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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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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Big Dog, Little Dog

DECEMBER 8, 2008

Instead, the study found that students use a limited range of technologies for both formal and informal learning and that there is a "very low level of use and familiarity with collaborative knowledge creation tools such as wikis, virtual worlds, personal web publishing, and other emergent social technologies." Expertise is emergent.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 1, 2007

Most of that time, Ive worked for eLearning vendors: companies that design and develop eLearning programs for a wide variety of corporate clients. Ive served as instructional designer and project manager on programs for banks, airlines, department stores, consulting firms, construction companies, training companies, and more.

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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 22, 2007

Wednesday, August 22, 2007 Half of Companies Blocking Facebook Christy Tucker has been musing on Social Networking as LMS: Problems and Opportunities. But what information is it that is actually being "leaked" through Facebook by these irresponsible employees ? Of course, no company can do so, but many of them still try.

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isEazy

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

At this point, it’s likely that the professionals in your company have been working remotely for months. However, is your company ready to make the definitive leap within this new paradigm? However, is your company ready to make the definitive leap within this new paradigm? Tips for remote, hassle-free learning.

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 10, 2010

First, it looks as though Linden Labs, the developers behind Second Life, may be downsizing their corporate efforts ( Second Life Enterprise Edition ). And Massively , a blog that provides daily information about MMOs. The companies are also in discussions for cross-marketing initiatives for their solutions.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 24, 2008

Skoolaborate is a growing collaborative of high schools that use Second Life to teach students around the world. Westley gave us a real-time tour of Skoolaborate’s islands in Second Life, with commentary from Mike. Plenty of companies have dipped their toes into Second Life with mixed success.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 7, 2008

Arguably the best known virtual world today is Second Life. Anyone can download the Second Life Viewer from the Internet and set up a basic account for free. When the user logs into Second Life, they can use their mouse and keyboard to manipulate their avatar to walk, run, jump, dance, fly and teleport to other locations.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 5, 2010

Five The company 3DNA provides different 3D Add-on Worlds to explore and customize for an immersive and entertaining desktop. 3DNA is not a replacement for Windows - it works seamlessly with your current set up, while providing 3D environments in which to view your information.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 8, 2010

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. Could be a brilliant move in saving the company, time will tell. Contact Name. Contact Email. Name of Region(s) to be Renewed.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 14, 2009

This preliminary study uses examples of digital user-generated content, specifically digital stories and movies, to examine the types of information that appear to convey effectively. Initially game companies resisted, but figured out they could have a bigger market if they sold editors. What is their potential role in learning?

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Mark Oehlert

MARCH 7, 2007

What kills me though as I read t he comments on the TechCrunch post , comments like " I just get so damn bored walking around second life.that needs to change " and " I explored the second life world for a week to try and understand the hype " - is how people that are so tuned into Web 2.0

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

Thursday, February 22, 2007 Informal Learning -- Getting Learners to Ask the Right Questions In a post on informal learning by Ray Sims (thanks to Tony ), he lists out a whole bunch o good things "to do on behalf of increasing informal learning aligned with company strategy and goals." Where Are All the Women?

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Showed a graphic of e-learning companies that existed in 2000, then who’s still left now. Thomson Reuters Learning Methods–both formal and informal. “Information finds us&#. Training was about finding the information you needed to do your job. When you have more information it isn’t the same.

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Learningtogo

APRIL 14, 2017

For example, I can remember a time when many learning professionals predicted that Second Life would become the norm for immersive training delivery. Other companies provide virtual trips back in time to experience educational sites like ancient Rome or speeches such as Lincoln’s Gettysburg address.

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

For those of you who don’t know, Anders Gronstedt (anders@gronstedtgroup.com) is president of the Gronstedt Group , which custom develops immersive learning programs for Fortune 500 clients, and host of “Train for Success,” a weekly Second Life speaking series that has been ongoing for several years. Schedule informality.

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

The other day, a blog reader sent me an email asking about Immersive Learning and wanted some information about what it meant and how it is being used. Examples: Swiss construction giant Implenia is working with IBM to test ways to turn off lights in real buildings by flipping virtual switches in the virtual world of Second Life.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 23, 2007

Employees of tomorrow will inhabit virtual worlds like Second Life to hold live weekly meetings with co-workers, catch up over lunch with financial advisers, and join friends on virtual shopping excursions after work. However, I am not sure the actual vehicle will be Second Life. The product is called the ProtoSphere.

