Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Old Classroom Space In honor of the Second Life workshop I will be starting next week (still time to sign up, click here for more information ), we have given the MSIT Second Life classroom space a little make over. You can see some of the "before and after" screen shots.

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Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

I just read through a great post by Rich Hoeg which talks about his learning around Second Life. I think that Second Life is not going to turn out to be the winner because of technical issues, e.g., firewalls.

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Tony Karrer

AUGUST 27, 2007

Found via Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development A great introduction to using Second Life as a teaching / learning tool. I've said for a while that Second Life offers something interesting in terms of providing a natural "setting" for online sessions, presentations, etc. A few thoughts.

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Learning Visions

JULY 30, 2007

Monday, July 30, 2007 A Deserted Second Life An interesting read from Wired.com on Second Life and Corporate America. How Madison Avenue is Wasting Millions on a Deserted Second Life (Wired 7-24-07) Whats behind this stampede is not that hard to divine. "A Do you have a Second Life?

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 27, 2006

It is official, Second Life (which I have written about in two previous posts, Get a "Second Life" and More Second Life ) has just created its first virtual millionaire (actually, it has created its first real world millionaire with virutal assets equal to real world assets of a million dollars.)

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 24, 2006

Basically Second Life is the Matrix , as in, “Wake Up Neo, the Matrix has you.” You can learn a little more by checking out my previous entry on the subject, Get a "Second Life." Second Life is a virtual world in which people can act, react and function as if they were in the actual physical world.

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Kapp Notes

APRIL 12, 2007

I am using it for my class this semester and for one I will be teaching this summer. But here is a snapshot of me and one of my students talking about using Second Life for his class project. __ Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content Guide

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E-Learning Acupuncture

JULY 16, 2009

However, after some time she finally got tired of his pleading and made him an offer he couldn’t refuse: she would play WoW with him for the summer when she wasn’t teaching. That’s when she turned to a different virtual world product: Second Life. I’ve written about Second Life a few times before on this blog ( here and here ).

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Tony Karrer

MARCH 23, 2007

I'm sure that once you add presence-based audio (meaning you can hear people who are close to you) that WebEx style systems will begin to look more like second life so you can have easier break-out sessions. That's a great, fun way to teach around these topics. But, it's not really sales, customer service, etc.

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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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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? Creating and Teaching a College-Level Undergraduate Course in Social Networking. LMSs and Other Tools. Other Topics.

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The Learning Circuits

NOVEMBER 20, 2006

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 I respect the ability of people to make money in Second Life. I respect the ability of people to "hang" in Second Life.

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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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Association eLearning

JULY 2, 2015

This involves actively redesigning and rethinking the teaching and learning relationship, and often including technology as a key partner. Try online virtual classrooms or worlds, such as Second Life. Make no mistake, today blended learning goes beyond merely tagging on a movie or performing a Web Quest on the internet.

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Moodle Journal

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

One of the many issues that arise when you teach any programming language I have found is going to be that of a compiler. This year in both our FE and HE programmes in Software Development, I am using C as the principle language. I feel that C as a structured introduction to programming has a lot to offer students new to the subject area.

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E-Learning Acupuncture

FEBRUARY 23, 2008

That’s what has occurred on Second Life (SL) in the 2007 calendar year. Maybe there’s been some buzz about Second Life (SL) in distance education circles for awhile now but the massive increase in users is fueling some new excitement. Orientation Island therefore is a must!

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 15, 2008

Will teach with blogs and a wiki. Using the tools to teach the content–mostly avoiding the LMS. Second Life. This is another liveblogged post from the TCC 2008 conference, presented by Robert Fulkerth, Ageno School of Business, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA. Google Sites for the wiki. iTunes University.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 28, 2008

For teaching higher order skills it is always good idea because it requires the learner to apply multiple levels of thought to a situation. Running a business in something like Second Life is inexpensive and better way to teach business concepts than having students run an actual business in Real Life with big bucks.

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Moodle Journal

MAY 20, 2014

The course: - Second Life MOOC ran from April 1 to 30 2014. The theme was connecting online for collaborative learning and teaching through Second Life. The live presentations included speakers reflective process on teaching and learning in fully online and blended learning formats.

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 1, 2011

Best Practices in Virtual World Teaching: A Guide to Teaching Problem Solving in Second Life by Simon Bignell and Vanessa Parson. Go with the Flow: Engagement and Learning in Second Life by Karen Cooper.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 21, 2010

The West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) launched an online resource for potential and current educators in West Virginia called Teach West Virginia and as part of the initiative, a 3D world is playing a key role in the process. Along this journey, visitors collect clues to progress through the interactive game.

