Allison Rossett

MARCH 13, 2013

Participating in my first MOOC was akin to my early experiences exploring Second Life and other virtual worlds – something new and compelliong under the online-learning sun. At IBM I am asked to think about and experiment with learning experiences that extend the physical classroom and push beyond it. In part, it’s my job.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 26, 2009

Here are some interesting examples of using virtual worlds for learning, manufacturing and business: In the manufacturing arena, the level of complexity of today’s assembly lines cannot be accomplished with two-dimensional visualization. Tags: Second Life 3D worlds. from paper-based article: Tambascio, S.

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

According to the analyst firm Gartner, “By the end of 2011, 80 percent of active Internet users (and Fortune 500 enterprises) will have a “second life”, but not necessarily in Second Life.” The use of virtual worlds as learning platforms is hitting the “traditional” business press.

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Mark Oehlert

OCTOBER 19, 2007

. | Main | "A Vision of Students Today" from the Creators of "The Machine is Us/ing Us" » October 19, 2007 Mark is very late to the virtual worlds big news about SL and IBM. Coverage from the Second Life Insider. Here is the Virtual Worlds Weekly coverage and a clarifying post from Christian Renaud. books futures Web 2.0

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Mark Oehlert

JUNE 28, 2007

e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Home Archives Subscribe About My Social Networks « Passively Multiplayer Online Game (PMOG) | Main | "New study examines how online games can teach business skills" (Red Herring) » June 28, 2007 Thousands of people at IBM are already doing it. o No one is allowed to be anonymous online at IBM.

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Gyrus

MAY 31, 2016

Companies are exploring online virtual platforms such as second life, Minecraft, Unity, etc. Companies like IBM, Cisco are already using virtual platforms for meetings, interviews, and employee training.

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Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

Business is social. He ran Michael Milken’s Knowledge Universe Interactive Studio before he became VP, Platform & Technology for Second Life at Linden Labs. One of my aspirations for this year has been to find a way to embed what we know about learning process into social business environments. Learning is social.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 24, 2009

3D Game by IBM- Kapp Notes, August 29, 2008. Serious Games: Slideshow of examples from an event at Harvard Business School, December 13, 2007. TCC09: Digital Learning Environments: Context Sensitive and Imaginative Classes in Second Life, April 14, 2009. Save Planet Helios from ecological devastation!-3D What is a Game?

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Upside Learning

JUNE 24, 2009

3D Game by IBM- Kapp Notes, August 29, 2008. Serious Games: Slideshow of examples from an event at Harvard Business School, December 13, 2007. TCC09: Digital Learning Environments: Context Sensitive and Imaginative Classes in Second Life, April 14, 2009. Save Planet Helios from ecological devastation!-3D What is a Game?

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Clark Quinn

JULY 31, 2009

This was largely because several of the organizers had recently attended one or another of the SRI/ADL meetings on the topic, but also because one of the organizers ( @KoreenOlbrish ) is majorly active in the business of virtual worlds for learning through her company Tandem Learning. It was a lively session, as always.

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Jay Cross

APRIL 7, 2009

The Ultimate Business Time-Saver. Results: About 20% of the small-business owners I spoke to had heard of the product, and approximately 0% could describe what it actually does. Even after 15 years in the technology business, I found myself at a loss to explain (let alone justify) these sorts of collaboration tools.

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Tony Karrer

MARCH 3, 2008

IBM I only briefly mentioned how other organizations are adopting these tools in a big way - The Wall Street Journal - June 18 2007 - social networking at IBM 26,000 registered blogs. Ranking, tagging, top stories Tags link back to the tagger's BluePages profile IBM owns more than 50 islands in Second Life.

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Jay Cross

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Software such as Second Life allows executives — in avatar form — to give presentations to one another in virtual boardrooms. Counterbalancing these tales of woe, Ted Hoff, vice president of the Center for Learning and Development at IBM, described his company’s dedication to work-based collaborative learning.

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Jay Cross

DECEMBER 30, 2012

Now You See It: How Technology and Brain Science Will Transform Schools and Business for the 21st Century by Cathy N. ” “Whether applied to life on the assembly line or inside the new skyscrapers, efficiency was a harsh taskmaster. One thing I don’t get yet is the IBM-in-Second Life thing.

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Clive on Learning

JULY 12, 2007

When I sat down on the train tp read Leadership in a Distributed World - Lessons from Online Gaming, a paper from IBM Global Business Services, I thought I knew right up front what the conclusion would be. Although we'd like to think that parallels business, I don't think it does at normal management levels."

