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The Promise Of 3D Learning

Upside Learning

Every now and again I wonder about the multi-user 3D environments, or virtual worlds that were all the rage just a couple of years ago, the finest example being Second Life. Second Life itself was a promising collaborative 3D learning platform.

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Linden Labs Raising Prices But Extending Discount for Current Users

Kapp Notes

As you may know, Linden, on October 4th, announced a plan to raise prices for educational and non-profit users of Second Life and not a little increase, a whopping doubling of the previous discount. Contact Name. Contact Email. SL Avatar Name to which the regions to be renewed are associated. Name of Region(s) to be Renewed.

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Top 100 eLearning Items

Tony Karrer

Second Life is not a teaching tool Tool Set 2009 New Design for My Smile Sheet The art of changing the brain Writing Less Objectionable Learning Objectives How to Convert Your PowerPoint Presentation into an Elearning Course Social Media makes this course stand out Should All Learning Professionals Be Blogging? Tools - A Summary PR 2.0:

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Corporate Advisory Council Conference:Student Presentations

Kapp Notes

Who provided an innovative solution of using Second Life to develop the instruction. E-ssential solutions present their Second Life Solution. They group of three provided a good presentation with insightful information and ideas of how to use Second Life within the classroom.

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A Conversation with Andrew Hughes

Kapp Notes

We are currently developing in a plethora of virtual world spaces such as Second Life, OpenSim, Open Wonderland, as well as a handful of gaming engines such as Unity 3D and Unreal engine. 3D Virtual Campus Tours” includes games and many other interactive features to make the tour more engaging and informative.

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Words of Wisdom*

Clark Quinn

We’re also aware of the excitement about virtual worlds, and so we’re porting the game into Second Life. We’ve checked with various departments to see if they’ve got portals of information. So, to get product information, you go to the sales site, er, or is that engineering? Wikis and blogs?

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Interview with 3D Pioneer Randy Hinrichs, CEO of 2b3d–Part One

Kapp Notes

He holds several patents in internet based education, large-scale information collection and mining and Internet based medical record systems. Randy is also faculty at the University of Washington, where he developed and teaches the Certificate in Virtual Worlds in the iSchool.