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Linden Labs Raising Prices But Extending Discount for Current Users

Kapp Notes

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. A company like Venuegen which offered free switching of the defunct There.com users might offer something similar to SL users.

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Second Life Happenings: CEO Steps Down (again)

Kapp Notes

Yesterday, Philip Linden (AKA: Philip Rosedale ) stepped down as CEO of Linden Labs (yes again). Bob will lead Linden Lab while we conduct the search. He said many longtime Second Life users are angry at the recent decisions by the company that runs the service, Linden Lab. He has done this before and then come back.

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A whole new world

E-Learning Provocateur

Anyone can download the Second Life Viewer from the Internet and set up a basic account for free. Its currency is the Linden Dollar (L$) which avatars can use to buy virtual goods and even virtual property. Linden Dollars are bought with real money and can be exchanged back again. Second Life also has its own economy.

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Social and Semantic Web

Clark Quinn

If, instead, there are open standards, you’re free to approach things in different ways. the ability of Linden Labs to continue to expand Second Life capabilities as they grabbed market share). Rules operating on data by description has powerful capabilities, e.g. the way Amazon provides mass customization.

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Talking eLearning ROI

Web Courseworks

and external opportunities and threats (industry trends, economic factors, changes in customer demographics, competition, relevant regulation/ legislation, etc.). The strengths and opportunities you identify become the basis for your strategic objectives, while the weaknesses and threats add urgency to your ultimate call to action.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Adobe/Bersin Overview of the eLearning Industry

Learning Visions

Study Methodology: Studied Adobe customer base -- how using the product and how they might like to be using it. Collaborated with Adobe to identify trends in elearning industry re: content creation and trends in development. This session will provide big picture of trends in the industry. 72% of training content is used informally.

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LearnTrends: Backchannel

Jay Cross

Learning encompasses areas outside the organizatio such as customers and suppliers. Sandy E: @kfarentino - University of Denver actaully creates "customized" masters programs based upon thpreferred outcomesof the student! Moderator (Harold Jarche): Intuit has outsourced ALL of its learning design & development to its customers.