{"id":368,"date":"2007-11-22T21:29:54","date_gmt":"2007-11-22T12:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/22\/uwa-sharecase-murdoch-university-library-gets-a-second-life\/"},"modified":"2007-11-22T21:29:54","modified_gmt":"2007-11-22T12:29:54","slug":"uwa-sharecase-murdoch-university-library-gets-a-second-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/22\/uwa-sharecase-murdoch-university-library-gets-a-second-life\/","title":{"rendered":"UWA Sharecase: Murdoch University Library gets a Second Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the slides and notes from my presentation on 23 November 2007 at the Teaching and Learning Sharecase at University of Western Australia. It outlined why we ran workshops in Second Life at our library, how we did it and the outcomes. I had 10 minutes &#8211; so had about 2 minutes to explain what Second Life is&#8230;..interesting thing to attempt.<\/p>\n<p>(I was tempted to call the presentation <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/23\/second-life-workshops-in-an-academic-library-or-fluffy-librarianship\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fluffy Librarianship<\/a> &#8211; but  of course I didn&#8217;t )<\/p>\n<p>The slides are here, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/sirexkat\/murdoch-university-gets-a-second-life\">Murdoch University Library gets a Second Life<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width:425px;text-align:left\" id=\"__ss_175804\"><object style=\"margin:0px\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/static.slideshare.net\/swf\/ssplayer2.swf?doc=murdoch-university-gets-a-second-life-1195732290533989-2\"\/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"\/><\/object><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:11px;font-family:tahoma,arial;height:26px;padding-top:2px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/?src=embed\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.slideshare.net\/swf\/logo_embd.png\" style=\"border:0px none;margin-bottom:-5px\" alt=\"SlideShare\"\/><\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/sirexkat\/murdoch-university-gets-a-second-life\" title=\"View 'Murdoch University Library Gets a Second Life' on SlideShare\">View<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/upload\">Upload your own<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an outline of the presentation:<\/p>\n<p>1. Outline:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is Second Life<\/li>\n<li>What is an academic library doing there?<\/li>\n<li>What we did<\/li>\n<li>Outcomes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1. What is Second Life?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3-D Online Digital world imagined, created and owned by its residents<\/li>\n<li>MUVE = Multi User Virtual environment<\/li>\n<li>Avatars- 3D representation of yourself &#8211; can chat, IM, use voice, fly, teleport, dance, walk, join groups, attend events<\/li>\n<li>Islands &#8211; 256m by 256 m rendered by a single server<\/li>\n<li>Objects &#8211; can be scripted to force web browser to a web page, stream multimedia, give objects and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2. Why is an academic library there?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmc.org\/pdf\/2007_Horizon_Report.pdf\">Horizon  Report 2007<\/a> identifies virtual worlds as one of six major trends in emerging technology that will impact on higher education. This is a publication of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmc.org\/membership\/index.shtml\">New Media  Consortium<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.educause.edu\/eli\">EDUCAUSE  learning initiative<\/a><\/li>\n<li> Reviewed key trends in the practice of teaching, learning,and creativity<br \/>\n\u2022 Trends were identified through a careful analysis of interviews, articles, papers, and published research.<br \/>\n\u2022 Ranked in order of importance, to identify those likely to have a the most significant impact in education in the next five years.<\/li>\n<li> \u2026In the same way that the number and sophistication of          websites grew very quickly as more people began to          browse, virtual locations will become more common          and more mature as the trend continues. Virtual          worlds offer flexible spaces for learning and          exploration\u2014 educational use of these spaces is          already underway and growing.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gartner.com\/it\/about_gartner.jsp\">Gartner Inc<\/a>., which bills itself as the &#8220;world&#8217;s leading information and technology research company&#8221;, claimed on 24th April 2007 that &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gartner.com\/it\/page.jsp?id=503861+\">by the end of 2011, 80 percent of active Internet users (and Fortune 500 enterprises) will have a \u201csecond life,\u201d but not necessarily in Second Life  <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3. What we did<\/p>\n<p>3.1 Leased a plot of land on Cybrary City II in the Information Archipelago<\/p>\n<p>3.2 We wanted to offer our community<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>                    Familiarity with the interface.<\/li>\n<li> A safe destination<\/li>\n<li> A chance to make up their                              own minds<\/li>\n<li>A closed lab of PCs with                    updated Second Life software<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3.3 Education programme called Discovering your Second Life<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Collaborated with the Teaching and Learning Centre<\/li>\n<li>Mailbomb to the University community<\/li>\n<li> Presentation: Lindy McKeown USQ           Kathryn Greenhill http:\/\/librariansmatter.com    Action Learning in Second Life<\/li>\n<li>8 workshops over 3 months<\/li>\n<li>Creating your avatar<\/li>\n<li>Doing more with your avatar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>4. Outcomes<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Second Life Interest Group<\/li>\n<li>Murdoch University Island\n<ul>\n<li>Joint owned by:\n<ul>\n<li>Library<\/li>\n<li>Teaching and Learning<\/li>\n<li>ITS<\/li>\n<li>School of IT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Delivered 28  September 2007<\/li>\n<li>Divided into quarters\n<ul>\n<li>Admin and development<\/li>\n<li>Public<\/li>\n<li>Murdoch Community Ideas Space<\/li>\n<li>ICT33<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>ICT333 \/ TLC277\n<ul>\n<li>6 IT students            built a job interview simulation used by TLC227 students for their &#8220;University to Work&#8221; unit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>5. Further information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Workshop outlines: <a href=\"http:\/\/murdochsecondlife.pbwiki.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/murdochsecondlife.pbwiki.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Video clip explaining what and how: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KiH7dkOVaLc\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KiH7dkOVaLc<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the slides and notes from my presentation on 23 November 2007 at the Teaching and Learning Sharecase at University of Western Australia. It outlined why we ran workshops in Second Life at our library, how we did it and the outcomes. 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