Information literacy & smart life-long learning : knowledge antidotes in economic crisis
Information literacy & smart life-long learning : knowledge antidotes in economic crisis
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Mystakidis, Stylianos
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Cyprus Association of Librarians – Information Scientists (CALIS)
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Massive Open Online Courses are taking higher education by storm as a virtual force of nature that universities cannot block. A new paradigm of open, massive, personalised learning is emerging. Three-dimensional virtual worlds are social online collaborative spaces. This lecture presents how the Library and Information Services was able to develop a highly innovative service amidst of a severe global economic crisis: the Open Workshop in Information Literacy, the 1st Greek MOOC taking place in a 3d virtual world.
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E-learning, Virtual worlds, Virtual reality, Distance education, Libraries, Open education, Information literacy, Virtual environments