[CASL-L] The Virtual Learning Commons Workshop

[IRENE KWIDZINSKI]

FYI


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From: David loertscher <reader.david at gmail.com>
To: aaslforum at ala.org
Sent: Thu, January 3, 2013 10:54:03 PM
Subject: [aaslforum] The Virtual Learning Commons Workshop

For the past three years, my students, leaders across Canada, and I have been 
developing the Virtual Learning Commons as a replacement for the school library 
website. This is a giant collaborative that places the school library at the 
heart of teaching and learning in the school.

I will be conducting a series of three free workshops that will enable you to 
experiment with and create a VLC for your school. And, you will have something 
to showcase for Digital Learning Day in Feb.

The  three  ninety minutes sessions will be Jan. 14, 21, and Feb. 4th at five pm 
Pacific/eight pm eastern on each of the Monday evenings.


Objective: To create a collaborative virtual learning commons that replaces the 
school library website. The site will contain five major  virtual rooms: 
	* The Information Center, 
	* The Literacy Center, 
	* the Knowledge Building Center, 
	* The Experimental Learning Center, and 
	* School Culture. 
We will focus on using Google Sites as the construction tool, but other software 
can be used. Participants will  construct either a sandbox prototype or a real 
VLC for their school. Opportunities to collaborate across participants will be 
the focus.

To sign up, just send an email to me at: reader.daivd at gmail.com

And, I would appreciate it if you would announce this across whatever state 
networks you have access to.

The website for the series is building at: 
https://sites.google.com/site/virtuallearningcommonsworkshop/

Please join us.
-- 
Professor David V. Loertscher
School of Library and Information Science
San Jose State University
Home address: 312 South 1000 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84102
mobile: 801-755-1122
Home: 801-532-1165 
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