Learning Visions

AUGUST 17, 2007

Friday, August 17, 2007 Plodding Along in Second Life In the spirit of plodding along , I had another positive experience in Second Life. Theres a real emotional level to Second Life. If youd like to read more about my adventures in Second Life, check out my first and second visits.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 15, 2009

This virtual learning community took the initiative to form a study group and share strategies for completing course problem-solving assignments. We’ve had learning communities before, but online learning makes it more visible. Research showing benefits of learning communities. Community of Inquiry. 100% used email.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 17, 2008

Based on seminar where doctoral students created online community projects. The seminar raised a question about whether online religious communities could be a model for online educational experiences. Used wiki for communication with a church small group. High quality information from guest hosts. Amy Dee: Wiki-Mania.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 3, 2007

Friday, August 03, 2007 My First Second Life Experience Not so good, I must say. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. I spent about 25 minutes trying to make my avatar look sort of like me. Its sort of me-ish. Then I wandered around Orientation Island, which gets boring fast.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 1, 2007

When are we going to hook up in Second life? I really like how you concisely described how to comment and then the options for subscribing. It conveys the desire to connect well. 6:48 PM Cammy Bean said. Thanks for the positive feedback! 9:14 AM alex said. Spinner Mills. 1:56 AM Climate Change said. Mark 6:25 PM Cammy Bean said.

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Upside Learning

AUGUST 10, 2011

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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Learning Visions

AUGUST 9, 2007

Thursday, August 09, 2007 With Community Comes Great Responsibility In reflecting over the benefits of the first week or so of the 31 Days to Better Blogging Challenge , the biggest thing for me has been the overall boost in community. But with community comes great responsibility. Its awesome. But it is worth it.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

A number of years ago, when we were at the height of the hype about Virtual Worlds (computer rendered 3D social worlds, e.g. Second Life), I was thinking about the affordances. while viewing, not offline), we can find some powerful learning opportunities, both formal and informal. If we can provide mechanisms (e.g.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

Wednesday, September 05, 2007 Building Community The office park in which I work is right next to a big slab of conservation land. I dont think they were my original invisible community. Being a part of the Building a Better Blog community has given me that same thrill. I smiled at them and walked on by. What a great story.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 4, 2010

The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference (VWBPE) will feature more than 150 presentations and a keynote address by Mark Kingdon, the CEO of Linden Lab® creators of Second Life® (SL). The Virtual World Best Practices in Education Conference originated from the 2007 Second Life® Best Practices in Education Conference.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 25, 2008

The resulting article is titled Online Communities Go Corporate:What Can Virtual Worlds Do For Your SME? 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. to Susan for using the term MMOLE !) Take a few moments to check out both articles.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 Lance Dublin: Formalizing Informal Learning [My notes from a webinar. Lance Dublin: Formalizing Informal Learning … &#%!? Examples of informal: Water cooler, SoMe Informal learning is never intentional. Lance asks: What happens if you add intentionality to an informal activity?

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 25, 2010

Air Force’s Global Learning Forum (GLF) group in Second Life at Huffman Prairie Chi. The group now have over 300 educators, from across several universities, engaged in various collaborative efforts within the 3D world of Second Life. Second Life is used as our primary open access platform for collaboration.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Furthermore, virtual clans often develop their own closed newsgroups and e-mail listings to keep their geographically distributed members informed. Yet the clear distinction in Second Life is between the traders and those who purchase. Tomorrow: The Tribal Web Reference Childress, M.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 14, 2009

“Video mashing, game modding, Youtube, wikis, blogs, and the communities that rise up around them are becoming yet another facet of our communication landscape. But how effective are these expressions in communicating meaning? What kind of information can we create, how does meaning making happen? Meaning making.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 15, 2008

Past predictions about online communities assumed text because that was what was available. Wachovia is testing social networking for sharing information and developing community within the community. Second Life. More communities of practice. Will teach with blogs and a wiki. iTunes University.

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Tony Karrer

APRIL 7, 2009

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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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 24, 2008

Information. Give people misleading information about how well they're performing. Calendar of events for educators in Second Life. Free online professional development course for community college instructors from WGBH & the League of Innovation. Summary of a model for creating incompetence–i.e.,

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 19, 2010

and Informal Learning Creating a Vibrant Learning Community Tear Down the Walls: Web 2.0 What information from this keynote will you incorporate into your classes? Thing Participant Centered Learning Spanish in 3D 2D vs 3D Learning Web 2.0 Random Web 2.0 Statistics Learning, Web 2.0, Become a fan of Learning in 3D on Facebook.

