Murdoch University Library Gets a Second Life

Murdoch University Library gets a Second Life Kathryn Greenhill, November 2007 Slides at: LibrariansMatter.com Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com

What is Second Life?

Why is an academic library there?

What we did.

Outcomes.

Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com

What is Second Life? Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com

A 3D Online Digital World Imagined, Created and Owned by its residents MUVE : Multi User Virtual Environment Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com

Avatars Islands Objects Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com

Why is an Academic Library there ? Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com

“ Gartner Says 80 Percent of Active Internet Users Will Have A “second life" in the Virtual World by the End of 2011…but not necessarily in Second Life …“ Analysts Identify the Five Laws for Virtual Worlds During Gartner Symposium/ ITxpo 2007 Emerging Trends Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com

New Media Consortium / Educause Horizon Report 2007

Reviewed key trends in the practice of teaching, learning, and creativity

Trends were identified through a careful analysis of interviews, articles, papers, and published research.

Ranked in order of importance, to identify those likely to have a the most significant impact in education in the next five years.

New Media Consortium / Educause Horizon Report 2007 … In 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— educational use of these spaces is already underway and growing. Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com

What we did. Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com

Plot of land on Cybrary City II in the Information Archipelago Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com

What we wanted to offer our community Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com

Familiarity with the interface. Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com

A safe destination Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com

A chance to make up their own minds Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com

A closed lab of PCs with updated Second Life software Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com

Discovering your Second Life Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com

With Teaching and Learning Centre Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com

Mailbomb to University Community Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com

Presentation: Lindy McKeown USQ Action Learning in Second Life Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com

8 workshops over 3 months Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com