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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Kapp Notes

JULY 21, 2010

Here are some emerging events happening in the corporate virtual immersive environment (VIE) space. Forterra System's OLIVE integrates virtual meetings into web based intranets, extranets or portals, and can assure a user's identity based on authentication systems like LDAP.

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JULY 19, 2011

The software provided a great opportunity for students to see a professional virtual world and to explore how it functioned. For the beginning of the class, we were fortunate to have David Gardner, CEO and creator of VenueGen provide a tour of the software and provide his fascinating insights into virtual worlds.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 15, 2010

If you are a local, state or even national government official interested in virtual worlds, you can get your own piece of digital realestate at GovGrid. A virtual immersive environment constructed strictly for governments. World Plan–This plan is open to anyone working in or for government.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

You have probably been wondering what you should wear in case you ever went on a virtual world job interview. In fact, I once went to a virtual interview to talk about the Learning in 3D book and was told to "put some shoes on" apparently even in the virtual world, "no shoes, no shirt--no service still applies."

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 31, 2011

just announced an entire new way of conducting training for clinical trials using virtual worlds as the backbone of the solution. Interesting development as the healthcare space seems to be a large mover in 3D virtual worlds and immersive environments. ProtonMedia and PPD, Inc. Here is the release below.

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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. It makes it more fun and more engaging. It makes it more fun and more engaging.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 16, 2010

A critical element in virtual world learning is the opportunity for the learner to reflect upon his or her experience. As a designer of a 3D virtual learning experience, you need to design part of the learning experience to include time for the learners to re-envision what they experienced and add meaning to that experience.

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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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Kapp Notes

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

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post called Not a Good Week for the Virtual Worlds Space where I reported, based on other reports, that Forterra Systems had laid off some of its workforce. We see SAIC as the type of strategic partner that will enable us to continue shaping the virtual world marketplace and the OLIVE product line.

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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. And here is another useful application. Teaching people how to drive.

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Kapp Notes

APRIL 27, 2009

Successful projects start by aligning virtual world needs with your organization’s goals. Whether the goal is to reach out to alumni through a shared virtual space or creating a virtual machine shop to teach safety to mechanics, the underlying purpose and business objective must be articulated to the vendor.

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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." A better explanation was provided by Marty. Wow, what a great concept!

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 25, 2008

Here is a great video providing a broad perspective on all types of virtual worlds. Sharon Burns. __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content Guide

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Conducting a virtual brainstorming session. Jumping into a virtual world can provide a competitive advantage, facilitate collaboration and provide virtual role-plays across the enterprise but, if a careful analysis is not done before taking the leap into virtual worlds, disaster could loom.

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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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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

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. Here are two exercises that provide some opportunities to apply higher order skills.

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Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

With virtual worlds, we can expand the use of storytelling. In a 3D virtual world, the learner is not just observing a story or scenario, the learner becomes a character within the story. Both of those outcomes provide opportunities for feedback and learning. Tags: 3D worlds.

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Kapp Notes

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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Kapp Notes

JULY 1, 2014

It is interesting that with all the attention on the Facebook purchase of Oculus Rift , the virtual reality goggles that immerse the learner in a 3D world, people have forgotten about the continued work on building and creating 3D virtual world platforms for learning, collaboration and teamwork. Check it out.

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Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Flying around a virtual world as a superhero made subjects nicer in the physical world. Any participant who did NOT help had been in the virtual world as a passenger in the helicopter. No former virtual world helicopter passengers helped pick up the spilled pens. The results were interesting.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 28, 2011

Here we are gathering to begin our journey to different worlds within VirtualU. It was a fascinating virtual environment that provided a number of great examples of how virtual environments can be used for instruction. So the questions for this blog posting are: How can virtual worlds be used for non-traditional training?

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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. Rapid Prototyping. Creating and Testing of New Processes. What-If Scenarios.

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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 provides an explanation of how ProtoSphere is deeply integrated with Microsoft Lync Server 2010 and SharePoint 2010. Here are some videos of what we were able to experience.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 27, 2010

A 3D Virtual World role play provides a realistic environment in which two or more people act out a scenario. No matter what direction a learner takes, the experienced person playing the other role can provide the right feedback and act appropriately for the role. This provides the learner with a new perspective.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 31, 2010

Here are 5 Tips On 3D eLearning and Training sent to me to share with my readers from the 3D virtual world vendor VenueGen. Provide a Road Map Just as in real life, it is important that your attendees are provided with specific details on the location of the event and how to get there.

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Kapp Notes

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

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

MARCH 3, 2014

However, conducting a role-play in a 3D virtual environment where the learner assumes the role through the use of an avatar and interacts with a real person controlling the other avatars within the role play provides an experienced learner an unlimited number of branching opportunities. And finally a debrief is provided to the learner.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 7, 2017

In a recent article 3 Instructional Design Strategies For Virtual Reality Learning , I discussed three (among many) instructional design strategies for VR: Conceptual Orienteering, Critical Incident and Operational Application. Karl Kapp venturing into a VR learning experience. Introduction. Action Oriented. Collaboratively Motivated.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Example As an example of how effective a virtual world can be for teaching how to respond to a critical incident, witness the life saving heroics of a gentleman named Paxton Galvanek. 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

AUGUST 4, 2011

Andrew provided a great tour of all the wonderful features of the software, including the ability to play games within the virtual world, the ability to easily follow another avatar, the VOIP features and the ability to use the virtual world without having a thin client download.

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 10, 2011

So the final questions are: What is the potential of 3D virtual immersive environments for learning? How far off do you think we are from wide spread adoption of 3D virtual worlds for learning?

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Free resource now available that helps providers and training professionals wade through the oceans of e-Learning products available. The same thing could be said about navigating through the world of e-Learning. Second, Rustici Software recently announced the launching of the eLearning Atlas–Below is the press release.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 20, 2010

I don’t think the timing on this is too good from a corporate perspective as articles such as Academics Discuss Mass Migration From Second Life are starting appear due to the elimination of the educational discount once provided to academic and non-profit institutions using Second Life. However, do I think Second Life is going away?

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