Podcast: What our library is doing with Second Life

I made my second-ever podcast last week when Jo Kay asked me to take part in a showcase within Second Life, featuring what Australasian education projects in Second Life. I knew I’d be on holidays on 20 June 4pm – 5:30pm W.A. time, so my presentation will be streamed into SL to a screen on Wasp, where the showcase will be held. (SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wasp/41/74/82/)

In it, I outline why Murdoch University Library has a plot of land in Second Life and how we are using it to help our community understand more about education in a Multi-User Virtual Environment.

You can find out more information about the event at Jo and Sean’s wiki, In-World Presentation: Showcasing Australasian Educational Projects in Second Life . I’m sorry to be missing it, because it looks like a very interesting lineup. Here’s a rough timetable as at 15 June 2007

* Sean FitzGerald (Sean McDunnough) – Introduction & Overview – 6.00pm – 6.10pm
* Jo Kay (jokay Wollongong) – Sean & Jo’s Projects – 6.10pm – 6.20pm
* Malcolm Jolly (GippsTAFE Gonzales) & Glenda McPherson (Glenda Arrow) – The GippsTAFE Project – 6.20pm – 6.30pm
* Kathryn Greenhill (Emerald Dumont) – Murdoch University Library Discovers a Second Life (video) – 6.30pm – 6.40pm
* Aaron Griffiths (Isa Goodman) – SL Educational Projects in NZ – 6.40pm – 6.50pm
* Gary Hayes (Gary Hazlitt) – AFTRS & LAMP (video) – 6.50pm – 7.00pm
* Lindy McKeown (Decka Mah) – Terra Incognita – 7.00pm – 7.10pm
* Alan Levine (CDB Barkley) – New Medium Consortium and Aussie Trip – 7.10pm – 7.20pm
* Jo Kay (jokay Wollongong) – Wrap-up – 7.20pm – 7.30pm

Here’s a slightly longer version that I uploaded to YouTube: Murdoch University Library gets a Second Life: