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Second Life and Learning - Tony O'Driscoll

Tony Karrer

I'm sure that once you add presence-based audio (meaning you can hear people who are close to you) that WebEx style systems will begin to look more like second life so you can have easier break-out sessions. But, it's not really sales, customer service, etc. That's a great, fun way to teach around these topics.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Building Community in Second Life: Renaissance Island

Learning Visions

Friday, August 24, 2007 Building Community in Second Life: Renaissance Island As you know, Ive been trying to walk-the-talk and experiment a bit with Second Life, role my virtual sleeves up and see what all the fuss is about. Last week, I visited Renaissance Island and wrote about it in My Second Second Life Experience.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Zone Alarm Listen UP!! This is NOT Customer Service!

Mark Oehlert

This is NOT Customer Service! This is NOT Customer Service! Funny Future of e-Learning Research Cross Posting Futures Games Gaming & Learning Government Hardware Industry informal learning Innovation Insanely Cool Content Job Leads Latest News Learning Learning 2005 Learning As Art Learning/Training Learning/Web 2.0

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The Learning Side of Sears

CLO Magazine

Nguyen said the retail reality is this: Products across competitors are virtually the same; pricing is transparent, thanks to the web, and so is product information. Nguyen wouldn’t mind carrying this spirit with him into a second life in the Arizona community where he spent his adolescence. People have to be the differentiator.

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Web 2.0 Applications in Learning

Tony Karrer

Method Count Percent Alongside Formal Learning 26 63% Process Information / Training 22 54% Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) / Support Information 18 44% Commonly used resources, URL's to applications, documentation, Contact Information, etc. Orientations, classes, and meetings are often held in Second Life.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: eLearning Brand Name Recognition?

Learning Visions

A few weeks ago I did a very informal query on Twitter, asking people what were their favorite eLearning brands. I used to pitch up against some of the "big guys" -- NetG, SkillSoft -- who do some custom development, but the clients would choose our small shop because we provided better customer service.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Messy Learning OK. Messy Training Not OK.

Learning Visions

This may be why the concept of informal learning is such a hard sell. A company cannot tell its employees to go "figure out" our corporate policy on customer service, safty or compliance.that knowledge must be conveyed as simply and in as "unmessy" method as possible. Forget about it. A PLE can be messy. Its personal, after all.