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Second Life Happenings: CEO Steps Down (again)

Kapp Notes

Here is what he wrote on the Second Life blog. With the above cited article containing quotes like: Scott Diener, associate director for information-technology services at the University of Auckland, said his institution was “very likely to move out of Second Life.” However, do I think Second Life is going away?

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Learning in 3D Summer 2009: Class One

Kapp Notes

Recently, we had our first summer class of the course "Learning in 3D," the class focuses on how to create 3D learning spaces and how to use those spaces effectively to promote learning and to leverage the wonderful attributes of 3D. Tags: Second Life 3D worlds. Getting the class together in SL.

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Year End Musings, Reflections, Predictions and Thoughts: Part One

Kapp Notes

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. It seems that when they launched the Open Qwaq project, it was basically a closing out of the commercial end of the business.

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Some Facts about Immersive Learning Worlds

Kapp Notes

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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VenueGen Announces 3D Meetings for "Everyone"

Kapp Notes

It has been described as a lot more than Cisco’s WebEx meeting platform, and a lot less than Linden Labs’ Second Life virtual world. Interestingly, the market for 3D virtual learning spaces for corporations is estimated by Research 2.0 They call it both visually appealing and easy to use. A man and his avatar.

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Virtual World Brainstorming Session

Kapp Notes

So then the question became.why is learning in 3D better than e-learning, classroom instruction or any other method. Why invest in 3D learning spaces? In terms of the explanation of the value of learning in 3D I ask "Are we on target with this?" Tags: Second Life 3D worlds.

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A.I., XR, Digital Twin – Which will drive Learning Technology?

eLearning 24-7

From a business standpoint (not just our industry), an article by VentureBeat, does an excellent job showing digital twin s’ capabilities. As a vendor in the e-learning space, especially those focusing on L&D, with their learning system – you should be starting to think about how to add it and offer it to buyers.

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