Learning Visions

JULY 30, 2007

Monday, July 30, 2007 A Deserted Second Life An interesting read from Wired.com on Second Life and Corporate America. How Madison Avenue is Wasting Millions on a Deserted Second Life (Wired 7-24-07) Whats behind this stampede is not that hard to divine. "A Do you have a Second Life?

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 13, 2007

Monday, August 13, 2007 Second Life Backlash and Controversy The Second Life naysayers seems to be gaining ground lately. And Im not implying that Im a Second Life naysayer. A thoughtful post on one educators experience in Second Life (and a nice historical perspective). IT Security Risks 2.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 17, 2007

Friday, August 17, 2007 Plodding Along in Second Life In the spirit of plodding along , I had another positive experience in Second Life. You know when youre on the first level of a game and you get target practice to learn how to shoot, or you get to practice riding a horse? I got stuck in a car on Nissan island.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 24, 2009

When writing the whitepaper about Casual games , I did a fair bit of research and looked at several hundred web links. So here they are – a Top 100 Learning Game Resource list. If you are already developing learning games, these links will broaden your horizons, as they did mine. What Makes a Learning Game?

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Upside Learning

JUNE 24, 2009

When writing the whitepaper about Casual games , I did a fair bit of research and looked at several hundred web links. So here they are - a Top 100 Learning Game Resource list. If you are already developing learning games, these links will broaden your horizons, as they did mine. Marc Prensky - Digital Game-Based Learning.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 24, 2007

Friday, August 24, 2007 Building Community in Second Life: Renaissance Island As you know, Ive been trying to walk-the-talk and experiment a bit with Second Life, role my virtual sleeves up and see what all the fuss is about. Last week, I visited Renaissance Island and wrote about it in My Second Second Life Experience.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 1, 2007

When are we going to hook up in Second life? Reflecting on #ASTD10 Recommended: "In Defense of the LMS" Chicago Bound: Kineo at ASTD ICE #astd10 One Year on at Kineo #yam Now that’s an Enterprise Moodle! -- Kineo Moodle f. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr. 6:48 PM Cammy Bean said.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 3, 2007

Friday, August 03, 2007 My First Second Life Experience Not so good, I must say. Reflecting on #ASTD10 Recommended: "In Defense of the LMS" Chicago Bound: Kineo at ASTD ICE #astd10 One Year on at Kineo #yam Now that’s an Enterprise Moodle! -- Kineo Moodle f. Its sort of me-ish. United States License.

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Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

Arrived back from the ASTD TechKnowledge 2008 conference late the other night (3:00am) but the conference was worth it. We had a lively group of about 10 participants some of who had never even logged into Second Life before and some who were practically pros. I got to see a lot of people and make some really good connections.

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Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 6, 2007

The ASTD Big question this month is What did you learn about learning in 2007? First, I learned how far a digital asset can travel if people find it has value.One of my student's YouTube videos Educational Uses of Second Life has over 5,500 hits and has been favorited 67 times. Here are a few of the lessons I have learned.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 28, 2007

Tuesday, August 28, 2007 3D & Serious Games My company has some experience doing 3D modeling and simulations for government clients, so I found this recent acquisition of this 3D learning company by Lockheed Martin quite interesting. The equation of 3D graphics with "serious games" is something to note. United States License.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 9, 2009

Thursday, April 09, 2009 Building Better Learning Games Interested in building casual games for your learners? Focus on casual video games. Games in a variety of shapes and sizes: Console Games (for the Xbox or Wii) MMORPG (Massively Multi-player Online Role Playing Game): World of War Craft, Club Penguins.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 29, 2010

So I am reading this book as a scavenger hunt (leave it to Karl to turn it into a game!)…my My Experience in Virtual Worlds A few years ago, when Second Life was first coming onto the scene as the next big thing, I sat in my office and scratched my head. Authentic, realistic and immersive, like Second Life”.

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Kapp Notes

APRIL 16, 2008

More impotantly, here is the MSIT Second Life Wiki which ontains the paper for the conference and a ton of useful resources. Here are some resources I mentioned concerning other Second Life presentations I've done. Here are the slides from an ASTD TechKnowledge Presentation.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 18, 2008

Preston providing instruction and answering questions in Second Life. So the second week of the summer Learning in 3D class was exciting. He does a great job of explaining Second Life and he knows the ins and outs of the program extremely well. We have an impromptu guest speaker.Preston Straaf aka Matt Monahan.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 22, 2007

Thursday, March 22, 2007 Games vs. Gaming The topic that kept me thinking late last night: the difference between games and gaming; between people who play computer games and so-called gamers. Heres my novice view on the differences between games and gaming: Games are short, finite experiences.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 24, 2010

Last week a lot of 3D news occurred, here is a round up of some of the highlights: I stopped by the ASTD booth of Digitell, Inc. Linden Labs, makers of Second Life, announce the list of the Top Ten: 2010 Linden Prize Finalists. and met James A.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 5, 2009

Monday, January 05, 2009 On Games and eLearning As eLearning designers, your goal is (hopefully) to make the learning experience engaging. And the best way to make it fun is to make it a game. Clark Quinn in Learning Predictions for 2009 : I continue to see interest in games, and naturally I’m excited. Yes, yes, yes!

