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.

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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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Kapp Notes

MARCH 16, 2012

In fact, I believe that they are gaining momentum and are becoming more and more impactful as the technology gets better and more real world business cases are indicating the value of these environments, in addition there are several initiatives that are examples of the kinds of projects that are are driving virtual worlds.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 15, 2008

This is another liveblogged post from the TCC 2008 conference, presented by Robert Fulkerth, Ageno School of Business, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA. Developed a course on social networking for business. Many businesses consider time on social networking sites wasted, but not all. Second Life.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

This post is a continuation of Wednesday's post entitled: Virtual Clans Still other virtual clans are emerging from the cultures surrounding online leisure activities such as massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), strategy games and transnational special interest groups that meet en masse, online. and Brasswell, R.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 13, 2010

We rely on digital media for learning, business, entertainment and a host of other daily activities. And does my Second Life avatar bear any resemblance to my real life persona at all? Technology mediated communication and pervasive computing affect everyone in the Western industrialised world.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

This post is a continuation of Wednesday's post entitled: Virtual Clans Still other virtual clans are emerging from the cultures surrounding online leisure activities such as massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), strategy games and transnational special interest groups that meet en masse, online. and Brasswell, R.

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Time to Know

MARCH 27, 2018

As a corporate training manager today, you are faced with a challenging role. On the other hand, there are the business challenges of cost-effectiveness, measuring the return on training, and making sure your organization’s technology stays relevant. Interactions encourage the learner to be active and engaged.

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eFront

MARCH 9, 2011

Narrowing the distance: using e-Learner support to enhance the student experience The United Kingdom Open University has experimented with a range of information and communication technologies (ICT) to support learners and foster the development of learning communities, including online resources, email, e-messages, SMS messaging, and Second Life.

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Mark Oehlert

JULY 2, 2007

July 02, 2007 in Social | Permalink TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference "Researching Online Social Roles by Structural Signature Visualization Method" (via Smart Mobs) : Comments The comments to this entry are closed. " p.s. I am SERIOUSLY geeking out on the bibliography!

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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. Another good idea was for contextualized role plays.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 11, 2010

In fact, Edward Castronova, in his book, Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games predicts in the future battles may occur between virtual armies for virtual territory and that countries must begin to train "soldiers" how to fight as avatars. So the need for hackers is not trivial.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 18, 2011

Although in spaces such as Second Life, we see constrained thinking in the form of virtual classroom and lecture halls, with doors, windows and roofs, this need not be they way we represent learning spaces in virtual worlds. Perhaps this is why Second Life designers persist in creating classrooms as learning spaces.

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Time to Know

MARCH 27, 2018

As a corporate training manager today, you are faced with a challenging role. On the other hand, there are the business challenges of cost-effectiveness, measuring the return on training, and making sure your organization’s technology stays relevant. Interactions encourage the learner to be active and engaged.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

which includes the storied retailer Sears — working with business leaders to transform a company that many business analysts have said is skirting the edge of failure. Morris got her start at Sears as an apparel associate and worked and learned her way through the business. And it’s the case now. Segno also gamifies expertise.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 30, 2009

You might find the right guy to play the role of the client in your story, but there’s only three shots of him and he looks like a goofball in one of them. They are normal looking people, dressed in business casual, shot from multiple angles. So then do you go do a custom photo shoot? Maybe you have the time or the budget.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 23, 2009

The topic today: Myths the business side has about learning. 9% Hit us Hard 47% Hurt a little 41% Not much effect 3% Helped us MYTHS the Business Side Has about Learning Client asked him to develop a course for business side. Manager think learning and development is a low-priority part of their role. But first, the news.

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eLearning Learning Posts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Growing Your Business - Innovative Marketing Using Social Media. The role of theory in instructional design , September 14, 2009. Second Life Blogs: Learning Inworld: The First Statewide Rollout of a Virtual World Learning Environment: The University of Texas System in Second Life , September 15, 2009.

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Learning Visions

MAY 1, 2009

Sounds a little like an expert system or even just a simple business rules engine. We want people to tell us what they do so we get a view of their roles and responsibilities. Posted by Cammy Bean at 1:54 PM Labels: LMS 2comments: S Martin said. Is that the type of system youre talking about? 2:53 PM John D Roberts said.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 15, 2007

Wednesday, August 15, 2007 My Second Second Life Experience Yesterday I posted about the Second Life Backlash and Controversy , with corporations supposedly abandoning SL and moving on. And Karl Kapp talks about the inevitable hype curve in which Second Life is now in the midst.

