For Immediate Release
October 31, 2008
Contact: Bryan Carter, Conference Coordinator, bc7@mac.com

International Distance Learning Day in the virtual world of Second Life®: The French Connection

The US Distance Learning Association (USDLA) is sponsoring National Distance Learning Week (NDLW) held on November 10-14, 2008 and seeks to promote and celebrate the tremendous growth and accomplishments currently taking place in distance learning programs offered by schools, business, and governmental departments.

In support of this initiative, and highlighting the global reach of virtual environments, several organizations are collaborating to present and celebrate the tremendous potential of the virtual world of Second Life for distance learning. On November 10th, a full-day conference is scheduled that will include presentations from within Second Life and in real life at the University of Paris IV-Sorbonne.
Those attending in Second Life should go to Selmo Park:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Selmo%20Park/67/174/26

Presentations will begin November 10 at 12:30 am SLT and run through 8:00 am SLT

“We hope that you will join us by logging in to Second Life and teleporting to Selmo Park to attend the presentations virtually,” said Bryan Carter, Conference Coordinator. “The live presentations will be broadcast into Second Life. There is no charge to attend the event at Selmo Park in Second Life.”

Those attending in Second Life need to have a Second Life account, audio capability, and the latest version of Quick Time to view events being streamed into Second Life from the real world. To register for a Second Life account, go to the event location online
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Selmo%20Park/67/174/26 and go to the signup button.

The first presentation will be at 9:30 am Paris time/12:30 am SLT students of the L’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris “Eden of the Lost Animal.”

Other featured speakers include Bryan Carter, University of Central Missouri; Ed Lamoureaux, Bradley University; Jeremy Kemp, San Jose State University; Claudia L’Amoreaux from Linden Lab; AJ Kelton from Montclair State University; Tim Linder Meramec Art Department; Beth Ritter-Gluth, Literature Alive, and more

Collaborating organizations include: University of Central Missouri, the Alliance Virtual Library in Second Life, the Bibliotheque Francophone, and the L’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs de Paris. For more information about this exciting day, please contact Bryan Carter at bc7@mac.com.

Orientations for those new to Second Life will be held inworld at Selmo Park on Sunday November 9.
12 pm noon SLT – Georgette Whitfield will do an orientation in English and French.
1 pm SLT – Daisyblue Hefferman will do an orientation in English.
People are welcome to attend either one.
Second Life location slurl:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Selmo%20Park/67/174/26

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