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 7, 2007

Games and Simulations Here is a link to a number of casual games, simulation software and general learning games. It is on the Games and Simulations page of the web site for my book Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning. Here is a quick tutorial on How to Build Tiny Prims in Second Life.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 17, 2009

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 Video Games, Tire Swings and Learning My almost six-year old son LOVES video and computer games: Wii, Nintendo 64, computer, my iPod Touch. Son was struggling with a certain game for quite a while. Video games. I say GO GAMES! Gaming is life! I struggle with this.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 14, 2007

Wednesday, March 14, 2007 Games for Girls.and by girls, I mean women. Image of Torus Trooper -- a game Ive never even heard of -- from yotophoto. Ive been trying to learn about games lately. Inspired by all this blog talk about simulations and immersive learning and Second Life and World of Warcraft. CC License ).

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eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 31, 2013

END OF THE GAME. Yeah your social was nice and yeah you had some cool features – but there were plenty of VLEs before you showed up on the scene – and I’m not even thinking Second Life. But, still – yowsa! You also have the option to go monthly for 2K USD – but that is NOT for unlimited licenses.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 30, 2007

Friday, March 30, 2007 Video Games & Retirees Interesting article in todays New York Times by Seth Schiesel about the increasing acceptance of video games among retirees/baby booomers, especially older women. Mary are actually part of a vast and growing community of video-game-playing baby boomers and their parents, especially women.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 7, 2007

Wednesday, March 07, 2007 Games for the Brain These brain games are from Phillip Lenssen, via Dean at my company who was thinking about how we could use brain teasers or games to get a learner prepped to learn. My favorite game is Counterfeit. Use a game like this instead of a pre-test. Games for Girls.

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Kapp Notes

APRIL 9, 2010

This Month's ASTD Big Question is simple and comple x--"How do we keep up?" I listen to my clients who have encouraged me to check out things like ProtoSphere way back when and even explore elements of educational games and simulations. And I learned of Second Life and Twitter through my interactions within the blogsophere.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 17, 2009

Friday, April 17, 2009 Games for the Six and Under Crowd (iPod Touch/iPhone) My kids have discovered my iPod Touch. Ive founds some great games that they love. Ive founds some great games that they love. These are the recent faves: iWriteWords This is a fun little spelling game. Theyre as hooked as I am. He loved it.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

I like ASTD; they offer a valuable service to the industry in education, including reports, webinars, very good conferences (despite occasional hiccups, *cough* learning styles *cough*) that I happily speak at and even have served on a program committee for. Sims and games are designed and built a priori.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Wednesday, September 12, 2007 Women, Gaming & the Guild Master Ceiling This post is an addendum to my first review of Karl Kapps book, Gadgets, Games, and Gizmos for Learning. Gamer traits are cross-gender traits, because young girls play video games and are growing up in a culture influenced by those games." (p.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 12, 2007

Some of you have been in Second Life. Reflecting on #ASTD10 Recommended: "In Defense of the LMS" Chicago Bound: Kineo at ASTD ICE #astd10 One Year on at Kineo #yam Now that’s an Enterprise Moodle! -- Kineo Moodle f. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr. United States License.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 25, 2007

Here is a link to an article I wrote called Defining and Understanding Virtual Worlds for ASTD's Learning Circuits. And here is a good companion piece if you haven't read it already, check out Another Life: Virtual Worlds as Tools for Learning at eLearn Magazine. Tony has a great concept called "The Seven Sensibilities of 3D Spaces."

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Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Next week, I'll be presenting a pre-conference workshop at ASTD's Techknowledge Conference & Exposition on February 25, 2008 in San Antonio, Texas. Once again, I will be presenting with Matthew Monahan (see Second Life Training Presentation ) The description of the presentation is below.

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Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 4, 2009

The ASTD Big question this month is an annual question: What did you learn about learning in 2009? Online Games for Teaching Business Concepts and Ideas. So, I teamed with alumni Robyn Defelice at Dishing Design and updated the article for ASTD. Alternatives to Second Life (continued, again). Random Web 2.0

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 14, 2010

The keynote is called "Understanding Digital Diversity" which will discuss the influence of games, virtual worlds and Web 2.0 CET) We will meet in Second Life and tour around one of the examples from the book. is Changing The Game for Learning" from 4:15 to 5:30. The session will take place from 9.00-10.00

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Wednesday, September 12, 2007 Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning Welcome to stop #3 of The Karl Kapp Games, Gadgets, and Gizmos Virtual World Book Tour. My plan failed me and I just started reading Chapter 2: Its in the Game. Im the Gen Xer who can hardly work a video control to save her life.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 23, 2008

Tuesday, December 23, 2008 New Product Announcement Just in time for the holidays: "socially-networked virtual game-based blended mobile cloudy-learning 4.0" ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 26, 2007

Ive added a new poll to my sidebar, asking "Have you ever been in Second Life?" Reflecting on #ASTD10 Recommended: "In Defense of the LMS" Chicago Bound: Kineo at ASTD ICE #astd10 One Year on at Kineo #yam Now that’s an Enterprise Moodle! -- Kineo Moodle f. Come visit Learning Visions and enter your response.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 7, 2007

See the intense comment thread on The Real World, Second Life and Facebook/MySpace where Cathy provides some interesting commentary on women in Second Life. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr. And shes been a great contributer here at Learning Visions. The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew!

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