posted By Valerie Hill May 20, 2024 08:45 PM
Found In Community: Virtual Worlds Interest Group Events
Description Come learn about beekeeping at The Nature Collective through immersive simulation. Attend our events and tours with the ACRL Virtual Worlds Interest Group on the 3rd WED at 9am each month at the VWEC Fireside Deck in Second Life. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/184/170/30 ...

Metaverse Jedi Archives: Learning with Star Wars

Posted By Valerie Hill Apr 26, 2024 10:19 AM
Found In Community: Virtual Worlds Interest Group Events
VWEC and ACRL Virtual World Interest Group present Title: Metaverse Jedi Archives: Learning with Star Wars Where: Meet at the VWEC Fireside Deck http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/184/170/30 Description Visit the Jedi Archives at a Star Wars simulation with educators and ...

Librarians in the Metaverse explore digital citizenship

Posted By Valerie Hill Apr 26, 2024 10:06 AM
Found In Egroup: Virtual Worlds Interest Group \ view thread
Hello colleagues, As a TWU SLIS alumni, I am sharing across groups. I recently was asked to speak for the Virtual Worlds Education Consortium "Metaverse Expert Series". My topic was digital citizenship in the metaverse, a term which is gaining popularity. I have been researching virtual environments ...

A Visit to VWEC in Wolf Territories

Posted By Valerie Hill Mar 11, 2024 11:34 AM
Found In Community: Virtual Worlds Interest Group Events
This field trip across the metaverse takes us to WOLF TERRITORIES GRID! VWEC and ACRL Virtual World Interest Group present Title: A visit to WOLF TERRITORIES WHEN: Wed April 10th 9-10am SLT NOTE this is a week early for this month only!!!! Where: Use the opensim viewer to find Wolf Territories ...

Visit the CDS Museum of Contemporary Art

Posted By Valerie Hill Feb 29, 2024 11:56 AM
Found In Community: Virtual Worlds Interest Group Events
VWEC and ACRL Virtual World Interest Group present Title: Visit the CDS Museum of Contemporary Art WHEN: Wed March 20th 9-10am SLT Where: Meet at the VWEC Fireside Deck http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/184/170/30 Description Come tour a 3D art museum with the Confederation ...

Tour the Museum of Computing History in 3D

Posted By Valerie Hill Jan 02, 2024 08:27 PM
Found In Community: Virtual Worlds Interest Group Events
Visit the Museum of Computing History in Second Life and discuss virtual world simulations for learning. Meet at the Virtual Worlds Education Consortium Fireside Deck.

Dickens and the Law: 3D simulation

Posted By Valerie Hill Nov 20, 2023 12:50 PM
Found In Community: Virtual Worlds Interest Group Events
VWEC and ACRL Virtual World Interest Group present Title: Dickens and the Law (at the Dickens Project) WHEN: Wed Dec 20th 9-10am SLT Where: Meet at the VWEC Fireside Deck and we will teleport to the tour http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/184/170/30 Description Join us at ...

The Nature Collective in Second Life: Visit a 3D simulation

Posted By Valerie Hill Nov 01, 2023 08:56 PM
Found In Community: Virtual Worlds Interest Group Events
Come visit the beautiful Nature Collective with Emm Evergarden! The Nature Collective is a Second Life group created with the goal of cultivating a community around sims, spaces and projects which share a common focus on nature. It is our hope to foster a movement to help people engage and reconnect ...

RE: ALA want's your opinion!

Posted By Valerie Hill Oct 14, 2023 09:37 AM
Found In Egroup: Virtual Worlds Interest Group \ view thread
I will reply to Lauren Carlton about collaboration on this project with SJSU in virtual reality promoting intellectual freedom.Please note the link here https://tinyurl.com/uabbmetaverse. has a period that you must remove or it will not open!Try https://tinyurl.com/uabbmetaverse Thanks,Valerie Hill ...

International Spaceflight Museum Tour in 3D

Posted By Valerie Hill Sep 21, 2023 07:06 PM
Found In Community: Virtual Worlds Interest Group Events
The International Spaceflight Museum in Second Life shares the history of rocket science along with immersive experiences to learn about space. All are welcome to attend our monthly metaverse event! We will meet at the VWEC Fireside Deck and then teleport to the International Spaceflight Museum. ...

Libraries in the Metaverse

Posted By Valerie Hill Sep 01, 2023 02:06 PM
Found In Egroup: Virtual Worlds Interest Group \ view thread
Librarians are exploring ways to support learning in the metaverse! New research and book titles are popping up everywhere and a generation of gamers are ready to utilize the metaverse for much more than slaying zombies. The Virtual Worlds MOOC 2023 opened today and will take place all September ...

Symbolic Modeling: An Engaging Multi-Purpose Virtual World Tool

Posted By Valerie Hill Aug 31, 2023 07:56 PM
Found In Community: Virtual Worlds Interest Group Events
The ACRL Virtual Worlds Interest hosts this session in collaboration with the Virtual Worlds Education Consortium at the VWMOOC23 (Virtual Worlds Massive Open Online Course 2023). Three communities co-sponsor the event: Octagon, Community Virtual Library, and Etopia. The variety of uses for Symbolic ...

Metaverse: Contra Dance at the CVL Music Library

Posted By Valerie Hill Aug 03, 2023 12:37 PM
Found In Community: Virtual Worlds Interest Group Events
The metaverse holds opportunities for learning, creativity and (yes) dancing in the library! You are invited to a special event at the Marly Milena Music Library! On Wednesday, August 16 at 10am SLT, we will be celebrating the art of folk dancing with a special Contra-Dance event. Contra-dancing ...