Kapp Notes

MAY 28, 2008

This morning I received an email message from, Fiona, who provided me with a really interesting link to 50 Tips and Tricks to Create a Learning Space in Second Life. Blogs and Websites --Turn to these blogs for tips, services and tools when setting up a learning space in Second Life.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Here is what he wrote on the Second Life blog. With the above cited article containing quotes like: Scott Diener, associate director for information-technology services at the University of Auckland, said his institution was “very likely to move out of Second Life.” However, do I think Second Life is going away?

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Kapp Notes

JULY 8, 2009

Recently, we had our first summer class of the course "Learning in 3D," the class focuses on how to create 3D learning spaces and how to use those spaces effectively to promote learning and to leverage the wonderful attributes of 3D. Tags: Second Life 3D worlds.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 3, 2012

with a ton of new features and have expertly carved themselves an effective niche in the 3D space. Not an easy space to occupy as many corporations are just now realizing the importance of these spaces for learning and collaboration and the adoption rate has been slow. They’ve released version 2.0

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 16, 2011

Kapp: So tell us what you are doing these days and about your work in 3D learning spaces. 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. You can see this at: [link].

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 28, 2009

So then the question became.why is learning in 3D better than e-learning, classroom instruction or any other method. Why invest in 3D learning spaces? It is learning by doing. In terms of the explanation of the value of learning in 3D I ask "Are we on target with this?"

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Learning with e's

MARCH 18, 2011

One of the new skills that teachers will need to master in the future will be the ability to manage virtual learning spaces. Learning always takes place in the mind of the learner, but the formalised activities of learning have never been confined to the classroom. They are bounded by walls, rules and conventions.

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