Kapp Notes

JANUARY 28, 2011

Often I am asked for a list of interesting and educational locations within Second Life, the 3D virtual world software, here is a rather lengthy list of some of the more educational places within Second Life. For more information about the Quilt go to: www.3DAIDSQuilt.com. 3DAIDSQuilt.com.

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Second Life Education Virtual World Communities of Practice 170

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 7, 2009

Recently, a number of individuals have inquired about resources for virtual world research. Journal of Virtual World Research --Great resource. This journal has freely available PDF articles describing the vast amount of work being done in virtual worlds. Here are some valuable links. by Robert J.

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Virtual World Research Resources Wiki 160

Kapp Notes

MARCH 31, 2010

Here is an interesting rumor and a potentially large game-changer in the virtual world space. It is rumored at the web site metaverselyspeaking web site that News Corp might be taking over Second Life. adding Second Life to their already wide-spanning media portfolio. Here is a quote from the article.

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Second Life Linden MySpace Mac 100

Kapp Notes

JUNE 22, 2010

There is a great deal of "churn" in the 3D virtual immersive environment space. Microsoft has awarded one of its innovation awards to 3D Virtual Immersive Environment Enterprise provider ProtonMedia. See my analysis of the recognition in What it means that MS LifeScience Award Goes to 3D Virtual Conference Design James A.

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Virtual World Linden Industry Virtual Classroom 157

Kapp Notes

JULY 29, 2008

Onge of NCTT and Keith Morneau from Capella University who are providing a session on Second Life. So, I am taking some notes: The presentation will talk about history of virtual environments and a theoretical framework for Second Life in the classroom. became ISO standard in 1997 and is still used today as X3D.

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Second Life Virtual World Simulations IBM 100

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Some interesting things are going on with the folks over at Linden Labs , the developers of the virtual immersive environment of Second Life. Second Life is going corporate. The criteria for winning are: Work in Second Life that also achieves tangible, compelling results outside of Second Life.

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Second Life Linden Firewalls Virtual World 100

Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Here is a little email intercept I received from an unnamed source (ok, it's from Snickers' Doodles in her post Linden Lab to announce Viewer 2 beta tomorrow which she received in-world from Pink Linden. link] Tom Hale, our Chief Product Officer will announce the availability of the next generation of Second Life viewers—Viewer 2 Beta.

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Second Life Linden Virtual World News 100

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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Second Life Social Networks Social Network Case Study 100

Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 7, 2008

We had a lot to cover from how to navigate in Second Life to simple scripting with building, teleporting and designing Second Life training solutions in between. Usually I travel alone so having someone with me was a big help in terms of preparing for the presentation and helping to guide the presentation.

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Second Life Simulations Training Train 113

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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Virtual World Second Life Behavior Guide 154

Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Dan Bliton of Booz Allen Hamilton asked Tony and Karl to present a webinar entitled "Enterprise Learning and Collaboration in 3D Virtual Worlds." 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. Here are the supporting resources.

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Virtual World Enterprise Resources Collaboration 165

Upside Learning

JANUARY 8, 2024

When it’s about learning, the science tells us to focus on the performance objective, align meaningful practice, guide decisions with predictive models, and illustrate those models in context via examples. With an affordance perspective, you can see that Second Life was about social and immersive 3D (at any scale).

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Trends Cognitive Virtual World Second Life 147

Kapp Notes

MAY 20, 2008

Second Life and movies have had a history. In my post Second Life at the Movies , I discuss the possibility of a full-feature length movie being created in Second Life. Molotov Alva turns the virtual camera on his virtual self. Well it has finally happened as a documentary. don't answer that.)

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Second Life Create IBM Movie 105

Kapp Notes

MARCH 4, 2010

Abbott Bundy with his backpack and walking stick ready to embark on a story quest with his guides. Yesterday, I had the privilege of touring a fascinating project in the 3D virtual immersive environment of Second Life. What better place to start than in a 3D Virtual Immersive Environment.

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Virtual World Second Life Linden Cognitive 154

Kapp Notes

JULY 16, 2008

In my listing of Alternatives to Second Life , many packages were missed. MPK20:Sun's Virtual Workplace "Wonderland" The MPK20 virtual world is also known as Wonderland. For more information, you can read Sun unveils corporate 'Second Life'. InXpo InXpo has a virtual ASP show platform.

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Second Life Alternatives Sun Virtual World 100

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Here is a companion post to two previous posts on the topic: Alternatives to Second Life Alternatives to Second Life Continued If you know of more, please feel free to add in the comments section. For educational users, Activeworlds launched The Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU).

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Second Life Alternatives Virtual World Flash 100

Kapp Notes

MARCH 4, 2010

Here is a press release about one big virtual world event where Tony and I will be speaking about Learning in 3D. The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference (VWBPE) will feature more than 150 presentations and a keynote address by Mark Kingdon, the CEO of Linden Lab® creators of Second Life® (SL).

