Learning Visions

AUGUST 13, 2007

Monday, August 13, 2007 Second Life Backlash and Controversy The Second Life naysayers seems to be gaining ground lately. And Im not implying that Im a Second Life naysayer. A thoughtful post on one educators experience in Second Life (and a nice historical perspective). IT Security Risks 2.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 9, 2007

This semester as part of a larger class project where students are required to respond to an e-learning Request for Proposal (RFP), my students are going to need to create some spaces and areas in Second Life. The wiki is called MSIT Second Life and is designed to provide information to students.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 10, 2007

Wednesday, October 10, 2007 Second Life and Gaming Poll Results I dont claim to be a researcher, nor can I claim that the results of polls conducted on this site are in the least bit statistically significant. Last week, I asked "Have you ever been in Second Life?" Unfortunately, the Second Life poll is closed.

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Association eLearning

JULY 2, 2015

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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Blended Learning Blended Wiki Virtual Classroom 100

Kapp Notes

AUGUST 14, 2009

Also, several people asked for some resources related to virtual worlds so here are a few: Here are links to Virtual Worlds (beyond Second Life): Alternatives to Second Life (one) Alternatives to Second Life Continued (two) ProtonMedia's ProtoSphere Forterra Systems And here is a great tour of many virtual worlds, all in 8 minutes.

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eLearning Guild Instructional Design ADDIE Second Life 177

Kapp Notes

AUGUST 6, 2009

Recently I did a recording for InSync and my friend Jennifer Hofmann titled Postcards from the 3D Edge: Learning in Second Life. You'll need to download the WebEx installer as requested when you click on link) Session One Session Two Now we have teamed to provide a 4 week course on the topic to provide even more indepth information.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 21, 2010

But on a serious note, my oldest son is just learning to drive and providing him with a realistic models of driving situations with information about proper driving behavior is a good thing and something I want to encourage so he gains knowledge of how to be a good driver as quickly as possible.

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Virtual World Second Life Behavior Guide 154

Clark Quinn

MAY 11, 2021

Lectures, information dump & knowledge test, in general content presentation doesn’t lead to meaningful change in behavior in the absence of activity. Powerpoint presentations in Second Life, but ideally is avoided. Further, they could be happy if that’s the case. They’re also being way overused. Again, be skeptical.

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Augmented Reality Predictions Behavior Second Life 312

Kapp Notes

JULY 29, 2009

Class visits the Holocaust Museum in Second Life. Heather provided a great tutorial on how to build a building within Second Life. She provide advise on creating phantom walls, how to make a roof and other key building information. Tags: Second Life 3D worlds.

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eLearning Weekly

APRIL 2, 2008

I finally made my way into Second Life this week. I went in with a group of peers, and we were evaluating Second Life’s potential for holding training events. Why do I have to take on some goofy alias/username in Second Life? Or does the environment provide too many distractions and too much fun?

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 29, 2010

My Experience in Virtual Worlds A few years ago, when Second Life was first coming onto the scene as the next big thing, I sat in my office and scratched my head. I dabbled in SL a bit after that, chronicled my Second Life experiences on my blog, but I haven’t been “in world” in probably two years.

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Blogging Second Life Social Networks Case Study 133

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 ). And Massively , a blog that provides daily information about MMOs. Some interesting developments in the 3D Learning and Collaboration Space.

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Linden Collaboration Social Networks Virtual World 134

E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 7, 2008

Arguably the best known virtual world today is Second Life. Anyone can download the Second Life Viewer from the Internet and set up a basic account for free. When the user logs into Second Life, they can use their mouse and keyboard to manipulate their avatar to walk, run, jump, dance, fly and teleport to other locations.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 5, 2010

Five The company 3DNA provides different 3D Add-on Worlds to explore and customize for an immersive and entertaining desktop. 3DNA is not a replacement for Windows - it works seamlessly with your current set up, while providing 3D environments in which to view your information.

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Environment Second Life Alternatives Photo 105

Kapp Notes

JUNE 22, 2010

Microsoft has awarded one of its innovation awards to 3D Virtual Immersive Environment Enterprise provider ProtonMedia. Venuegen has offered to help Second Life Enterprise users move from the SL Enterprise edition to the Venuegen platform for free. And Massively , a blog that provides daily information about MMOs.

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Virtual World Linden Industry Virtual Classroom 157

Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 14, 2009

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. What kind of information can we create, how does meaning making happen? This research used Sims 2–provides a framework for storylines.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2007

However, when the information is non-sequential, the learner needs a choice to freely navigate through the content. Free navigation is easily provided with hyperlinks and menus, but there is a risk of the learner wandering away from the course page. Virtual World Ideas for Content Delivery Have you played with Second Life?

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 24, 2008

Westley kicked off by providing us with an overview of emerging technologies, including QR codes and holograms. Skoolaborate is a growing collaborative of high schools that use Second Life to teach students around the world. Plenty of companies have dipped their toes into Second Life with mixed success.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

A number of years ago, when we were at the height of the hype about Virtual Worlds (computer rendered 3D social worlds, e.g. Second Life), I was thinking about the affordances. If we can provide mechanisms (e.g. while viewing, not offline), we can find some powerful learning opportunities, both formal and informal.

