Tony Karrer

AUGUST 27, 2007

Found via Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development A great introduction to using Second Life as a teaching / learning tool. I've said for a while that Second Life offers something interesting in terms of providing a natural "setting" for online sessions, presentations, etc. A few thoughts.

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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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Upside Learning

JANUARY 8, 2024

With an affordance perspective, you can see that Second Life was about social and immersive 3D (at any scale). Remember going to an event in Second Life, only to be subjected to a slide show? In the right place and time, they can be effective tools. Once we start measuring, we need to do so effectively.

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 8, 2024

With an affordance perspective, you can see that Second Life was about social and immersive 3D (at any scale). Remember going to an event in Second Life, only to be subjected to a slide show? In the right place and time, they can be effective tools. Once we start measuring, we need to do so effectively.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 5, 2021

At the time, platforms like Second Life were touting the advantages of an immersive navigable world. You can save money, be more effective, etc when you align with how our brains work. In short, you’re better able to assist your organization in being more effective (and efficient). . In retrospect, it didn’t eventuate.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 26, 2007

Found an interesting article about Second Life and other MMORPGs and their use for learning today. Several scholars have suggested that massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) such as Everquest and Second Life have educational potential, but we have little data about what happens when such tools are introduced in the classroom.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 27, 2015

Digital Learning Environments: Context Sensitive and Imaginative Classes in Second Life. Second Life: Teaching Tips from the Virtual Frontier. Why Do We Need A Second Life? Wikis that Work: Effective Wiki Practices for Virtual Learning Communities. LMSs and Other Tools. Sakai 3 Development Process.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 15, 2010

Terrence Linden discussing the new Second Life browser at VWBPE conference. The conference took place entirely in the virtual immersive environment of Second Life with a venue of presenters from around the world. Terrence Linden discussing the fact that 60% of top universities are in Second Life.

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Tony Karrer

AUGUST 10, 2010

I wanted to follow-up 19 Tips for Effective Online Conferences with some additional resources that relate to this topic. There is also an interesting effect that people who are not attending still hear quite a bit about the conference and have some level of tangential participation. We also encouraged everyone to put in the hashtag.

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Moodle Journal

MAY 20, 2014

The course: - Second Life MOOC ran from April 1 to 30 2014. The theme was connecting online for collaborative learning and teaching through Second Life. I was also pleased to see that Moodle was being used for asynchronous work with the synchronous side of things handled by WizIQ & Second Life.

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Clark Quinn

MAY 11, 2021

And effective reskilling isn’t about the cheapest approach, but the most effective for the money. Powerpoint presentations in Second Life, but ideally is avoided. This might seem to be the case, but it reflects a view that org learning is a necessary evil, not an investment. That means reskilling.

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Augmented Reality Predictions Behavior Second Life 312

Big Dog, Little Dog

DECEMBER 8, 2008

Web 2.0 - More Effective for Formal Learning Than For Informal Learning - The Pursuing Performance Blog. Second Life's Second Wind -Forbes. In what tech pundits at Gartner Research call the curve of hype and gloom, Linden Lab's virtual world, Second Life, has officially entered the gloom stage.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 15, 2009

They effectively managed issues of trust, workload, and learning within their social network. Second Life) very low. In this session, we will share a collaborative wiki created by a self-organized, self-managed group of online graduate students. 100% used email. 60% used cell phone. 60% used collaborative authoring (wiki).

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Wiki Community Social Networks Effectiveness 193

Kapp Notes

MARCH 4, 2010

Yesterday, I had the privilege of touring a fascinating project in the 3D virtual immersive environment of Second Life. If you want to gain a glimpse into an effective and exciting way to provide context, experience and learning, this is the place you should check out.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 23, 2012

We built models of the 3D learning process in the virtual world of Second Life under the careful watch of our host, Stylianos Mystakidis, it was great to have him help conduct the class and provide the students with an interactive exercise that included all four Macrostructures. Students working on recreating the model.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 16, 2019

In Second Life , a 3-D multi-user virtual environment (MUVE) which at the time of writing has reached in excess of 8 million subscribers, there is a distinct differential between those SLifers who own land and commodities - the 'residents', and those who are simply ‘visiting’ and making use of these commodities.

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 4, 2009

We started in Second Life and then we went to ProtoSphere and then to Centra and then back to Second Life. One really cool web site we visited allowed us to create automatic Second Life scripts. Hillary's page also has other great Second Life information. The class checks out the particle lab.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 29, 2009

Class visits the Holocaust Museum in Second Life. Holocaust Museum has some really well done effectives like fire and falling glass. Holocaust Museum has some really well done effectives like fire and falling glass. Heather provided a great tutorial on how to build a building within Second Life.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Over at Designing Digitally , Andrew Hughes and his team has leveraged the virtual world platform of Second Life to create interactive driver’s education for the state a Vermont. What I really like is how they leveraged the 3D modeling capabilities of Second Life to create scenes, employee characters and show car movement.

