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Finding a MMOLE/Virtual Learning World Vendor

Kapp Notes

Successful projects start by aligning virtual world needs with your organization’s goals. Whether the goal is to reach out to alumni through a shared virtual space or creating a virtual machine shop to teach safety to mechanics, the underlying purpose and business objective must be articulated to the vendor.

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Avoiding the Virtual Ghost Town

Kapp Notes

It can be lonely in a virtual world with no friends and nothing to do. One common mistake organizations make in designing learning experiences in virtual worlds is failing to have specific learning objectives, either formal or informal, for the intended interactions. Tags: Second Life 3D worlds.

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Who Needs to Be on Your 3D Development Team?

Kapp Notes

To successfully accomplish the task of creating a virtual learning world for the organizations must have specilized teams(or work with a vendor team). A typical team required for building a virtual learning environment consists of the following individuals. Project Manager. Instructional Designer.

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Imagined worlds

Learning with e's

One of the new skills that teachers will need to master in the future will be the ability to manage virtual learning spaces. Learning always takes place in the mind of the learner, but the formalised activities of learning have never been confined to the classroom. They are bounded by walls, rules and conventions.

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The Role of Technology in Improving Student Learning Outcomes

Hurix Digital

Technology also provides opportunities to make learning more engaging and enjoyable in terms of teaching concepts in new and unique ways. For instance, online working on different projects by collaborating with peers on various forums or by sharing documents on their virtual learning environments.

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The survival of higher education (1): Changing roles

Learning with e's

I pointed out that one of the key technologies for the future would be the World Wide Web (I was of course unaware at the time just how vital it would become) and that managed (virtual) learning environments would become a useful means of organising and supporting online learning for large groups of distributed learners.

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A tale of two keynotes

Learning with e's

Across Europe and other western industrialised nations, most universities now have their own corporate e-learning strategies, and most manage their own virtual learning environments or VLEs (McConnell, 2006). 2007) Online Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. and Lewis-Smith, J. and Lewis-Smith, J.