Kapp Notes

JUNE 11, 2010

Recently a number of folks have asked me some questions about 3D worlds that I think can be answered in some of my previous posts so here are some of those posts as answers to frequently asked questions about virtual immersive environments: 1) How do I get started in 3D?

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APRIL 8, 2010

Here is her advice when someone says that 3D worlds look too much like a game. For many business users, their experience with virtual worlds has been as consumers- they, or their children, have used game platforms, either on line or on machines in their homes. An avatar can be created, dressed and can come in-world.

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JUNE 20, 2011

ProtonMedia will use the funds to extend its leadership position within life sciences by further integrating its ProtoSphere virtual collaboration environment with ComplianceWire®, Kaplan EduNeering’s validated cloud-based learning management system. ProtonMedia announced the successful completion of a $4.5

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Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 15, 2009

A Virtual Immersive Environment is Not a Parallel Universe, It is an Alternative Reality. While it is possible to make a 3D virtual immersive environment (VIE) look exactly (or pretty darn close) to your actual office building or training room or college campus.what's the point? Virtual Immersive Environments are Not a Panacea.

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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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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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Kapp Notes

APRIL 24, 2009

Here is a step-by-step process for designing and launching a virtual world learning experience within an organization. Step Three: Determine if content is appropriate for learning within a virtual world environment. Step Six: Build or purchase the necessary digital assets for the virtual learning environment.

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 12, 2010

Here are four things organizations can do in 3D virtual immersive environments. Meetings Meeting at the site of a virtual accident in Second Life. Meetings are one of the ways in which organizations share knowledge and are where co-workers learn about organizational functions and projects from each other.

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JUNE 5, 2012

I am speaking on the topic of Getting Lost in a 3D Virtual World: Selecting and Evaluating Appropriate Virtual Worlds for Learning. This presentation details the trials and tribulations of selecting, implementing evaluating and teaching within a 3D virtual World.

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JANUARY 18, 2012

The other day I had an opportunity to catch up with Randy Hinrichs and ask him a few questions about the state of 3D virtual world software and about his new book. Also, he has just finished a book about 3D virtual worlds that you should really check out. Augmented reality is part of the virtual world.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 7, 2011

Well designed virtual worlds serve as more than mere 3D doll houses; instead, they provide the connectivity across distances, the opportunity to rapidly prototype and the ability to provide diverse training venues. Virtual immersive environments provide for wealth of opportunity for collaboration among individuals across the world.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 31, 2012

In the fourth “Learning in 3D Class” we had the opportunity to visit within the virtual world of ProtoSphere. Dom explained how this provides the ability to select from a wide range of virtual room sizes, layouts, styles, and the number and arrangement of media boards, note boards, and SharePoint boards.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 3, 2014

Include learning games as part of a larger learning strategy for the organization, not as simply a “bolt-on” to existing learning or as something “extra.” Because an actual person is controlling the other avatars, no matter what the learners says or wants to say, a response can be provided within the virtual 3D world.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 24, 2010

Digitell is company that owns VirtualU a 3D virtual immersive environment that has been used for everything from meetings to rock concerts. I think these two activities signal a real "serious" look at moving 3D virtual immersive environments into organizations at the enterprise level. Learn more about their 3D solution here.

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JULY 10, 2012

Last night we visited several exciting venues in the virtual 3D world of VirtualU. It is the virtual world of Digitell, Inc. It was a great venue to see 3D virtual immersive environments in action. We started the tour in the Digitell World Convention Lobby Environment.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 3, 2012

Not sure if its the general state of the economy or the state of most e-learning courses or even the state of too-fast, too-much-to-do organizations but I’ve heard from many people that employees just don’t seem engaged or enthusiastic about work. Virtual Worlds are Not Dead (although some are). Lack of Engagement.

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JULY 3, 2012

It’s that time of year again, time to venture into the world of 3D learning and discover all the wonderful attributes of 3D Virtual Immersive Environments. So, three questions for students about the first class: What was the strangest part of participating within a 3D virtual world?

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 25, 2010

GLF represents a collaborative group of educators from across government and private universities and organizations exploring and prototyping the use of open 3D worlds in support of learning. A little over a year ago Air University formed GLF to help support virtual collaborative prototyping efforts and research.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

In many organizations, people need to receive training for unlikely but possible events (such as a blow out on an oil rig or the blow out of two engines on an airplane because of bird strikes.). This use of a virtual world challenges team members to respond together to resolve an issue, incident, or problem.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 15, 2010

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. If, for one minute, you think virtual worlds are going away, this conference has proved that notion dead WRONG.

