Kapp Notes

JUNE 22, 2010

There is a great deal of "churn" in the 3D virtual immersive environment space. Microsoft has awarded one of its innovation awards to 3D Virtual Immersive Environment Enterprise provider ProtonMedia. See my analysis of the recognition in What it means that MS LifeScience Award Goes to 3D Virtual Conference Design James A.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 14, 2009

Summary: “Ready to teach with Second Life, but not sure how to begin? Using it already, but need to migrate your course content for virtual world delivery? Come prepared to have fun as we explore how to design learning activities for use in Second Life. Getting Started. Class Environment.

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Some interesting things are going on with the folks over at Linden Labs , the developers of the virtual immersive environment of Second Life. Second Life is going corporate. The criteria for winning are: Work in Second Life that also achieves tangible, compelling results outside of Second Life.

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Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Here is a little email intercept I received from an unnamed source (ok, it's from Snickers' Doodles in her post Linden Lab to announce Viewer 2 beta tomorrow which she received in-world from Pink Linden. link] Tom Hale, our Chief Product Officer will announce the availability of the next generation of Second Life viewers—Viewer 2 Beta.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 16, 2008

OK, I admit that I’m not really expecting to be able to apply anything in Second Life for my current job. Tips for Teaching in a Virtual World. Virtual classrooms don’t have to have desks in rows. Site to compare virtual worlds provided in chat: [link]. Dr. Dobbs Life 2.0: [link].

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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." What better place to start than in a 3D Virtual Immersive Environment.

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Here is a companion post to two previous posts on the topic: Alternatives to Second Life Alternatives to Second Life Continued If you know of more, please feel free to add in the comments section. For educational users, Activeworlds launched The Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU).

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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. Very ingenious method of using Second Life for effective modeling of real life behaviors.

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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

DECEMBER 22, 2009

First, Metaplace announced it will be closing its virtual doors on January 1, 2010 at 11:59 pm Pacific Time. This means that a user created "portal" into a virtual world can be accessed from web location. It is inevitable that the 3D Virtual World space will have acquisitions, mergers and failures.

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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. Tags: Second Life 3D worlds. It makes it more fun and more engaging.

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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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Learning with e's

MAY 7, 2010

Today, Tim Handorf writes about the experiences of one university in Second Life. We all know that Second Life, the virtual reality world that has become basically indistinguishable from our increasingly unreal physical worlds, is a powerful tool for learning.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 10, 2009

Waiting for the tsunami to hit on NOAA's island in Second Life. My advice to other federal agencies interested in virtual worlds is to define your goals before you break ground. My advice to other federal agencies interested in virtual worlds is to define your goals before you break ground.

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Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 31, 2009

According to the BBC: Virtual goods such as weapons or digital bottles of champagne traded in the US could be worth up to $5bn in the next five years, experts predict. Additonally, "Virtual goods is the whole story in the world of social games. What could be the implication for enterprise-focused virtual immersive environments?

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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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Clark Quinn

JULY 31, 2009

In last night’s #lrnchat , the topic was virtual worlds (VWs). The first question to be addressed was whether virtual worlds had been over or underhyped. Everyone pretty much derided the presentation of powerpoints in Second Life, however (and rightly so!). Tags: design technology.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2007

In this post, I present some thoughts on how to effectively use 3D metaphors and virtual worlds to enrich content presentation with little effort. Virtual World Ideas for Content Delivery Have you played with Second Life? Sounds exciting? Usually, navigation in courses is linear or guided.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 27, 2015

Digital Learning Environments: Context Sensitive and Imaginative Classes in Second Life. Second Life: Teaching Tips from the Virtual Frontier. Why Do We Need A Second Life? Wikis and Blogs and Tags: Oh Why? Wikis that Work: Effective Wiki Practices for Virtual Learning Communities.