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Virtual World Linden Second Life Social Networks 100

Kapp Notes

JULY 14, 2008

Here are some interesting videos showing how Second Life can be used to design and deliver health related training and actual client support within a virtual world. This one demonstrates various views of how a virtual platform can help mental health and other patients. This one is focused on nursing education.

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Second Life Virtual World Games Guide 100

Upside Learning

JANUARY 8, 2024

When it’s about learning, the science tells us to focus on the performance objective, align meaningful practice, guide decisions with predictive models, and illustrate those models in context via examples. With an affordance perspective, you can see that Second Life was about social and immersive 3D (at any scale).

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Trends Cognitive Develop Virtual World 130

Kapp Notes

APRIL 4, 2008

He let everyone know on his blog posting The i-web Singularity Redux that at Virtual Worlds III this week the announcement was made that Second Life has worked out a deal with IBM to move Second Life behind the IBM corporate firewall.

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Second Life IBM Firewalls Virtual World 100

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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Second Life Wiki Virtual World Network 100

Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 22, 2009

First, Metaplace announced it will be closing its virtual doors on January 1, 2010 at 11:59 pm Pacific Time. This means that a user created "portal" into a virtual world can be accessed from web location. It is inevitable that the 3D Virtual World space will have acquisitions, mergers and failures.

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Virtual World Second Life Flash Alternatives 133

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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Virtual World Discussion Second Life PowerPoint 133

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

Yesterday, I presented with Tony O'Driscoll at the DevLearn event virtually. Assisting us expertly was Matt Monahan my graduate assistant who has been helping me with many Second life tasks. Neither Tony or I could make it in person so we presented virtually. Which, of course, was a perfect use of Second Life.

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Second Life DevLearn Virtual World Classes 100

Kapp Notes

JULY 9, 2008

Here is a story titled Congress Goes Virtual in Online World Hearing that explains how a sub-committee in congress got together to experience a virtual world. Could Second Life be used as a place to launder money? Are children safe in online worlds? Are there churches in there?

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Second Life Virtual World Internet Games 100

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

Here is a very funny video put together by a grad student of mine about the tv show The Office and Second Life.The Office is a really funny show and this clip is funny. As you may or may not know.CNN now has an office in Second Life. Check it out. It is very "LOL" as the gamers would say.

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Second Life IM IMS Virtual World 100

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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Virtual World Cognitive Second Life Press 113

Kapp Notes

JULY 10, 2009

Waiting for the tsunami to hit on NOAA's island in Second Life. My advice to other federal agencies interested in virtual worlds is to define your goals before you break ground. My advice to other federal agencies interested in virtual worlds is to define your goals before you break ground.

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Virtual World Second Life Metrics Examples 100

Kapp Notes

JULY 2, 2009

Here is a description of the introductory session: Visiting a strange new 3D virtual world can be confusing. This Soapbox session will introduce you to exciting and interesting places within the 3D world of Second Life. In a few weeks, on August 12, 19, 26 and September 2, 2009. Where do you go? What do you do?

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Second Life Virtual World Classes Guide 100

Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 31, 2009

According to the BBC: Virtual goods such as weapons or digital bottles of champagne traded in the US could be worth up to $5bn in the next five years, experts predict. Additonally, "Virtual goods is the whole story in the world of social games. What could be the implication for enterprise-focused virtual immersive environments?

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Virtual World Second Life Streaming Enterprise 113

Clark Quinn

JULY 31, 2009

In last night’s #lrnchat , the topic was virtual worlds (VWs). The first question to be addressed was whether virtual worlds had been over or underhyped. Everyone pretty much derided the presentation of powerpoints in Second Life, however (and rightly so!). It was a lively session, as always.

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Virtual World Cognitive ADL IBM 100

Kapp Notes

JANUARY 29, 2009

Using a virtual world or metaverse for training is not as science-fiction as it sounds. A metaverse or virtual world is simply the natural extension and convergence of several technologies currently used for online learning. Tags: Second Life 3D worlds. This is similar to the Web 2.0

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Virtual World Social Networks Centra Wiki 100

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. Usually, navigation in courses is linear or guided. Virtual World Ideas for Content Delivery Have you played with Second Life? Sounds exciting?

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Virtual World Ideas Interactive Second Life 117

Kapp Notes

JUNE 27, 2008

Public health officials from the California Department of Health Services have created a massive online virtual training program. Researchers from the University of California-Davis Health System re-created a 3-D model of the California Exposition and State Fair in Second Life and conducted the training within that environment.

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Virtual World Second Life Simulations Quiz 100

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 27, 2006

It is official, Second Life (which I have written about in two previous posts, Get a "Second Life" and More Second Life ) has just created its first virtual millionaire (actually, it has created its first real world millionaire with virutal assets equal to real world assets of a million dollars.)

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Second Life Industry Virtual World Player 100

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 24, 2006

Basically Second Life is the Matrix , as in, “Wake Up Neo, the Matrix has you.” You can learn a little more by checking out my previous entry on the subject, Get a "Second Life." Second Life is a virtual world in which people can act, react and function as if they were in the actual physical world.

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Second Life Games Virtual World ASTD 100

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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Virtual World Teach Skills Cognitive 113