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.

Linden 170

Linden Second Life Virtual World Open Source 170

Kapp Notes

MARCH 26, 2010

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. For 55 people, it costs $990 per month. Virtual world provider, VenueGen , recently came out of private Beta to a public Beta (whatever that means) and loudly announced their virtual meeting platform.

Linden 100

Linden WebEx Virtual World Second Life 100

Web Courseworks

DECEMBER 23, 2014

The cost to produce and deliver a product includes development costs (internal and external costs, subject matter experts, etc.), administrative costs (hardware, software, support, etc.), delivery costs (LMS licensing, e-commerce costs, etc.), and marketing costs.

ROI 147

ROI Diversity Training eLearning Strategy eLearning 147

Mark Oehlert

MARCH 5, 2007

from The Bamboo Project Blog I have no idea how much it cost to produce this ad, but its pretty damn creative and attention-grabbing. Id be curious to know what it took technologically to pull it all together and the cost for doing it.

Social Bookmarking 32

Social Bookmarking Social Networks Wiki Linden 32

Kapp Notes

MARCH 1, 2010

This plan will result in annual cost savings of at least $100 million. EA, the large games publisher, plans to close several facilities and create a headcount reduction of approximately 1,500 positions. The majority of these actions will be completed by March 31, 2010. From Investor Relations Materials.

Virtual World 176

Virtual World Statistics Second Life Linden 176

Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 17, 2008

Free software, but land costs. In-world economy of Linden Dollars. Wants to explain why people are so excited about it. She thinks its a little ahead of its time–we’re catching up, but it’s slow. Grid: how land is laid out. Archipelagos for land. Avatar Creation. Tools available.

Second Life 171

Second Life Social Networks Linden Technorati 171

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

AUGUST 1, 2008

A hole in the wall costs 3 cents per child per day. The next day a friend and I walked down Unter den Linden to Bebelplatz. When he returned, the children said the subject was too difficult. Then an eight-year old girl said that of course they knew that DNA was the cause of genetic disease. None of this takes place in school.

Informal Learning 36

Informal Learning Open Blogging Informal 36