From Silicon Republic
03.03.2008
UCD takes first steps as Second Life universityUniversity College Dublin made history today as the first Irish university ever to hold a lecture in the online virtual world Second Life, with Professor Mary Burke from the school of information and library studies who lectured to students from the virtual James Joyce library. …
Blog Editor's question - an advantage of using IT is that you can avoid doing some of the physical activities required to normally access information (eg. walk to the library). Why would you then go to the trouble of trying to virtually replicate these experiences? Comments below welcome.