[Asis-l] "The information Environment is affect-driven" Thurs 21 May in Second Life

[Sheila Webber]

There will be a presentation and discussion 
*The Information Environment is Affect-Driven* 
on 21 May, in the Virtual World Second Life (SL). It will be at 12 noon SLT (8pm
UK time; 12 noon Pacific time in the USA) and last an hour

Venue: Infolit iSchool http://slurl.com/secondlife/Infolit iSchool/136/247/21/
(You need a SL avatar and a SL viewer installed on your computer to
participate)

Presenter: Dr. Diane Nahl (SL Adra Letov) Professor at the University of Hawaii
at Manoa) She draws on research into emotional dimensions of information
behaviour “A common thread is the finding that emotion is active & influential
in every interaction involving the use & sharing of information. Information
literacy needs to focus on strategies that enhance affective IL  skills" 

This is part of the University of Sheffield Centre for Information Literacy
Research discussion series

Dr Nahl will be using Voice, but with summary in text chat and discussion in
text chat.

-- 
Sheila Webber
Senior Lecturer, Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield, 
211 Portobello Street, Sheffield S1 4DP, UK
0114 222 2641
s.webber at sheffield.ac.uk
The information literacy weblog - http://information-literacy.blogspot.com/
Sheila Yoshikawa (SL) blog: http://adventuresofyoshikawa.blogspot.com/