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 10, 2010

The story seems to have broken in a number of places, Virtual Worlds News reports that Linden Lab Lays Off 30 Perfect Of Staff. Under the terms of the agreement, ProtonMedia’s ProtoSphere technology will be the basis for customized, 3-D virtual collaboration environments to create high-performance workplaces.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Here are some points from an article titled Promoting motivation with virtual agents and avatars: role of visual presence and appearance by Amy Baylor. 2009) found that behavioral changes originating within a virtual environment can transfer to subsequent face-to-face interactions. Here are the slides: Why 3D Immersive Environments.

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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.

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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. It is also exploring BlueMars, World of Warcraft, Aion and a number of other virtual worlds and gaming platforms.

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

Koreen will be joining Ayogo’s executive team and continuing her work in immersive learning design with organizations interested in leveraging technologies to create engaging learning experiences, now with even more expertise and experience in game design as part of Ayogo. Who is Rustici Software? Here the info. I received via email.

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DECEMBER 3, 2010

The other day, I caught up with Warren Haseley at SAIC about the 3D virtual world of OLIVE (On-Line Interactive Virtual Environment). My role at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is On-Line Interactive Virtual Environment (OLIVE) Business Development Manager. 2) SAIC was purchased back in Feb, 2010.

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JUNE 21, 2010

Event By now you've probably already heard that the Microsoft Life Sciences Innovation Award 2010 has gone to a project that uses a 3-D virtual environment to hold a virtual scientific poster session. life sciences industry solutions director, Microsoft. “By see Pfizer's $2.3 I think this is very telling.

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Kapp Notes

APRIL 23, 2010

Randy Hinrichs, Managing Partner of 2b3d and Affiliate Faculty for Virtual Worlds at their iSchool was a large contributor to Learning in 3D and has been run an interesting program to promote the use of 3D virtual worlds. The full year curriculum is designed to skill up entrepreneurs in using virtual worlds.

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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

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Creating a “Story” as the Foundation for Virtual World Learning Events. Adopting Social Media in Your Organization? The Influence of Technology on the Future of Learning from Karl Kapp. Also, here are some links that provide some additional information about what we discussed in the workshop. Tell Me a Story.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 10, 2015

The other day I had a chance to catch up with Anna Griffith with whom I attended High School–small world. She is the co-Founder and CEO of Discovery Machine, Inc, and has spent her career making cognitive science and artificial intelligence research usable and understandable for organizations and…she is wicked smart.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 1, 2013

Creating a “Story” as the Foundation for Virtual World Learning Events. Adopting Social Media in Your Organization? Innovative Learning Techniques: Games, Social Learning and Interactive Stories Part II from Karl Kapp. Storytelling and Instructional Design. Tell Me a Story. Thinking About Social Media. In a Big Way.

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 15, 2012

Plenary sessions include: “Getting the Best Virtual vQuotient in Non-Entertainment Games”. The Future of Sims and Games in Large Organizations”. · David Metcalf, UCF. · Phaedra Boiondiris, IBM. · James Oker, Microsoft. · Parvati Dev, CliniSpace. Ran Hinrichs, 2b3d, keynote speaker.

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Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

As part of the blog book tour, Tony and Karl wrote an article for ASTD Learning Circuit s called Lessons Learned from Conducting 3D Virtual World Learning Experiences Here are some of those lessons, go to the article to see more detail and the "missing" lessons. Tags: 3D Book 3D worlds.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Tour Stops Day Sixteen 02/01/10 Gordon Snyder's blog Information & Communications Technology Blog Day Seventeen 02/02/10 Koreen Olbrich's Learning in Tandem Day Eighteen 02/03/10 Bart Pursel at Virtual Learning Worlds. With special guest blog this week by Course Director Daniel M.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 6, 2009

It can be lonely in a virtual world with no friends and nothing to do. One common mistake organizations make in designing learning experiences in virtual worlds is failing to have specific learning objectives, either formal or informal, for the intended interactions. If not, the result is a virtual ghost town.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 22, 2009

Here are some suggestions if your are implementing a virtual learning world or Highly Immersive Vitual Environment (HIVE). High Technology Comfort Level —You don’t want to provide initial access to virtual worlds to a group that is not comfortable with technology. This is especially true with virtual world technologies.

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