Kapp Notes

JULY 23, 2007

This week, we had Suzi Mazzenga as a guest speaker talking about her adventure as a male in Second Life. You can read about it in her article My Days as a Dude. She gave her presentation using text chat within the Second Life classroom we have set up on MSIT Island.

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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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Learning Visions

AUGUST 13, 2007

Monday, August 13, 2007 Second Life Backlash and Controversy The Second Life naysayers seems to be gaining ground lately. And Im not implying that Im a Second Life naysayer. A thoughtful post on one educators experience in Second Life (and a nice historical perspective). IT Security Risks 2.

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Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 10, 2007

Here is an article brought to my attention by one of my students Jason Kojtek. The article, The Second Life Census provides a link to a spreadsheet showing some interesting SL numbers. But the most interesting part of the article are the comments posted afterward.

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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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Tony Karrer

MARCH 23, 2007

In the article he VWs have too much potential for learning professionals to ignore. I think his video does a reasonable job of showing some of the concepts that he discusses in his article: I tend to agree with Tony about the power of presence. Or are they this season's over-hyped fad? But, it's not really sales, customer service, etc.

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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

DECEMBER 8, 2006

If you want to know more about Second Life, you can jump into the world and attend classes sponsored by NETg. If you already know about Second Life, they are looking for instructors as this sign shows. a Linden is the currency of Second Life) -1.86

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Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 17, 2006

Circuit City just announced that they are opening a store in Second Life in an article titled Circuit City Enters Second Life. The process was facilitated by IBM as discussed earlier in my post IBM Opens a Business Unit in Second Life.

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Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 12, 2006

One of your new year's resolutions better include learning to use Second Life. Well for one thing, IBM has just announced that it will open an Emerging Business Unit in Second Life. That's right a business unit designed to create value and wealth for the large company focused on, among other things, Second Life.

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eLearning Evangelist

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Do you have a presence in Second Life? I saw an article recently (and now can't find it :-( ) that was reporting on teacher professional development (TPD) taking place in Second Life. I'm concerned however with offering TPD on non-Second Life topics to folks who aren't familiar with Second Life.

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Mark Oehlert

OCTOBER 22, 2008

How about "Second Life gets its suit on!"? First, it links Second Life (SL) with Immersive Workspaces 2.0 - a 2D environment that integrates tools such as screen-sharing, media sharing, note taking, polls, room scheduling and more that businesses will easily be able to see the utility in. has launched.

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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. The second course used the game Second Life to teach the fundamentals of video-game design and criticism. Tags: Second Life virtual worlds MMORPG learning MMO.

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Second Life Virtual World Journal Learning Theory 40

Kapp Notes

MAY 25, 2007

Here is a link to an article I wrote called Defining and Understanding Virtual Worlds for ASTD's Learning Circuits. And here is a good companion piece if you haven't read it already, check out Another Life: Virtual Worlds as Tools for Learning at eLearn Magazine. Tony has a great concept called "The Seven Sensibilities of 3D Spaces."

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Virtual World Second Life eLearning Guild IBM 100

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.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 25, 2008

A few weeks ago, I was interviewed along with a number of other folks for an online article about the corporate implications of virtual worlds. The resulting article is titled Online Communities Go Corporate:What Can Virtual Worlds Do For Your SME? Take a few moments to check out both articles.

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Big Dog, Little Dog

JULY 26, 2007

How Madison Avenue Is Wasting Millions on a Deserted Second Life - Wired. Ever since BusinessWeek ran a breathless cover story titled "My Virtual Life" more than a year ago, reporters have been heralding Second Life as the here-and-now incarnation of the fictional Metaverse that Neal Stephenson conjured up 15 years ago in Snow Crash.

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Second Life eLearning Distance Learning Learning 2.0 32

Tony Karrer

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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Kapp Notes

JULY 10, 2009

Waiting for the tsunami to hit on NOAA's island in Second Life. One recent prototype we call Second Earth attempted to blend the capabilities of tools like Google Earth or Microsoft Virtual Earth with the collaborative capabilities of Second Life. Tags: Second Life 3D worlds.

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Allison Rossett

MARCH 6, 2012

Following an introduction, officers organized into four-person teams, donned headsets and identified with pre-produced avatars in a specially-designed Second Life world. Participants explored the Second Life world while practicing active shooter formations and room entry procedures.

