Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

Recently, I received a some really good questions related specifically to Second Life but primarily are about virtual worlds and the use of these worlds for education. I'll answer the questions here since I think they reflect concerns that many educators have related to the social networks and Second Life.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 5, 2021

I’ll start by reflecting back on something I wrote before , about virtual world affordances. At the time, platforms like Second Life were touting the advantages of an immersive navigable world. Of course, the promises were all-encompassing: everything would move to virtual worlds.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 21, 2010

There are many creative ways to leverage virtual world platforms from conducting job interviews over a distance to conducting training on critical incidents to machinima to teaching new military recruits. Very ingenious method of using Second Life for effective modeling of real life behaviors.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 4, 2010

Yesterday, I had the privilege of touring a fascinating project in the 3D virtual immersive environment of Second Life. It is called The Virtual Worlds Story Project with the tag line "Weaving the Narrative Threads of Our Lives." What better place to start than in a 3D Virtual Immersive Environment.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 28, 2008

ID Stadium which is used for in-world presentations. Today I am presenting a webinar titled " Second Life in Education " for NETWORKS which is is a National Science Foundation Resource Center that is focused on the advancement of semiconductor, automated manufacturing, and electronics education. Virtual Jeans=Real Jeans.

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Moodle Journal

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Apart from my work here at Bromley Colleg with Moodle and all that that involves, some time ago, I think it must be about 7 or 8 years now, I discovered 3DML and started to do some developing with buidling 3D worlds or Spots as they were called back then. Anyway I built a Spot, and trialed it with my students with really encouraging results.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 28, 2009

One of the great things about what I do is getting to meet and work with really thoughtful and creative people and the other day, I got a chance to brainstorm with a group of great people on the topic of Virtual World Implementations. Tags: Second Life 3D worlds. It makes it more fun and more engaging.

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The other day, I was speaking with virtual world learning expert Anders Gronstedt about teaching in a 3D virtual immersive environment. Anders provided some great insights for anyone who is conducting a class or session in a 3D virtual immersive environment. Competencies in leading virtual worlds learning programs.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2007

In this post, I present some thoughts on how to effectively use 3D metaphors and virtual worlds to enrich content presentation with little effort. Virtual World Ideas for Content Delivery Have you played with Second Life? Sounds exciting? Usually, navigation in courses is linear or guided.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Another question about virtual worlds and learning. abstraction; synthesis; evaluation; experimentation; reflection) in a virtual world? Virtual worlds are ideal for placing a learner into a problem solving situation. Students standing outside of green building on MSIT island.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 27, 2015

Digital Learning Environments: Context Sensitive and Imaginative Classes in Second Life. Second Life: Teaching Tips from the Virtual Frontier. Why Do We Need A Second Life? Wikis that Work: Effective Wiki Practices for Virtual Learning Communities. Tips for Storytelling in Learning.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 15, 2010

Terrence Linden discussing the new Second Life browser at VWBPE conference. If you missed the Virtual Worlds' Best Practices in Education Conference , you missed not only a great conference with really good content and presentations, you missed a glimpse into the future of conferences.

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 15, 2008

A group of avatars in a corporate virtual world wondering what is going on? Organizations seem to rush into virtual worlds with little planning or forethought and then wonder why their virtual world experience was a failure. See my post Scripting a Virtual World Learning Event.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Photo by William White on unsplash Still other virtual clans are emerging from the cultures surrounding online leisure activities such as massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), strategy games and transnational special interest groups that meet en masse, online.

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Moodle Journal

MAY 20, 2014

The course: - Second Life MOOC ran from April 1 to 30 2014. The theme was connecting online for collaborative learning and teaching through Second Life. I was also pleased to see that Moodle was being used for asynchronous work with the synchronous side of things handled by WizIQ & Second Life.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 23, 2012

We built models of the 3D learning process in the virtual world of Second Life under the careful watch of our host, Stylianos Mystakidis, it was great to have him help conduct the class and provide the students with an interactive exercise that included all four Macrostructures. Students working on recreating the model.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 26, 2007

Found an interesting article about Second Life and other MMORPGs and their use for learning today. Several scholars have suggested that massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) such as Everquest and Second Life have educational potential, but we have little data about what happens when such tools are introduced in the classroom.

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Ed App

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

In a competitive world, organizations need to implement effective training strategies for their employees to stay ahead of the curve. Here are some modern learning strategies that will help corporate learners: Virtual reality : Virtual reality (VR) makes use of computer technology to generate realistic experience.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 3, 2012

Virtual Worlds are Not Dead (although some are). Another virtual world has bitten the dust in 2011, Teleplace. with a ton of new features and have expertly carved themselves an effective niche in the 3D space. Second Life has gone back to its consumer roots while simultaneously raising educational prices.

