The second annual “Virtual Worlds: Libraries, Education, and Museums (VW LEM)” Conference will be held in Second Life
on Friday and Saturday, April 24 & 25, 2009.
Purpose of the Conference: To provide a gathering place for librarians, information professionals, educators, museologists, and others to learn about and
discuss the educational, informational, and cultural opportunities of virtual worlds.
Jeremy W. Kemp is an instructional designer at San José State University and started teaching online in 1999. He keeps the official
wiki for educators using the Second Life immersive environment — www.simteach.com. His instructional technology project connecting
Moodle and Second Life has attracted hundreds of participants from around the world — www.sloodle.com.
Anders Gronstedt. “Enterprises in Virtual Worlds”:
A new breed of people are entering the workforce and market place, with little patience for traditional doldrums of “Web 1.0”
corporate communications and learning. They want to be engaged, in control, and part of the storyline.
Leading companies are turbo-charging employee and customer performance with virtual world activities that focus on doing,
simulating, socializing, playing, sharing, and collaborating. Learn how small businesses and Fortune 100 companies are
redefining and energizing learning with the vibrant “Web 3D”: Schneider Electric used Second Life for a planning meeting with a key
client; the Gronstedt Group has grown its weekly Train for Success meetings to a 700 person community; IBM and Sun Microsystems have
thousands of employees virtual worlds to recruit, onboard, network, inspire, teach, coach, mentor, and engage their talent.
Anders Gronstedt, Ph.D. is the president of the Gronstedt Group, which helps global companies like Dell, Sun Microsystems, Jamba Juice,
Volvo Cars, Ericsson and ADT improve workplace performance. His articles have appeared in the Harvard Business Review, and he is the
host of the weekly “Train for Success” meetings in Second Life.
1:00 p.m. SLT:
Track 1 (Libraries): Lorri Mon. “Educators and Librarians as Information Providers in a Virtual World” (Location: Investing InfoIsland)
Track 3 (Museums & Misc.): Peter Eidenbach. “Virtual Heritage Preservation, An Unfulfilled American Necessity” (Location: Land of Lincoln)
Track 4 (Demonstrations): Denise Cote (Pipsqueak Fiddlesticks in SL). “ Creating a Professional Profile” (Location: the Cinesphere on Eduisland 4)
2:00 p.m. SLT:
Track 1 (Museums & Misc.): Claus Uriza. “A futuristic music platform in Second Life: Pop Art Lab” (Location: Investing InfoIsland)
Track 2 (Education): Jean-Claude Bradley and Andrew Lang. “Visual Representation of Chemical Data in Virtual Worlds” (Location: Infotainment Island)
Track 3 (Museums & Misc.): Viv Trafalgar and DreddPirateBob Streeter. “Virtual Community Events, Narratives, and Cohesion Across
International Date/Time Lines (or, Sleep is for Babies)” (Location: Land of Lincoln)
Track 4 (Demonstrations): Moonshade Pastorelli. “Communicating in Second Life: Chat, IM, Groups, Voice, etc.” (Location: the Cinesphere on Eduisland 4)
3:00 p.m. SLT:
Track 1 (Libraries): Sara Martin. “Designing for Emotion” (Location: Investing InfoIsland)
Track 2 (Education): Janet Salmons and Jon Cabiria. “Investigating the (Second) Lived Life: Interview Research in World” (Location: Infotainment Island)
Track 3 (Museums and Misc.): Dave Dexter. “History-Related Sites and Museums in Second Life: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” (Location: Land of Lincoln)
Track 4 (Demonstrations): Daisyblue Hefferman. “Creating Scripted Books for Second Life” (Location: the Cinesphere on Eduisland 4)
Track 5: Fred Fuchs (Gus Plisskin in SL). “Design and Management for Second Life Project.” (Location: Squirrel Island)
4:00 p.m. SLT:
Track 1 (Libraries): Valerie Hill, “Collaboration Among Virtual World Librarians” (Location: Investing InfoIsland)
Track 2 (Education): Pat Rapp. “The Journal of Virtual Worlds and Education” (Location: Infotainment Island)
Tours of various interesting builds in Second Life.
5:00 p.m. SLT:
No-Conflict Time to Visit the Vendor Exhibits and Network (Location: Infotainment Island)
5:30 p.m. SLT:
Social Event (Location: Infotainment Island)
SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2009
8:00 a.m. SLT:
Saturday Open Keynote: Bryan Carter (Location: Adobe Connect)
Bryan Carter is an Associate Professor, African American literature, visual culture and composition at the University of
Central Missouri. He has taught in Second Life for several years and has been involved in the design and develop of several islands
in Second Life, including Virtual Harlem and Virtual Montmarte.
9:00 a.m. SLT:
Track 1 (Libraries): Karen Huffman and Bianca Lipscomb. “Jumping In with Both Feet: Building a Presence for Catholic
University in Second Life” (Location: Investing InfoIsland)
Track 2 (Education): Anton Hand. “Xeniversity: Teaching Classes and Students in Virtual Worlds” (Location: Infotainment Island)
Track 3 (Museums & Misc.): Yesha Sivan. “CONTIL: Tunnels/Containers 2: Case Study of Virtual Worlds for Museums” (Location: Land of Lincoln)
Track 4 (Demonstrations): Lorelei Junot. “Planning an Event in Second Life” (Location: the Cinesphere on Eduisland 4)
10:00 a.m. SLT:
Track 1 (Libraries): H. Nicholas Nagel and Jerome Yavarkovsky. “Virtual Libraries in the Immersive Education Initiative:
An Introduction to the Library Technology Working Group” (Location: Investing InfoIsland)
Track 2 (Education): Dallas McPheeters. “Cyborg Learning Theory: Engaging the Minds of the Next Generation” (Location: Infotainment Island)
Track 3 (Museums & Misc.): Andrew Wheelock. “Virtual Pioneers” (Location: Land of Lincoln)
Track 4 (Demonstrations): Krull Aeon. “Using Some Tool – TBD” (Location: the Cinesphere on Eduisland 4)
Track 5 (Tour): Goldie LeSuere. “Dresden Gallery Project, the virtual true-to-scale replica of the Dresden State Art Collections” (Location: the Cinesphere on Eduisland 4)
11:00 a.m. SLT:
Track 1 (Education): Annabelle Fanshaw. “Second Life Alchemy: Building the Interactive Sim” (Location: Investing InfoIsland)
Track 2 (Education): JJ Drinkwater, Aldo Stern, and Diogenes Kuhr. “Structuring Support for Virtual Immersive Learning Experiences” (Location: Infotainment Island)
Track 3 (Museums & Misc.): Physeter Nicholls. “The Immersive Virtual Natural History Experience” (Location: Land of Lincoln)
Track 4 (Demonstrations): Puglet Dancer. “Making Your Avatar Look Good” (Location: the Cinesphere on Eduisland 4)
NOON SLT:
Vendor exhibits and closing social events (Location: Infotainment Island)