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Second Life Virtual World Blended Learning Classes 110

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 7, 2009

This journal has freely available PDF articles describing the vast amount of work being done in virtual worlds. Recently, the journal featured a number of articles on using virtual worlds in the field of Healthcare. Bloomfield Situated Learning in Virtual Worlds: The Learning Ecology of Second Life by Elisabeth R.

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Virtual World Research Resources Wiki 160

Kapp Notes

JULY 21, 2008

Here is a great article about how learning about other cultures in a 3D world like Second Life can translate into the real world. At the Dubai Women's College, professors saw an opportunity to use Second Life to connect students with the world outside their tiny Arabian Gulf state.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 21, 2010

According to the article West Virginia looks to Second Life As part of the program, they have developed a unique and groundbreaking virtual world on the internet’s largest 3D virtual community, Second Life.

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Virtual World Second Life Movie Teach 195

Kapp Notes

JANUARY 3, 2012

I was curious one day when the blog for Teleplace was not up dated for months and gave a shout to Maria Korolov over at Hyergrid Business who then wrote an article about Teleplace shutting down. Here is the article Teleplace gone; 3D ICC steps in to help customers and here is a detailed article about Teleplace closing its doors.

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Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 22, 2009

This was one of the alternatives I listed for something other than Second Life in my Alternatives to Second Life (continued, again) I described Metaplace as: Is a Flash-based virtual world platform that allows players to buy and sell items, own property and play online games. Formerly Meteplace was known Areae.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

The line between real life and the virtual world of Second Life just keeps getting blurrier and blurrier. As the entry states: Nashville blues musician named Van Johin has been signed to a record label, thanks to his free performances on alternate computer universe Second Life. Have a look and listen.

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Moodle Journal

SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

The arrival of shared media in Second Life, has meant among other things, that I can now give access to our vle and all its facilities to students from inside the virtual world.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 26, 2009

Read the article here. from paper-based article: Tambascio, S. Loyalist College Border Service students participate in a simulated Canadian border crossing using Second Life - created by the Virtual World Design Centre, Loyalist College, Belleville, Ontario. Tags: Second Life 3D worlds.

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Axonify

DECEMBER 28, 2016

On the internet, December is the official month of recap articles. To help you navigate amongst our industry’s December recap offerings, this curated insights post includes a sampling of year-end articles from a few of our favorite L&D personalities. I really wish this article included a sung rendition of the lyrics from Marc!

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Gamification Second Life Performance Support Games 113

Kapp Notes

JANUARY 26, 2009

Articles like Second Life's death knell tell of the lack of interest in virtual worlds with a recant of the death of Google's Lively and the pulling of the Reuters Second Life in world reporter. Tags: Second Life 3D worlds.

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 22, 2010

Venuegen has offered to help Second Life Enterprise users move from the SL Enterprise edition to the Venuegen platform for free. it looks as though Linden Labs, the developers behind Second Life, may be downsizing their corporate efforts ( Second Life Enterprise Edition ).

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Virtual World Linden Industry Virtual Classroom 157

Kapp Notes

MARCH 5, 2008

There is a Second Life factory called the Double Happiness Jeans factory. In fact, the entire plant exists only in Second Life and has no physical assets or inventory. The only place the factory exists is in a virtual, three-dimensional world known as Second Life. In the future this. May morph into this.

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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 ). Most or all of the team that engineered the Second Life Enterprise product was let go not long after it went into production.At Interesting development.

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Axonify

DECEMBER 28, 2016

On the internet, December is the official month of recap articles. To help you navigate amongst our industry’s December recap offerings, this curated insights post includes a sampling of year-end articles from a few of our favorite L&D personalities. I really wish this article included a sung rendition of the lyrics from Marc!

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Gamification Second Life Performance Support Games 100

Kapp Notes

JUNE 4, 2007

Here is an article Swedes open embassy in Second Life of course it is about Sweden opening an Embassy in Second Life courtesy of Katie Rebilas. Even if Second Life does not become the learning platform of choice for 3D interactions, there will be an on-line 3D component to training programs in the very near future.

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Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

Here are some links to some postings in my blog that provide additonal information about Second Life. Second Life Resourses The Office in Second Life.CNN in Second Life The Learning Webvolution. article written with Tony O'Driscoll.)

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