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Discovering your Second Life

 

Murdoch University Library (Library Training Room 1.015)

 


 

Why learn about online virtual worlds?

 

 

Why Second Life?

  • It's there now and free
  • It has first mover status
  • It's a possible prototype for future web environments

 

What is Second Life?

A 3D online virtual world imagined, created and owned by its residents.

 

What are we not doing?

  • Like the internet in general, in Second Life educational sites sit alongside porn, gambling and people out to make a fast buck. We're not hanging out there. It's not work. Don't do it.
  • We're not advising you to spend time in Second Life doing non-work things. It's not work. Don't do it.
  • We're not advising you to spend time in Second Life doing work things to the exclusion of other work.

 

What is work related activity in Second Life?

Second Life is a chance to learn a new literacy and try out new ways of using technology to interact with students. These things are work related:

  •  learn how to get around Second Life - walk, fly, teleport, walk
  • learning to do things with objects - take, give, but, sell, create, touch, move, edit
  • interacting with other people - IMing, chatting, viewing profiles, searching, joining groups
  • doing things with your avatar - changing appearance, editing, animating
  • exploring Second Life - attending events, exploring locations

 


 

Session 1 - Creating your avatar

 By the end of the session, participants will:

 

  1. Understand some educational uses of Second Life
  2. Know where to find further information about education , libraries and Second Life
  3. Have visited the Second Life web page
  4. Know how to check technical specifications for running second life
  5. Have selected a Second Life name
  6. Have logged into Second Life using their Second Life name
  7. Have visited Orientation Island in Second Life
  8. Have practised

 

 

Session 2 - Doing more with your avatar

By the end of the session, participants will have:

 

 

 


 

Further Australian resources about onine virtual worlds

 

 

Further resources about education and online virtual worlds

 

 

Further resources about libraries and online virtual worlds

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