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Much Happening in Second Life

Kapp Notes

Assisting us expertly was Matt Monahan my graduate assistant who has been helping me with many Second life tasks. Which, of course, was a perfect use of Second Life. We provided a little tour with Brent Schlenker discussing the uses of Second Life for providing learning solutions. It was a great class.

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Blended Learning: Not your Mother’s, Grandmother’s, or Possibly Even Older Sibling’s Training

Association eLearning

They want information to be relevant to their needs and presented in a variety of ways which appeal to how they learn. In hopes of saving time and increasing learners’ base knowledge, the association offering Melanie’s certification has sent out a link in advance of the face-to-face training with some key information. Fringe Benefits.

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A message to CxOs 2: about org learning myths

Clark Quinn

Lectures, information dump & knowledge test, in general content presentation doesn’t lead to meaningful change in behavior in the absence of activity. Research tells us to the contrary; experts don’t have conscious access to around 70% of what they do (tho’ they do have access to what they know).

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Interesting Developments in 3D Learning and Collaboration Space

Kapp Notes

First, it looks as though Linden Labs, the developers behind Second Life, may be downsizing their corporate efforts ( Second Life Enterprise Edition ). And Massively , a blog that provides daily information about MMOs. Here is the 411 (information) on the Virtual World Certificate program.

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Volatility in 3D Virtual World Industry

Kapp Notes

Venuegen has offered to help Second Life Enterprise users move from the SL Enterprise edition to the Venuegen platform for free. it looks as though Linden Labs, the developers behind Second Life, may be downsizing their corporate efforts ( Second Life Enterprise Edition ).

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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. Contact Name. Contact Email. SL Avatar Name to which the regions to be renewed are associated. Name of Region(s) to be Renewed.

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Anders Gronstedt Discusses How to Lead Learning Sessions in Virtual Worlds

Kapp Notes

The other day, I was speaking with virtual world learning expert Anders Gronstedt about teaching in a 3D virtual immersive environment. Focus on informal learning, not formal. We all know that informal communications accounts for 80-90% of all real learning in any organization. Schedule informality. Take advantage of it.