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Learning Visions

MAY 31, 2007

Thursday, May 31, 2007 My Job Description I work at a small e-Learning company, which means I play lots of different roles. Im sure its not an insult, but I just dont think Id be so comfortable having that on my business card :) 9:03 AM ahsigmon said. ID is a role with that specific responsibility. and what are the roles?

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

In her comments on The Value of Instructional Designers , she observes: Just wanted to add that I think the role of the ID, as seen in Canada at least, seems to be one of instructional consultant. Are IDs starting to serve the role of consultant more than the role of creator? Is this whats happening? United States License.

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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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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

The role of the learning leader is shifting from being a program manager to a solution architect. 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?

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eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

TinCan clearly will play a role in this, especially with self-contained apps on the iPads and eventually Android. Education is going more and more with tablets, businesses are going with tablets (in some cases, expecting the consumer who has the tablet to bring it into work and use it), consumers as a whole are using tablets.

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Learning Visions

MAY 6, 2009

Ellen Wagner says, " I Ds help transform intangible information assets into things of great business or epistemological value." I find the role of IT trainer works best for me, as my actual role title Systems Learning and Development Designer is a bit of a problem, particularly on forms! We move on. Is it the rest of the world?

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Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2009

Microsoft in India, just hires content development managers, whose core skill sets is ID, but their role turns out to be that of a vendor manager and content reviewer, as Microsoft (in India) outsources elearning work to 3rd parties. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

A basic premise of the book is that gamers are on their way into the workplace and will be changing how we do business. Furthermore, women are often in roles that hold communities of players together, Wolfcale said, acting as socialite players and leaders of player groups, or guilds. Of course they are. I dont have a conclusion here.

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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. One thing I don’t get yet is the IBM-in-Second Life thing. Davison, a polymath professor at Duke. 11.68 (paperback) on Amazon. I finished reading Cathy Davidson’s Now You See It yesterday afternoon.

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eLearning Learning Posts

JANUARY 5, 2010

A Few More Alternatives to Second Life - Kapp Notes , December 23, 2009. Aligning Training with the Business: A Simple Model - Getting Down to Business , December 16, 2009. oeb2009: Relate to business goals for learning to have impact - Learning in a Sandbox , December 14, 2009. Good Practice , December 9, 2009.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 30, 2009

You need to speak the business language." " You should get an MBA along the way." "You Why has the role of the instructional designer (at least in corporate) gone the way of the MBA? Teasdale responded: "What it means to be a consultant." "You You need to know how to work with other groups and meet their needs."

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eLearning Learning Posts

AUGUST 4, 2009

The Business Case for Measurement of Learning. Social Business Design: Insights from HP’s WaterCooler - Skilful Minds , July 15, 2009 We need to begin seriously discussing “how Social Media Thinking will impact the greater whole of the company.&#. Roles in the ‘New’ Training Org - trainingwreck , July 5, 2009.

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Janet Clarey

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Electric worlds in the classroom: Teaching and learning with role-based computer games. Cisco internet Business Solutions Group, Global Education. OUR NEXT FREE WEBINAR: Using Second Life for Workplace Learning. He will also point to key resources that are available for those starting to use Second Life in training.

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Mark Oehlert

NOVEMBER 20, 2007

» November 20, 2007 e-Learning Evangelicals So I have to admit that it has been a busy few days between work and some family travel and the upcoming U.S. I just dont think that is my role and I do think titles are important, to me at least, in that they help me frame my roles and responsibilities to a degree anyway.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Now to just get a reprint on my business cards. These are valid titles, based on my understanding of language: Education Specialist Learning Experience Designer Performance Technologist Part of our evolution as an industry should be in establishing clearer roles and putting some of these ancient arguments to bed. Instructional what?

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eLearning Learning Posts

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Hot Topic #7 – Changes in Design and Instructional Design and our Roles. The Various Roles of Instructional Design (work in progress) , June 5, 2009. Roles in the ‘New’ Training Org , July 5, 2009. New roles for former trainers , March 14, 2009. The Various Roles of Instructional Design (work in progress) , June 5, 2009.

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Mark Oehlert

JUNE 13, 2008

father has alost a son, a son his father, a wife her long-time husband and we have lost a journalist who believed it was his role to ask the toughest questions of the most powerful people - not for his own benefit, but for ours. typekey e-Clippings (a division of blogoehlert) Me in Second Life Blog powered by TypePad Member since 08/2003

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