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Association eLearning

JULY 2, 2015

Make no mistake, today blended learning goes beyond merely tagging on a movie or performing a Web Quest on the internet. Try online virtual classrooms or worlds, such as Second Life. Yes, you probably do remember and that’s the point of blended learning. Not New, But Improved.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 23, 2008

1) My slides from my Penn State Presentation on Virtual Worlds. tags: second life ) 2) Bart took some great notes on the presentation. 3) I presented virtually at the Eduverse symposium held in De Balie, Amsterdam. 3) I presented virtually at the Eduverse symposium held in De Balie, Amsterdam.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 15, 2010

Terrence Linden discussing the new Second Life browser at VWBPE conference. 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.

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 14, 2009

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to present at the eLearning Guild's "Designing and Managing Learning in 3-D Virtual Worlds and Immersive Environments" for the opening general session of the online conference. Tags: Second Life 3D worlds. It was a lot of fun with a great group of attendees.

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eLearning Blender

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

This week in an Instructional Design class I am taking in the Ed Tech program at SDSU we will be discussing Second Life. I'll be spending more time learning the ropes of Second Life because I would like to use it for eLearning projects. Second Life SDSU eLearning.

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The Learning Circuits

MAY 31, 2008

This month's question came from a reader the June 2008 Big Question is: Second Life Training? More specifically: In what situations, do you believe it makes sense to develop a learning experience that will be delivered within Second Life? G-Cube - e-Learning and Second Life - How viable is it?

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Photo by William White on unsplash Still other virtual clans are emerging from the cultures surrounding online leisure activities such as massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), strategy games and transnational special interest groups that meet en masse, online.

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Take an e-Learning Break

JANUARY 15, 2009

Wondered about how to use Second Life as a learning tool? This day long conference costs $65 and will be hosted inside of Second Life. During this conference, they will talk about and actually visit some of the best and most creative work being done in promoting science in a virtual world environment.

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 10, 2009

In the Learning in 3D class, students have created some great machinimas showing the use of a 3D virtual world for learning. Tags: Second Life 3D worlds. Here is one of the first examples.

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E-Learning Acupuncture

JULY 16, 2009

She told a story of an experience she had a few years prior where her husband had been pretty involved in playing the world’s most popular Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game(MMORPG)called World of Warcraft (WoW). That’s when she turned to a different virtual world product: Second Life.

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 25, 2010

Air Force’s Global Learning Forum (GLF) group in Second Life at Huffman Prairie Chi. 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. It was a great event.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Second Life is much in evidence at Online Educa Berlin this year, much as I expected. Bayne was eloquent in her description of the process, highlighted many of the pedagogical issues that had emerged from creation of the space, and even demonstrated a live in-world visit. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 26, 2007

Found an interesting article about Second Life and other MMORPGs and their use for learning today. Several scholars have suggested that massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) such as Everquest and Second Life have educational potential, but we have little data about what happens when such tools are introduced in the classroom.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 29, 2010

It is a great opportunity to you to check out a "corporate" virtual world and to try out some of the learning archetypes first hand. Tags: 3D Book 3D worlds. Web site for the book Learning in 3D. If you would like to purchase the book, you can receive a 20% discount directly from the publisher.

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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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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 7, 2010

At the Learning in Different Worlds conference held in Lahti, Finland, my colleague and contributor to “Learning in 3D’ is presenting about virtual immersive environments and discussing different attitudes toward these environments and describing how educators can use these environments for learning.

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 10, 2010

First, it looks as though Linden Labs, the developers behind Second Life, may be downsizing their corporate efforts ( Second Life Enterprise Edition ). The story seems to have broken in a number of places, Virtual Worlds News reports that Linden Lab Lays Off 30 Perfect Of Staff. Interesting development.

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 2, 2010

Slideshows Learning in 3D Learning in 3D: Examples, Samples and Models Learning in 3D: Postcards from Learning in 3D (Presentation to Best Practices in Virtual Worlds) 3D Learning Archetypes Why 3D? Tags: virtual immersive environment 3D worlds.

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