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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. Teaching people how to drive. Very ingenious method of using Second Life for effective modeling of real life behaviors.

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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. My tour guides for the experience were Marty Keltz and Jena Ball who have created a three-dimensional experience engineered to teach about the HIV/AIDS pandemic called The Life and Times of Uncle D.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 8, 2008

Once again I am teaching a class using virtual worlds, this class "Learning in 3D" will include the use of both ProtoSphere and Second Life. The first class had the usual Second Life chaos but it was a lot of fun for everyone.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 7, 2009

Bloomfield Situated Learning in Virtual Worlds: The Learning Ecology of Second Life by Elisabeth R. Articles The Effects of Gaming on Socializing, Social Behavior, and Making Friends EMERGING Technologies Center Nursing Education 2.0: by Robert J. Hayes of University of Wisconsin-Madison. Doodson “Alone Together?”

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Kapp Notes

APRIL 16, 2008

Today I am presenting on the topic of Designing Problem-Based Learning Environments in a 3D On Line Virtual World at the 19th International Conference on Teaching and Learning. And I am receiving an Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching,Learning and Technology (I was nominated by Bloomsburg University for the award, I am honored.)

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Kapp Notes

APRIL 12, 2011

The poster is about an EU project ~ Architecture (ARCHI 21) and language teaching & learning (CLIL). Winning Second Life Poster Session. My 3D colleague and contributor to Learning in 3D, Lesley Scopes recently won the Best Poster Peoples Award 1st place at VWBPE this year. So congratulations to Lesley!! Trophy and Poster.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 29, 2010

My Experience in Virtual Worlds A few years ago, when Second Life was first coming onto the scene as the next big thing, I sat in my office and scratched my head. I dabbled in SL a bit after that, chronicled my Second Life experiences on my blog, but I haven’t been “in world” in probably two years.

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Mark Oehlert

MARCH 8, 2007

e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Home Archives Subscribe About My Social Networks « My Blog is Worth $66, 615.72 (any buyers??) | Main | Google and MSFT to Clash Over Copyrights » March 08, 2007 Voice Coming to Second Life Geez.finally right? According to this press release , Voice will be coming to Second Life in Q2 of 2007.

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Moodle Journal

OCTOBER 28, 2011

You will find that in creating a new document the examples list will provide sets of templates, some of which seem to be partially complete, these would be particularly useful for teaching. Upon completion diagrams can be exported in either png , jpeg or Creately format. Please feel free to reply to this post with your impressions.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 24, 2008

Skoolaborate is a growing collaborative of high schools that use Second Life to teach students around the world. Westley gave us a real-time tour of Skoolaborate’s islands in Second Life, with commentary from Mike. Plenty of companies have dipped their toes into Second Life with mixed success.

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Mark Oehlert

JULY 3, 2007

Forterra Systems OLIVE (On-Line Interactive Virtual Environment) platform was compared to Second Life and won three of the four application categories (best for Education,Enterprise, Training / Simulation), with Second Life winning forBrands/Marketing in votes by the audience. From the land of Huh?

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Mark Oehlert

MARCH 7, 2007

What kills me though as I read t he comments on the TechCrunch post , comments like " I just get so damn bored walking around second life.that needs to change " and " I explored the second life world for a week to try and understand the hype " - is how people that are so tuned into Web 2.0

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Association eLearning

APRIL 22, 2013

Tom Raftery reported that the international bank Crédit Agricole is saving $200,000 – $300,000 just in travel-related expenses by hosting their training in Second Life. After graduation, she dabbled in both teaching gymnastics, and internet marketing. But how does that affect your budget? It’s a win/win!

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 10, 2010

What I like about Lesley's presentations about Cybergogy are that they are informative from the perspective of thinking about teaching in a 3D environment but that they also incorporate aspects not possible in the 2D world. I took some screen captures of the event. You can read what I thought of the conference here (hint, it was awesome.)

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Learningtogo

APRIL 14, 2017

For example, I can remember a time when many learning professionals predicted that Second Life would become the norm for immersive training delivery. In 2016, a Georgia Tech professor programmed an AI teaching assistant to answer student questions, remind them when assignments were due, and grade their papers.

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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. Let them teach each other. They can be organized in seconds, just teleport groups to different areas or erect soundproof walls between break out groups.

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