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Tony Karrer

AUGUST 10, 2010

I wanted to follow-up 19 Tips for Effective Online Conferences with some additional resources that relate to this topic. World Cafe’s online ? There is also an interesting effect that people who are not attending still hear quite a bit about the conference and have some level of tangential participation. Spot on, CogDog!

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 14, 2010

The planning for the meeting started some time ago and the innovative learning in 3D folks practiced what we preached and had our planning meetings in 3D virtual spaces. Greater Philadelphia ASTD members learn about 3D collaboration and learning in virtual worlds. One such meeting is shown below. An interesting approach.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 16, 2011

Working in the space of 3D virtual immersive environments (VIE) is a small, but dedicated group of people who are creating some really wonderful and powerful learning. The other day I had a chance to virtually catch up with Andrew Hughes who is the president of Designing Digitally, Inc. Andrew’s company, Designing Digitally, Inc.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 8, 2009

Recently, we had our first summer class of the course "Learning in 3D," the class focuses on how to create 3D learning spaces and how to use those spaces effectively to promote learning and to leverage the wonderful attributes of 3D. We then discussed the metaverse hype cycle and how the death of virtual worlds have been greatly exaggerated.

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Moodle Journal

SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

The arrival of shared media in Second Life, has meant among other things, that I can now give access to our vle and all its facilities to students from inside the virtual world.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

I really like his approach to provide an underlying rationale about why activities that follow the structure implicitly address our cognitive limitations and are highly effective at getting individuals to contribute to some emergent outcomes. Tags: design social virtual worlds. Which is really what # lrnchat is, a chat.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 22, 2010

It is a great opportunity to you to check out a "corporate" virtual world and to try out some of the learning archetypes first hand. Web site for the book Learning in 3D. If you would like to purchase the book, you can receive a 20% discount directly from the publisher. Take some time and go visit, it is well worth the trip.

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Big Dog, Little Dog

DECEMBER 8, 2008

Instead, the study found that students use a limited range of technologies for both formal and informal learning and that there is a "very low level of use and familiarity with collaborative knowledge creation tools such as wikis, virtual worlds, personal web publishing, and other emergent social technologies."

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Kapp Notes

JULY 20, 2010

Virtual immersive environments come in all shapes and sizes even though many people tend to only think of Second Life when they think of virtual worlds. Last night the class ventured into VirtualU for a tour hosted by Jim and Steve Parker who have created a virtual platform build on Active Worlds.

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 28, 2010

The learner can then get behind the wheel of a virtual car and see and feel the effects of trying to drive while "drunk." For example, there is a location in Second Life that shows what the world looks like from the view of a schizophrenic. Tags: virtual immersive environment 3D worlds.

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Gyrus

MAY 31, 2016

It is redefining workforce learning methods and tools, allowing organizations to nurture their talent in the most effective way. It is growing to be an effective medium for creating bite-sized and engaging learning modules. Companies are exploring online virtual platforms such as second life, Minecraft, Unity, etc.

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PDG

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In this article, we explore why your sales enablement program may not be as effective as you think, and what you can do about it. If organizations are spending $66 billion on improving sales, but three-quarters of salespeople still fail to hit their quotas, where exactly is this money going, and why isn’t it having the desired effect?

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eLearning 24-7

MARCH 6, 2023

Netscape took the browser world by storm. You could have a presenter at one location, presenting, asking and answering questions, and being seen by others in real-time (with low to no latency), anywhere else in the world. Anyway, XR is combing the physical world with the virtual world, with a real-time experience.

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Time to Know

MARCH 27, 2018

On one hand, you must take into consideration your training’s effectiveness and the employee experiences. On the other hand, there are the business challenges of cost-effectiveness, measuring the return on training, and making sure your organization’s technology stays relevant. Virtual Reality. Enables personalized experiences.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 14, 2009

But how effective are these expressions in communicating meaning? This preliminary study uses examples of digital user-generated content, specifically digital stories and movies, to examine the types of information that appear to convey effectively. Would like to do a similar study in Second Life–more global audience.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 16, 2009

Here are some more advantages of 3D worlds for learning: The first is that these worlds allow the learner to explore places he or she could not visit in the physical world. Virtual worlds make the inaccessible assessable. Tags: Second Life 3D worlds. It is learning by doing.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 9, 2009

Here are a few considerations when thinking about developing a virtual learning environment in a 3D world. Virtual blending. This decision will influence much of your design and building of the in-world environment. Drawing out the learning event helps it function more smoothly and effectively. What happens first?

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Kapp Notes

JULY 2, 2007

Lately, I've been tuned into the metaverse since I am teaching a class called "Learning in 3D" starting on July 9 using Second Life and ProtoSphere (how cool is my job?) The class is focused on designing effective instruction in a 3D world. So, here are some links on the topic. Getting Serious Blog by ProtoSphere founder.

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