Kapp Notes

JUNE 10, 2010

First, it looks as though Linden Labs, the developers behind Second Life, may be downsizing their corporate efforts ( Second Life Enterprise Edition ). Two sources indicate that Linden may actually be shutting down their Enterprise operations. Here is the 411 (information) on the Virtual World Certificate program.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 4, 2010

The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference (VWBPE) will feature more than 150 presentations and a keynote address by Mark Kingdon, the CEO of Linden Lab® creators of Second Life® (SL). We expect more than 5,000 attendees at VWBPE10 ( www.vwbpe.org ) with participants from every continent,” she continued. “We

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Bart Pursel of Virtual Learning Worlds and an alumni of our program presented on Virtual Worlds. He defined a Virtual World as a computer-based environment intended for users to inhabit and interact via avatars in a 3D represented world.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

Users can make virtual worlds in seconds using simple 'building blocks' very similar to SL prims, and without having to know a thing about scripting or programming. One of the main criticisms of Second Life is that it takes so damn long to set up a 3-D environment, and for many moving around is a little like learning to walk all over.

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Learning Visions

MAY 22, 2007

Rapid content may get put out there quickly, then later it gets folded back into a more traditionally designed program. People have an expectation to produce content more quickly -- this drives productivity. A lot of these rapid tools ARE being used by folks without training backgrounds. Does it need to be solved quickly?

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Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Moderator (Harold Jarche): all internal departments are "artificial" boundaries - need to rethink roles in a networked environment. Sandy E: @kfarentino - University of Denver actaully creates "customized" masters programs based upon thpreferred outcomesof the student! Holly MacDonald: focus on performance and outcomes.

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Learning Visions

JULY 10, 2007

I review my list of elearning blog feeds every morning and it would be easy to think that the elearning world is obsessed with SL/Virtual Worlds and Personal Learning Environments as the next-generation LMS. Its especially interesting to us in Brighton as Linden Labs are opening a development office here! 3:17 PM Karl Kapp said.

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