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Collaboration Cognitive Virtual World Augmented Reality 100

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 8, 2010

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. You will be able to select contract renewal options of 6, 12, 18 or 24 months under these terms. Contact Name. Contact Email.

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Linden Second Life Virtual World Open Source 170

Mark Oehlert

MARCH 7, 2007

What kills me though as I read t he comments on the TechCrunch post , comments like " I just get so damn bored walking around second life.that needs to change " and " I explored the second life world for a week to try and understand the hype " - is how people that are so tuned into Web 2.0

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

For those of you who don’t know, Anders Gronstedt (anders@gronstedtgroup.com) is president of the Gronstedt Group , which custom develops immersive learning programs for Fortune 500 clients, and host of “Train for Success,” a weekly Second Life speaking series that has been ongoing for several years. Schedule informality.

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Virtual World Discussion Second Life PowerPoint 133

Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

Here are some links to some postings in my blog that provide additonal information about Second Life. Second Life Resourses The Office in Second Life.CNN in Second Life The Learning Webvolution. Second Life.Its Synchronous Discussion of some of the negative aspects of SL.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 22, 2009

High Technology Comfort Level —You don’t want to provide initial access to virtual worlds to a group that is not comfortable with technology. Get Information Technology Personnel Involved from the Beginning —Just as Legal and Regulatory need to be involved early, so does the information technology department. Any more ideas?

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Learning Technologies Technology Virtual World Second Life 150

Ed App

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Online virtual platforms, such as Second Life, can bring a human element into the e-learning environment. Formative Assessments: Training managers conduct a variety of informal and formal assessments during the learning process to modify learning activities.

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Learning Strategy eLearning Strategy Corporate eLearning Strategy 75

Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Thomson Reuters Learning Methods–both formal and informal. “Information finds us&#. Training was about finding the information you needed to do your job. Diigo and other tools change your relationship to information–information increasingly finds us rather than us having to find it.

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LearnTrends Diigo Second Life Virtual World 170

Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 17, 2008

High quality information from guest hosts. Provided opportunity for isolated individuals to experience community, For education. Scot Headley: Quaker Meeting in Second Life. Second Life focused his attention–unprogrammed worship requires that focus, not multitasking. Students did thoughtful posts.

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Wiki Community MySpace Phillips 170

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

The students are then required to provide a 20 minute sales presentation highlighting portions of the 40 page proposal they have written. Who provided an innovative solution of using Second Life to develop the instruction. E-ssential solutions present their Second Life Solution.

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Axonify

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Jane has scoured the internet to provide a series of fun daily resources. This includes looking outside our field for great ideas that can inform our work. While I’m not sure if references to Second Life and Google Glass are all that timely nowadays, I certainly chuckled at the “four LMSs” and “eighth SMEs hiding” lyrics.

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Gamification Second Life Performance Support Games 113

Kapp Notes

AUGUST 12, 2010

Meetings Meeting at the site of a virtual accident in Second Life. Virtual immersive environments provide a space in which a meeting can occur that is engaging and provides opportunities to interact with others. They also provide the opportunity to have a meeting in any place that would be appropriate.

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Environment Simulations Organization Virtual World 177

Kapp Notes

JANUARY 29, 2009

The social networking aspects of a metaverse allow learners to interact and share data and information with each other while in the virtual world. Tags: Second Life 3D worlds. In a metaverse, learners can build their own items such as houses, cars or even giant routers.

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Virtual World Social Networks Centra Wiki 100

Kapp Notes

JANUARY 23, 2007

Employees of tomorrow will inhabit virtual worlds like Second Life to hold live weekly meetings with co-workers, catch up over lunch with financial advisers, and join friends on virtual shopping excursions after work. However, I am not sure the actual vehicle will be Second Life.

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Axonify

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Jane has scoured the internet to provide a series of fun daily resources. This includes looking outside our field for great ideas that can inform our work. While I’m not sure if references to Second Life and Google Glass are all that timely nowadays, I certainly chuckled at the “four LMSs” and “eighth SMEs hiding” lyrics.

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 1, 2007

In Second Life (SL), make sure avatars are off of the Orientation Island. In SL, provide a SURL to transport students to place for instruction Regardless of the instructional exercise/archetype, create a gathering place for learners for pre or post briefings. Provide a time limit for the instructional exercise.

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Learningtogo

APRIL 14, 2017

For example, I can remember a time when many learning professionals predicted that Second Life would become the norm for immersive training delivery. Other companies provide virtual trips back in time to experience educational sites like ancient Rome or speeches such as Lincoln’s Gettysburg address.

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Diversity Training Education Virtual World Predictions 145

Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 15, 2008

Provided a bunch of stats on social networking usage–I’m not taking notes on all that). Wachovia is testing social networking for sharing information and developing community within the community. Second Life. Many businesses consider time on social networking sites wasted, but not all. iTunes University.

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Social Networks Social Network Network Wiki 170

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Running a business in something like Second Life is inexpensive and better way to teach business concepts than having students run an actual business in Real Life with big bucks. Here are two exercises that provide some opportunities to apply higher order skills. Does the initial cost off set the long-term savings.

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Virtual World Teach Skills Cognitive 113