Second Life Background

Discovering your Second Life Kathryn Greenhill, March 2008 Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

Slides at: http://murdochsecondlife.pbwiki.com Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

Background

Registering an avatar

Orientation Island

Murdoch University Island Treasure Hunt

Visit an Educational Site

Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

Background Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

What is Second Life ?

What are Universities doing there ?

Murdoch University Island

What is Second Life? Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

Avatars Islands Buildings Objects Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

Limitations Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

OVERHYPED Second Life is Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

80 Percent of Active Internet Users Will Have A ``Second Life'' in the Virtual World by the End of 2011 - Gartner

Educause/NMC Horizon Report 2007

But… Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

Growth is levelling off Although… Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

Source: Linden Labs. Second Life economy posts solid growth in Q4: http://blog.secondlife.com/2008/01/17/second-life-economy-posts-solid-growth-in-q4/ Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

Where our users are NOT Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

Client software not a web browser

Broadband

Fast processor

High end graphics card

Access Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

It’s evolving … Remember this …. Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

Free Full of educators A prototype Has critical mass Available right now It is … Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

Worth investigating Can only be understood by doing Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

Universities Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

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

Ohio University in Second Life http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =aFuNFRie8wA Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

Murdoch University Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

Library rented a plot of land in Feb 2007 and ran classes May – July 2007 Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

Offer SL PC lab and training sessions Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

Second Life Interest Group Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

Murdoch University Island

Library

Teaching and Learning

ITS

School of IT

Delivered 28 Sept 2007 Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

Project work for IT students

Training by library

Experimentation by Uni community

Not yet public access

Learning Best Practice to manage

Semester 2 2007 ICT333 / TLC277 6 students Job interview simulation Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

Semester 1 2008 6 ICT333 students working with Allan Barton from Chemistry on a murder role play environment Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

Semester 1 2008 ICT Student doing ISC redesigning island layout. Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

THE WORKSHOP DISCLAIMER Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

What are we not doing ? Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

Like the internet in general, in Second Life educational sites sit alongside porn, and people out to make a fast buck. We're not hanging out there. It's not work. Don't do it here. Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

We're not advising you to spend work time in Second Life doing non-work things. It's not work. Don't do it here. . Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

We’re not advising you to spend work time in Second Life doing work things to the exclusion of other work. Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

So - what can we do? Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

Second Life is a chance to learn new skills and a different literacy … Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

These things are OK …. Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

Learning how to get around walk, fly, teleport, swim, dance Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

Learning to do things with objects take, give, buy, sell, create, touch, move, edit Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

Interacting with other people IMing, chatting, viewing profiles, searching, joining groups Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

Doing things with your avatar changing appearance, editing, animating Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

Exploring Second Life attending events, exploring locations Kathryn Greenhill k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au