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Virtual World Second Life Behavior Guide 154

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. Getting the class together in SL.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 14, 2009

Border crossing created in Second Life for use at Loyalist College. We then discussed how 3D learning is a form of storytelling and how learning in third-person might just be a more effective method than learning in first-person. Tags: Second Life 3D worlds.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 14, 2009

But how effective are these expressions in communicating meaning? 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. Would like to do a similar study in Second Life–more global audience.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 7, 2009

Articles The Effects of Gaming on Socializing, Social Behavior, and Making Friends EMERGING Technologies Center Nursing Education 2.0: Bloomfield Situated Learning in Virtual Worlds: The Learning Ecology of Second Life by Elisabeth R. by Robert J. Hayes of University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Moodle Journal

SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

The arrival of shared media in Second Life, has meant among other things, that I can now give access to our vle and all its facilities to students from inside the virtual world.

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Ed App

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

In a competitive world, organizations need to implement effective training strategies for their employees to stay ahead of the curve. Online virtual platforms, such as Second Life, can bring a human element into the e-learning environment. The approach of using passive learning is no longer relevant.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2007

In this post, I present some thoughts on how to effectively use 3D metaphors and virtual worlds to enrich content presentation with little effort. Virtual World Ideas for Content Delivery Have you played with Second Life? Tags: Google Earth 3D Objects Second Life Raptivity virtual worlds rapid interactivity.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 22, 2010

Books Miscellaneous Items: Ingredients of a Big Mac Sprint Now Network Commercial with Flava Flav Questions: What is one thing you can do to incorporate effective technology into organizational learning? Take some time and go visit, it is well worth the trip. What is one technique you can borrow from another industry to add to your toolkit?

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Resources Wiki Second Life Virtual World 133

Kapp Notes

JANUARY 3, 2012

with a ton of new features and have expertly carved themselves an effective niche in the 3D space. Second Life has gone back to its consumer roots while simultaneously raising educational prices. Seriously considering dropping Second Life from our curriculum. They’ve released version 2.0

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Predictions Cognitive Virtual World Gamification 246

Moodle Journal

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

But then the world moved on, which is when Second Life appeared; if you look down the left side bar you will see the link or slurl to one of my sims. I must confess actually that I have not always taken my own advice on this one, so plunging head first into Second Life was for me anyway a somewhat high risk investment back then.

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Association eLearning

APRIL 22, 2013

For instance, Silke Fleischer calculated the effect an average class term would have on both the environment and the pocketbook. Tom Raftery reported that the international bank Crédit Agricole is saving $200,000 – $300,000 just in travel-related expenses by hosting their training in Second Life. It’s a win/win!

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Social Networks Corporate eLearning Environment Second Life 229

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Tony and Lia presented virtually in ProtoSphere and in Second Life. Tony and I started the discussion by talking about research indicated the effectiveness of virtual immersive environments for learning and highlighting a couple of case studies and lessons learned from our book. Ron Burns takes a tour through ProtoSphere.

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ASTD Social Networks Virtual World Case Study 124

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

Second Life has come under a lot of attack recently because "it's empty." One especially hard hitting article How Madison Avenue Is Wasting Millions on a Deserted Second Life complained that "there's the question of what people do when they get there. Although Linden Labs disputs that finding.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 16, 2009

When this happens, it allows the learner to more effectively encode the learning for future recall and provides the cues needed to apply the experience from the 3D world to actual on-the-job performance. Tags: Second Life 3D worlds. It is learning by doing.

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Association eLearning

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Interaction was encouraged and enhanced through tools like text messaging, Skype, Adobe Connect, Second Life, and that old faithful standby, the telephone. Many of these relationships began during group projects or through discussion threads. Now the question has become, “Is your organization ready to get online?”.

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Association eLearning

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Interaction was encouraged and enhanced through tools like text messaging, Skype, Adobe Connect, Second Life, and that old faithful standby, the telephone. Many of these relationships began during group projects or through discussion threads. Now the question has become, “Is your organization ready to get online?”.

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Virtual Classroom Online Skype Adobe Connect 100

Kapp Notes

JULY 9, 2009

Drawing out the learning event helps it function more smoothly and effectively. The step of creating a storyboard helps to ensure that environment that is create encourages the desired learning and that the expensive development process run more effectively because of the visual indication of the process. What happens first?

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Kapp Notes

JULY 2, 2007

Lately, I've been tuned into the metaverse since I am teaching a class called "Learning in 3D" starting on July 9 using Second Life and ProtoSphere (how cool is my job?) The class is focused on designing effective instruction in a 3D world. So, here are some links on the topic.

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