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Murdoch University in Second Life Kathryn Greenhill, December 2007

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Presentation to Prospective Students office and First Year Experience Coordinator 21 December 2007.

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Murdoch University in Second LifeKathryn Greenhill,

December 2007

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Slides at: http://edtechkat.wordpress.com

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• Second Life• What Unis are

doing there• Murdoch

University Island

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What is Second Life?

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A 3D Online Digital World Imagined, Created and Owned by its residents

MUVE : Multi User Virtual Environment

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Avatars

Islands

Buildings

Objects

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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

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Avatars• Talk • Modify • Move

What do you do Second Life ?

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Objects• Build• Upload • Buy, sell and trade • Animate• Script

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Environment• Streamed media• Join groups and

network• Events

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Universities

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Australian Universities

• USQ – Terra incognita• QUT – Law Faculty• RMIT• AFTRS• Monash• Griffiths• Murdoch• (CSIRO and ABC)

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What are they doing?

• Presentations • Teaching• Conferences• International Networking• Showcasing University• Replicating physical

layout• Showing new buildings

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Murdoch University Library

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Murdoch University Library: Discovering your Second Life

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Offer SL PC lab and training sessions

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Murdoch University Open Day 2007

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http://murdochsecondlife.pbwiki.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiH7dkOVaLc

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Second Life Interest Group

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Murdoch University Island

• Library• Teaching and

Learning• ITS• School of IT

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Delivered 28 Sept 2007

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• Admin and development

• Library• Public• Murdoch

Community Ideas Space

• ICT333

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ICT333 / TLC2776 studentsJob interview simulation

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Things to know

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• 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

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Let’s play…..

Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com