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Second Life Happenings: CEO Steps Down (again)

Kapp Notes

Yesterday, Philip Linden (AKA: Philip Rosedale ) stepped down as CEO of Linden Labs (yes again). Bob will lead Linden Lab while we conduct the search. He said many longtime Second Life users are angry at the recent decisions by the company that runs the service, Linden Lab. He has done this before and then come back.

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Vale Joe Miller

Clark Quinn

More importantly, he had the vision to understand system and infrastructure, and barriers to same. He supported systems at Koala for new interface devices. His trajectory subsequently covered gaming as well as core technology, eventually ending up at Sega before he convinced the KU folks to let him head up KUIS.

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Social and Semantic Web

Clark Quinn

For example, email took off once one email standard took hold and allowed different systems to interoperate. the ability of Linden Labs to continue to expand Second Life capabilities as they grabbed market share). is when we move to system-generated content. And opportunities there are.

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Course Authoring and Rapid eLearning Tool Satisfaction

Tony Karrer

Corel WordPerfect Office OnDemand Presenter Apple Computer KnowledgePlanet Articulate Microsoft Corporation Articulate Articulate Microsoft Corporation Articulate Respondus Adobe Systems, Inc. Vuepoint Adobe Systems, Inc. XStream Software Linden Research, Inc. Corel Corporation OnDemand Software SumTotal Systems Inc.

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Embedding social learning into texts and enterprise software

Jay Cross

He worked on the PLATO system for Control Data. He ran Michael Milken’s Knowledge Universe Interactive Studio before he became VP, Platform & Technology for Second Life at Linden Labs. Joe told me the PLATO system had a key which enabled you to page the author of the material you were working with. Wisdom of the Ages.

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Latest MUVEs

Learning with e's

This paper reports findings of a pilot study that examined the pedagogical potential of Second Life (SL), a popular three-dimensional multi-user virtual environment (3-D MUVE) developed by the Linden Lab.

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Germany calling.

Learning with e's

For me it holds many memories of speaking to large and appreciative audiences, the remains of the Berlin Wall, the Checkpoint Charlie museum, Christmas markets, Unter den Linden, Alexanderplatz, Ka De We, and the Brandenburg Gate. Experience new possibilities with sophisticated learning management systems. Join the debate on Web 2.0