Apologies for duplications; I thought this might be of interest to some. Dear Colleagues, The Eduserv Foundation has previously sent a message to this list about our third annual symposium "Virtual worlds, real learning" which we will be holding on Thursday 10th May at the Congress Centre in London. The event will attempt to look past the hype surrounding virtual worlds such as Second Life and evaluate whether they offer real opportunities for learners at UK educational institutions. (For more information see the Eduserv Website) The event has attracted much interest so although there are no places available we will be streaming all the presentations live into Second Life and on the Web. There will be at least three Virtual venues in Second Life at which the steams can be viewed, including: -The Virtual Congress Centre on Eduserv Island. -The auditorium on Cybrary City. - The outdoor teaching space on NMC's Teaching 2 Island. We are grateful to Alan Levine at NMC and Lori Bell at the Alliance Library System for the use of their venues for the virtual symposium. Note that the Symposium starts at 2.00am PDT (Second Life Time) To attend, you must be registered with Second Life, have installed the Second Life client, and have a working version of the Quicktime viewer. It is recommended that you check that you can view the video stream at the following Second Life location prior to the event. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduserv%20Island/176/31/32. Instructions about viewing video streams can be accessed from the Eduserv Website. To help us plan the number of virtual venues, please register your interest in attending part or all of the event using the registration form. Please also join the 'Eduserv Symposium' group in Second Life. This group will be used for announcements prior to the day. Alternatively if you would like to view the stream directly using the web then the URL will be posted on the Eduserv Website on Wed 9th of May. In order to ensure that Eduserv staff can get access to Edsuerv Island during the day, we want to limit access to that venue. We will therefore be inviting people to that venue, based on the order in which people applied for the Real Life event. If you require further details about this event, please do not hesitate to contact me. Regards, Ed Barker, Eduserv Foundation Edward.Barker@eduserv.org.uk +44 (0) 1225 474328