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Thursday, August 12, 2010
You might shoot the breeze with the grocery store cashier about the weather, or the freshness of the strawberries, but ordinarily you don’t ask about his personal life. And it doesn’t mean your in-person, interpersonal skill transfers to the virtual world.   Her reply: “Okay.  What are you doing Saturday night?&#.
 
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
life time worth of learning! The Rapid eLearning Blog ( Tom Kuhlmann) When you think about improving your rapid e-Learning , instructional design, PowerPoint or graphic creation skills, Tom Kuhlmann's Rapid eLearning blog provides you with a lot of great advice, tips, examples and short-cuts. want one. That works. WHAT TO DO? And 95.5%
 
Monday, May 17, 2010
Based on the recent Big Question - Learning Technology 2015 – I received an interesting question: "Tony, what do you think of environments like Second Life? Probably before you begin to read my predictions, it’s worth looking at: Second Life Learning Videos where I’ve collected a few different examples of learning in Second Life.
 

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Many universities are using Second Life as a learning tool. The initial hype swept up many educators and institutions as it seemed that Second Life was this incredibly immersive learning environment. Notably, Princeton University pulled out of Second Life this month. Does Linden Lab have those people?
As a player, you have to learn the etiquette of WoW, you have to learn how to complete tasks, learn how to improve your character’s skills, learn how to interact with other players, learn how to make money to outfit your character’s needs, learn about the monsters you will be combating, etc. Do you use Second Life (or World of Warcraft?)
Every week or so I hear about a company looking to Second Life as a teaching environment. First, I have to say that Second Life is a great Web 2.0/massively multiplayer environment. respect the ability of people to make money in Second Life. respect the ability of people to "hang" in Second Life.
Second Life truly is a phenomenon. Meanwhile, corporations will set up shop in Second Life, as in FaceBook and MySpace, to be where the kids are in an attempt to speak their language and get some eyeballs. In fact, here are my list of top ten missing features from Second Life: Support for a good scripted story.
According to the eLearning Guild , over 93% of Guild members report that their efforts to conduct learning in an immersive learning environment produce results that are either somewhat or much better than other forms of rich-skill practice. Calling a meeting to order.sort of. But first, let's define the term.
Ultimately the design process for creating a virtual learning world requires a modification of the traditional skill set of an instructional designer—a modification, not a totally new approach. Tags: Second Life 3D worlds It can be lonely in a virtual world with no friends and nothing to do.
Summary: “Ready to teach with Second Life, but not sure how to begin? Come prepared to have fun as we explore how to design learning activities for use in Second Life. Tips on how to streamline your virtual world classes and help your students learn how to use Second Life are featured in this session.&#.
In Second Life: Professor Lilliehook. Overview of Second Life. Library of Congress has a Second Life. Second Life & virtual worlds are a new movement, but SL isn’t the first world and won’t be the last. Skills. Why Second Life Education. Presenter: Dr.
In September last year, I ventured into Second Life (SL) to explore. There are a number of features that identify SL's genuineness as an authentic elearning environment: The people Second Life is an environment that embraces people. Tags: communities Second Life reality training music elearning
(For the live blogging info look below the AG08 synopsis) Alan Levine's blog the presentation that he gave The Second Life wiki of the NMC campus Second Life, and virtual worlds in general, are high on the hype curve this year. So Second Life (SL) you can buy and sell things. just like real life.