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Overcoming the Objection: 3D Virtual Worlds Look Too Much Like a Game

Kapp Notes

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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Blended Learning: Not your Mother’s, Grandmother’s, or Possibly Even Older Sibling’s Training

Association eLearning

They want information to be relevant to their needs and presented in a variety of ways which appeal to how they learn. Create “how-to” webcasts or videos, using programs like Camtasia or Jing and upload them to YouTube. Try online virtual classrooms or worlds, such as Second Life. Fringe Benefits.

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Is hybrid learning a better way of instruction than traditional classrooms?   

Creativ Technologies

Hence, in a hybrid learning class, some students are present in person, whereas others attend it online. There are a lot of advantages of this kind of learning which are: Better way of learning: Schools all over the world have shifted to this way of teaching. Difference between hybrid and blended learning.

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Synchronous Learning: Advantages & Disadvantages

eLearningMind

The biggest advantage is that learners can interact with the presenter and get questions answered in real time; another is that the instructor can gauge whether or not students are grasping the material, and make adjustments as needed. Like asynchronous learning, synchronous learning has its advantages and disadvantages.

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Asynchronous or Synchronous A Guide To eLearning Approaches

KnowledgeAnywhere

Most of us are familiar with different types of eLearning from enrolling in classes and seminars that utilize virtual classrooms. Here’s a few ways that training can occur: via webinars, video conferences, webcasts, application sharing, and live chat. The speed of the presentation may be too slow or too fast for some participants.

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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | October 2, 2020

Mike Taylor

This video looks at the scientific evidence from Paul Kirschner and Pedro De Bruyckere showing that there is no such thing as a digital native who is information-skilled simply because (s)he has never known a world that was not digital. Lessons Learned Hosting a Virtual Conference. Why marketers are better at engagement than L&D.

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Blog Book Tour Recap Week Seven:Continuation

Kapp Notes

Gordon Snyder who writes Gordon's Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Blog posted a video from keynote event I did in January in San Francisco about virtual worlds and technology-based learning. Check out his entry called Leveraging Virtual Worlds with Karl Kapp. And another virtual world shut down.

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