murdoch university and second life
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Presentation to Prospective Students office and First Year Experience Coordinator 21 December 2007.TRANSCRIPT
Murdoch University in Second LifeKathryn Greenhill,
December 2007
Slides at: http://edtechkat.wordpress.com
• Second Life• What Unis are
doing there• Murdoch
University Island
What is Second Life?
A 3D Online Digital World Imagined, Created and Owned by its residents
MUVE : Multi User Virtual Environment
Avatars
Islands
Buildings
Objects
YES• Graphic, user controlled interface• Avatars• Inventory• Interact with environment• Interact with others
Isn’t it just a game ?
NO• No rules• No points• No strategy• No win/lose• No start and end
Avatars• Talk • Modify • Move
What do you do Second Life ?
Objects• Build• Upload • Buy, sell and trade • Animate• Script
Environment• Streamed media• Join groups and
network• Events
Universities
Australian Universities
• USQ – Terra incognita• QUT – Law Faculty• RMIT• AFTRS• Monash• Griffiths• Murdoch• (CSIRO and ABC)
What are they doing?
• Presentations • Teaching• Conferences• International Networking• Showcasing University• Replicating physical
layout• Showing new buildings
Murdoch University Library
Murdoch University Library: Discovering your Second Life
Offer SL PC lab and training sessions
Murdoch University Open Day 2007
http://murdochsecondlife.pbwiki.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiH7dkOVaLc
Second Life Interest Group
Murdoch University Island
• Library• Teaching and
Learning• ITS• School of IT
Delivered 28 Sept 2007
• Admin and development
• Library• Public• Murdoch
Community Ideas Space
• ICT333
ICT333 / TLC2776 studentsJob interview simulation
Things to know
• Not many of our students are there…yet
• Educause/NMC Horizon Report 2007 identified Online Virtual Worlds as one of 6 new technologies likely to have most impact on Higher Education.
• Equity – broadband, high end graphics card and skills
• Chance to learn how to use this kind of environment
Let’s play…..
Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com