a Pecha Kucha Style presentation with 20 slides in 6 minutes

1. Student Research Presentations
in a Virtual World Environment
Valerie Hill, PhD Candidate
Texas Woman’s University
School of Library and Information Studies
ALISE 2012, Dallas (A PechaKucha Style Presentation)

2. Traditional Research Presentations
YOUR SUBTOPICS GO HERE

3. Publishing Opportunities
• Research paper
• Research poster
• Symposiums
• Conference proceedings
• Journal publications
• Book reviews
Today…we all live in two worlds- physical and virtual.

4. Research & Publishing in Two Worlds
Valibrarian Gregg, TWUSLIS Valerie Hill, TWU SLIS
Doctoral Candidate Doctoral Candidate

5. Extending our Reach: Expanding Horizons, Creating Opportunity
NEW MODES OF
PRESENTING RESEARCH

8. TWU Creative Arts & Research
Symposium April 2008

10. Collaboration Among Virtual World
Librarians: Survey Progress Report
Valerie Hill / Valibrarian Gregg (SL)
TWU Creative Arts & Research Symposium
April 21- 22, 2009
© Valerie Hill

11. How have you collaborated with librarians in Second Life?
(Check all that apply)

14. What is the advantage of using avatars over webcams and webinars?
-sense of presence
-immersion & creativity

19. “It may be that the great age of
libraries is waning, but I am here
to tell you that the great age of
librarians is just beginning. It’s up
to you to decide if you want to be a
part of it.”
~T. Scott Plutchak

20. Bibliography
Bellotti, Francesco, Riccardo Berta, Alessandro De Gloria, and Ludovica Primavera.
2010. Supporting authors in the development of task-based learning in serious virtual
worlds. British Journal of Educational Technology 41, (1) (01): 86-107.
Grimes, Justin M., Fleischman, Kenneth R. & Jaeger, Paul T. 2011
Virtual Guinea Pigs: Ethical implications of Human Subjects Research in
Virtual Worlds. International Journal of Internet Research Ethics. (2)(1).
Hill, Valerie, and Hyuk-Jin Lee. 2009. Libraries and immersive learning environments
unite in second life. Library Hi Tech 27, (3): 338-56.
Plutchak, T. Scott. 2007. The Librarian: Fantastic Adventures in the Digital World.
Serials, 20(2), 87-91
Webber, Sheila and Diane Nahl. 2011. Sustaining Learning for LIS through use of a
Virtual World. IFLA Journal (37)(1): 5-15.