An event of interest to virtual worlds researchers:
Virtual Worlds Research: Methodological Issues.

Date: Monday 9 December 2014

Time: 12 noon Second Life time (8pm UK time);  see http://tinyurl.com/muua96f for times elsewhere (duration – 90 minutes)

Place: Infolit iSchool, Second Life (http://maps.secondlife.com/secondli…/Infolit%20iSchool/…/460)

Sheila Webber (University of Sheffield Information School, Sheila Yoshikawa in Second Life) and Marshall Dozier (University of Edinburgh, Pancha Enzyme in Second Life) will present on “Social, ethical, digital: issues in 3D worlds research”.

Evelyn McElhinney (Glasgow Caledonian University) will present on “Qualitative research in Social virtual worlds”.

There will then be a roundtable discussion with the speakers and Clara O’Shea (University of Edinburgh).

You will need a Second Life avatar to attend. Event is free, no registration required. Presentations will be in voice, discussion in text chat.

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Sheila Webber, Senior Lecturer & Director of the Centre for Information Literacy Research, Information School, The University of Sheffield, 211 Portobello Street, Sheffield, S1 4DP. UK
s.webber@sheffield.ac.uk
Phone: +44 114 222 2641
Second Life & Twitter: Sheila Yoshikawa
The Information Literacy Weblog: http://information-literacy.blogspot.com/