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 18, 2007

Here is an interesting article called Virtual World Marketing: Lots of Companies, Few Vistors (So Far). The real value of being in Second Life or any 3D synchronous learning environment now is, as one comment stated: Companies aren't getting into Second Life because of what it is today but what it will become in the very near future….and

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 16, 2011

Andrew’s company, Designing Digitally, Inc. 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. and an instructor at the University of Cincinnati. Our team at Designing Digitally, Inc.

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

But regardless of which team actually "wins" all the students are trully winners as they presented top-notch solutions and they all particpated in interviews with 9 different companies looking to hire the gradautes. Who provided an innovative solution of using Second Life to develop the instruction.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 15, 2008

Wachovia is testing social networking for sharing information and developing community within the community. Owned by major companies. Second Life. (Provided a bunch of stats on social networking usage–I’m not taking notes on all that). Predicts a tiered structure will develop. Google Sites for the wiki.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 28, 2007

Tuesday, August 28, 2007 3D & Serious Games My company has some experience doing 3D modeling and simulations for government clients, so I found this recent acquisition of this 3D learning company by Lockheed Martin quite interesting. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 1, 2007

She raised the question about e-Learning content and how well companies keep track of content updates. As Janet mentioned, "most companies have digital document control procedures that include e-Learning content." There are already many companies fighting for the customers to choose their courses. Im sure it matters to them.

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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

AUGUST 20, 2007

My learning has all been completely informal. As youll see by reading my job description , instructional design can include a whole lot of other things, especially when you work at a small company. Thanks for all the information so far Cammy! Im a writer and a schmoozer. Thanks for the props Cammy! 5:35 PM Tex Briegersaid.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 8, 2008

So last week I was speaking at Huntington Beach , CA (and it was cold) on the topic of "Learning in 3D" and this week I am in New York City (and it is warm) talking about Tools and Techniques for Transferring Know How from the Boomers to the Gamers to a group from various companies all struggling with the knowledge transfer issue.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 31, 2007

This week's class proved to be exciting as we got a guided tour of ProtoSphere from Erika of ProtonMedia , used the VOIP in Second Life and had a group challenge where teams of students (dressed as fire fighters) cleaned up make believe chemical spills in teams of 4 or 5. Erika, our guide for ProtoSphere, talks to the group.

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Learning Visions

JULY 30, 2007

Im working on a pitch to a software company -- technical audience (think database guys). Looks like youre doing some great experimentation in Second Life over at the Department of Information Science at Loughborough University. Monday, July 30, 2007 Looking for Good Examples Help! United States License.

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E-Learning Acupuncture

AUGUST 12, 2008

I wasn’t in his office, I wasn’t on the phone with him, our time together wasn't even a series of email exchanges – it was in a 3-dimensional virtual world: Second Life! Enter Second life. Tim and his staff have created a virtual gas station in Second Life. Are you in Second Life?

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 23, 2007

Some highlights from the interview: Understand cognitive load so you can optimize the presentation of materials to the learner and increase the capacity of learners to acquire new information. Get into the learners shoes. Learn ways to help people learn more in less time: use exaggeration to burn concepts and ideas into memory.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 2, 2007

I like that Virtual Ubiquity is a Massachusetts company. Documents can be shared among users, and your classmates or co-workers can leave comments, which show up as little yellow pop-up notes in the right-hand margin." I like that its built in Flash. I like that its a purty application. Its still in invitation-only beta.

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Time to Know

MARCH 27, 2018

Companies are using online virtual platforms such as Second Life for delivering their training and are creating virtual environments to bring the human aspect into their eLearning environment. Large companies are already using virtual platforms for meetings, interviews, and training. Advanced Formative Assessment.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 10, 2007

In fact, just yesterday, I received an email from Performance Professionals , the company behind the TIPP Learning System , the "learning character profile" I completed last year for a teaching job. The fact is, there are still a lot of people who stand behind the theory and believe it to be a useful tool when teaching.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 2, 2007

I did send my blog link to my cousin Alex who works for a new media company. He occasionally posts at his company blog Inspire Action. We were IMing each other and he disappeared for about 15 minutes. When he came back he said, "thats great stuff!" Hes my cousin and hes supposed to say that, but Ill take it anyway. Check em out.

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