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Second Life Happenings: CEO Steps Down (again)

Kapp Notes

Yesterday, Philip Linden (AKA: Philip Rosedale ) stepped down as CEO of Linden Labs (yes again). Bob will lead Linden Lab while we conduct the search. He said many longtime Second Life users are angry at the recent decisions by the company that runs the service, Linden Lab. He has done this before and then come back.

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Course Authoring and Rapid eLearning Tool Satisfaction

Tony Karrer

I don't know if I've seen this reported by the eLearningGuild , but their reports showed some interesting information about satisfaction levels reported by members on course authoring and rapid eLearning tool satisfaction levels. RapidBuilder® (Software Simul. XStream Software Linden Research, Inc. Impatica Inc.

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Talking eLearning ROI

Web Courseworks

Gather as much information as you can so you can make informed decisions on how to build your eLearning business plan. administrative costs (hardware, software, support, etc.), Take stock of the competition to get an idea of how rival associations deliver learning and training to members. and marketing costs.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Mark is very late to the virtual worlds big news about SL and IBM.

Mark Oehlert

The good news is that Second Life ne Linden Lab, has announced a partnership with IBM to "develop new technologies and methodologies based on open standards that will help advance the future of 3D virtual worlds. So after defending Linden Lab, here's the other side. between Stephen Downes and Sean Fitzgerald.

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Effective Web Conferences – 41 Resources

Tony Karrer

Rethinking conferences - Informal Learning , February 17, 2009 When I signed up for Spaces for Interaction: An Online Conversation about Improving the Traditional Conference , I didn’t appreciate how timely the topic would become. Kapp Notes , March 15, 2010 Terrence Linden discussing the new Second Life browser at VWBPE conference.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Adobe/Bersin Overview of the eLearning Industry

Learning Visions

72% of training content is used informally. Saba and Centra) WebEx is partnering with an LMS provider as will Adobe [link] Rapid Development Trend How do you expect the % of informal usage to change over 2 years?" They may consider it more "information transfer" than formal training. Getting an Informal M.Ed

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LearnTrends: Backchannel

Jay Cross

Moderator (Harold Jarche): though informal can work for new hires too: [link]. ADDIE reminds me of project management, software development, product management.common pieces that have ubiqitious purpose. Moderator (Harold Jarche): Waterfall software development was killed by Agile, and so ADDIE will have to go.