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Tony Karrer

AUGUST 10, 2010

I primarily used the eLearning Learning and Communities and Networks sites and used Conference , Online Facilitation of Conferences , Online Interaction in Conferences , Moderating Online Interaction , and others. In most cases, and in my case, the community manager also performs the moderation functions. Below are some helpful tips.

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 16, 2007

Just completed the Learning in 3D Class in which students were able to experience Second Life , ProtonMedia's ProtoSphere and several Web 2.0 And Bart Pursel another alumni who blogs at Virtual Learning Worlds presented to the class in Second Life highlighting the work he has done in-world. The difference of using Web 2.0

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 22, 2007

This August 21 article posted by Sharon Gaudin in Information Week reports that Half of Companies are Blocking Facebook: "Employers are increasingly blocking access to Facebook because theyre concerned about the time wasted and the information leaked when workers use social networks on company time." Interesting post!

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 23, 2007

They provide some fabulous (free) resources to the e-Learning community and have just been nominated the "Best New Kids on the Block" by the Brighton and Hove Business Awards. This months newsletter is no exception. Get into the learners shoes. United States License.

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E-Learning Acupuncture

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Thursday, December 20, 2007 Technology, Colleges and Community Online Conference I live in Canada and these days everywhere I look, I see snow. The Technology, Colleges and Community (TCC) Conference is hosted by Kapiolani Community College, in Honolulu, Hawaii. From World of Warcraft to Second Life – Teaching S.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 16, 2007

This site provides free resources to the eLearning development community, including news, discussion forums, job postings, and more. Thursday, August 16, 2007 Keeping Your Fingers on the eLearningPulse Thanks to Google Alerts, I stumbled across another everything-eLearning feed aggregator: eLearningPulse. Schone of eLearning Weekly fame.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 7, 2007

See the intense comment thread on The Real World, Second Life and Facebook/MySpace where Cathy provides some interesting commentary on women in Second Life. Shes the author of that fabulous presentation Dump the Drone , which we all got so excited about a few months ago. United States License.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 28, 2010

Authentic, realistic and immersive, like Second Life Include access to e-coaches Include expectations that employees will participate in online discussions as follow up to a class. [ Second Life – figures debating the benefits of first life: [link] Very fresh! What of the much touted 2.0?

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eFront

MARCH 9, 2011

By focusing on the support services after the e-Learning course you will have an online learning community of professionals with same interests. By focusing on the support services during the e-Learning course you will enhance learning.

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 21, 2007

Recently, I was fortunate enough to be tapped by Steve Wexler from the guild to work on a synchronous learning essay with Tony O'Driscoll focusing on the use of 3D environments for the 3D learning like Second Life, There and ProtoSphere. I really enjoyed working with Tony--he's got awesome insights and ideas on 3D learning.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 2, 2007

Im not blogging for the money or the fame, but I am in it for the community, networking and learning opportunities. So Im thinking Ill finally join Jay Crosss Internet Time Community. I was initially intrigued by Darens ideas and by Micheles enthusiasm. So I guess it doesnt hurt to try and get better. Daren is in Australia.)

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 10, 2007

Maybe its about creating readership, because thats about creating more community, connections and learning opportunity. That said, some of the stats that Darren suggests one looks at arent very interesting to me. My goal is not making money. If you do want to create a lot of traffic, do a product review. United States License.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 20, 2007

My learning has all been completely informal. Thanks for all the information so far Cammy! Ive also had a few gigs as a classroom teacher, which has mostly been about implementing content and curriculum that was designed by others. Some instructional designers have advanced degrees in instructional design, but many dont.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 20, 2007

But I will ask my dear readers (informally, of course) if you have any thoughts as to how I can make this blog better? Is there information that you would like to see more of? (The other Chocolate Challenge participants are holding off on this until December. I may join in then -- well see.) United States License.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 16, 2007

This reminds me of a post I saw today at the Internet Time Community from Andy Jones: Give me a Lobster. It also makes me think of the whole gift-giving economy which is central to BurningMan , an arts festival and community that is created every year in the Nevada desert. Its nice to give gifts. United States License.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 28, 2007

Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 16, 2008

I really enjoy speaking with academics because they always ask insightful and thought provoking questions and challenge assumptions and ideas so that it is a real intellectual exchange of information and not a one-way monologue. Just scroll down the page for wonderful information.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 23, 2016

I see it as technology that allows people to connect and share information. To be more specific, it’s about being connected to a community that shares interests and has a desire to share expertise around that interest. There’s a lot of really good information being shared everyday by all sorts of people in our industry.

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