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University of Washington Student Explores How Kids Use Virtual Environments
"Angie" (a pseudonym), the seven-year-old collaborator on Ph.D. candidate Eric Meyers' research project, is like most seven year olds. She likes to read books, watch movies, and play with her dog, Isaac. She has frequent play dates with her friend, Victoria. But because her friend lives in Florida, the play dates are virtual—the two girls meet in Club Penguin, a shared virtual environment online. Club Penguin is similar to immersive online spaces like Second Life or massively multiplayer online games like World of Warcraft, but designed expressly for children as young as five years old.
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Read moreUC Berkeley Ph.D. Student receives NSF Fellowship
UC Berkeley iSchool doctoral student Bob W. Bell, Jr., has been awarded a prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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Read moreRecent Syracuse iSchool LIS graduate selected as National Library of Medicine Associate Fellow
Recent Syracuse iSchool graduate Ada Cornell G’09 was selected as a National Library of Medicine (NLM) Associate Fellow for 2009-10. She is part of a class of five who will begin their one-year postgraduate training program in September 2009, with the option of continuing for a second year.
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