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Mark Oehlert

JULY 27, 2007

" How smart is IBM looking right now? July 27, 2007 in Current Affairs | Permalink Technorati Tags : IBM TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference "I.B.M. typekey e-Clippings (a division of blogoehlert) Me in Second Life Blog powered by TypePad Member since 08/2003

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Lessons in Learning, e-Learning, and Training: Perspectives and Guidance for the Enlightened Trainer and Designing World-Class E-Learning : How IBM, GE, Harvard Business School, And Columbia University Are Succeeding At E-Learning These have been very valuable to me in the way I think about how and where elearning can be most effective.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2009

Large MNC companies like IBM Deloitte (in India), sometimes just hire IDs and outsource the graphics/development work to elearning companies who have specialized graphics and development teams. Hi Cammy, yes Ive recently got into the blogging scene more whole heartedly and spotted that post as late as a year! United States License.

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

In the Business of Learning , I asked: While training as a publisher of courses and courseware faces an increasingly challenging market, what other things can learning businesses successfully sell to internal or external customers? What if you are still in the content creation business? Grows - But Creating "eLearning 2.0

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Mark Oehlert

OCTOBER 26, 2007

e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Home Archives Subscribe About My Social Networks « Mark is very late to the virtual worlds big news about SL and IBM. We are plainly witnessing a restructuring of the music and newspaper businesses, but their suffering isn’t unique, it’s prophetic."--Clay Clay Shirky My latest additions to del.icio.us

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Mark Oehlert

JULY 3, 2007

We are plainly witnessing a restructuring of the music and newspaper businesses, but their suffering isn’t unique, it’s prophetic."--Clay typekey e-Clippings (a division of blogoehlert) Me in Second Life Blog powered by TypePad Member since 08/2003 Clay Shirky My latest additions to del.icio.us books futures Web 2.0

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 1, 2010

From Whyville The Second Life economy totaled $567 million US dollars in 2009 - 65% growth over 2008. From 2009 End of Year Second Life Economy Wrap up (including Q4 Economy in Detail) In Second Life, the total amount of virtual currency in circulation reached L$6.95

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Mark Oehlert

JUNE 28, 2007

e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Home Archives Subscribe About My Social Networks « The Metaverse Roadmap Has Arrived | Main | Thousands of people at IBM are already doing it. We are plainly witnessing a restructuring of the music and newspaper businesses, but their suffering isn’t unique, it’s prophetic."--Clay books futures Web 2.0

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Learning Visions

MAY 22, 2007

2) Understand the business problem that youre trying to solve. LCMS LMS -- manage training transactions and student date LCMS more with content creating (moving more to on-demand) Training Platform/Suite -- brings these together. typically ASP. To create good e-learning: 1) Know your audience. How are they learning now? Getting an Informal M.Ed

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Jay Cross

MAY 26, 2015

76% said L&D was not critical to business outcomes. Altimeter Group defines digital transformation as: “the realignment of, or new investment in, technology and business models to more effectively engage digital customers at every touchpoint in the customer experience lifecycle.”* Look at the flow of business. The result?

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

MARCH 19, 2009

On the client side (people who are hungry to implement Virtual World Technologies within their enterprises) I have heard an ongoing plea for TANGIBLE EXAMPLES of how Virtual World solutions have solved REAL Business Problems and delivered REAL Business Results. What would this mean for the IBM brand?

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Web Courseworks

JANUARY 3, 2017

Virtual Reality in eLearning: VR might evoke a bit of déjà vu in experienced eLearning observers, as we went very far down the simulation/avatar-y path a few years back: around 2006, Second Life was the talk of eLearning (it’s not now). A cheaper technology is not the same as a business revolution.”

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Web Courseworks

JANUARY 3, 2017

Virtual Reality in eLearning: VR might evoke a bit of déjà vu in experienced eLearning observers, as we went very far down the simulation/avatar-y path a few years back: around 2006, Second Life was the talk of eLearning (it’s not now). A cheaper technology is not the same as a business revolution.”

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 7, 2008

It also requires a certain skill set to know how to take a big picture approach to match learning solutions to specific business goals. In the business world, the justification for the expense of a learning solution has to be proven by providing some sort of measurable outcome. This group includes folks from the ADL, IBM, Sun, etc.

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