Learning Visions

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Thursday, December 11, 2008 Blog-o- the-Month at ISTE Island in Second Life Imagine my surprise when Scott Merrick contacted me, letting me know that Learning Visions had been nominated as Blog-o-the-month on ISTE Island in Second Life. in Second Life, but I have to admit that its been ages since Ive been in-world.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 17, 2007

Friday, August 17, 2007 Plodding Along in Second Life In the spirit of plodding along , I had another positive experience in Second Life. Theres a real emotional level to Second Life. If youd like to read more about my adventures in Second Life, check out my first and second visits.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 24, 2007

Friday, August 24, 2007 Building Community in Second Life: Renaissance Island As you know, Ive been trying to walk-the-talk and experiment a bit with Second Life, role my virtual sleeves up and see what all the fuss is about. Last week, I visited Renaissance Island and wrote about it in My Second Second Life Experience.

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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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Learning Visions

AUGUST 3, 2007

Friday, August 03, 2007 My First Second Life Experience Not so good, I must say. ► March (11) eLearning Geeks on Spring Break and New Skills for. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. I spent about 25 minutes trying to make my avatar look sort of like me.

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 8, 2024

With an affordance perspective, you can see that Second Life was about social and immersive 3D (at any scale). Remember going to an event in Second Life, only to be subjected to a slide show? What you’re doing is taking ownership of a critical skill that facilitates moving from survival to ongoing success.

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 8, 2024

With an affordance perspective, you can see that Second Life was about social and immersive 3D (at any scale). Remember going to an event in Second Life, only to be subjected to a slide show? What you’re doing is taking ownership of a critical skill that facilitates moving from survival to ongoing success.

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E-Learning Acupuncture

JULY 16, 2009

As a player, you have to learn the etiquette of WoW, you have to learn how to complete tasks, learn how to improve your character’s skills, learn how to interact with other players, learn how to make money to outfit your character’s needs, learn about the monsters you will be combating, etc. Do you use Second Life (or World of Warcraft?)

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Association eLearning

JULY 2, 2015

It’s also an opportunity to develop talent within training teams by cultivating skills with eLearning platforms and other technologies, at a reasonable pace. Try online virtual classrooms or worlds, such as Second Life. Use audio/video conferencing for regular check-ins.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 1, 2007

When are we going to hook up in Second life? ► March (11) eLearning Geeks on Spring Break and New Skills for. I really like how you concisely described how to comment and then the options for subscribing. It conveys the desire to connect well. 6:48 PM Cammy Bean said. Thanks for the positive feedback! 9:14 AM alex said.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 28, 2008

How do you get learners to engage in higher order cognitive skills (e.g., For teaching higher order skills it is always good idea because it requires the learner to apply multiple levels of thought to a situation. Student interaction is another great way to foster higher order thinking skills.

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Allison Rossett

MARCH 6, 2012

Following an introduction, officers organized into four-person teams, donned headsets and identified with pre-produced avatars in a specially-designed Second Life world. Participants explored the Second Life world while practicing active shooter formations and room entry procedures.

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The Learning Circuits

NOVEMBER 20, 2006

Every week or so I hear about a company looking to Second Life as a teaching environment. First, I have to say that Second Life is a great Web 2.0/massively I respect the ability of people to make money in Second Life. I respect the ability of people to "hang" in Second Life.

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Big Dog, Little Dog

JULY 26, 2007

How Madison Avenue Is Wasting Millions on a Deserted Second Life - Wired. Ever since BusinessWeek ran a breathless cover story titled "My Virtual Life" more than a year ago, reporters have been heralding Second Life as the here-and-now incarnation of the fictional Metaverse that Neal Stephenson conjured up 15 years ago in Snow Crash.

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Clark Quinn

MAY 11, 2021

If it’s persistent skills, yes, training’s the answer. Powerpoint presentations in Second Life, but ideally is avoided. I was regaled with a tale about how sales folks and execs were insisting that customers wanted training. Without evaluating that claim. I’ll state a different claim: customers want solutions.

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Tony Karrer

MAY 17, 2010

Based on the recent Big Question - Learning Technology 2015 – I received an interesting question: "Tony, what do you think of environments like Second Life? Probably before you begin to read my predictions, it’s worth looking at: Second Life Learning Videos where I’ve collected a few different examples of learning in Second Life.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 8, 2008

They can be trained to offer structured support to learn how to use a new piece of technology, bring life to learning content, and chat to thousands of people simultaneously for hours at a time. Our multi-lingual robots help visitors practice their English skills. And yes, CyberTwins can be deployed into Second Life.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 7, 2010

The conference is running in Second Life and is streaming Ken’s (and other’s) presentation and the conference is displaying a live Twitter feed…so we have technology all around. Live broadcasting of Presentation in Second Life shown in Real Life. They are using the 3D software Unity 3D.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 26, 2009

Articles like Second Life's death knell tell of the lack of interest in virtual worlds with a recant of the death of Google's Lively and the pulling of the Reuters Second Life in world reporter. Tags: Second Life 3D worlds. So, let's not set a time and date for the Virtual World Funeral just yet.

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Upside Learning

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Alternatives to Second Life. Karl Kapp puts some alternatives to Second Life on his blog. Designed to help young people (ages 8 and up) develop 21st century learning skills. Interesting products, although some will cease to exist starting next year. Windows Mobile for Gaming.

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Association eLearning

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Interaction was encouraged and enhanced through tools like text messaging, Skype, Adobe Connect, Second Life, and that old faithful standby, the telephone. Recent studies show that employers recognize skill gaps in both job candidates and new hires that traditional college courses have not addressed.

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Association eLearning

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Interaction was encouraged and enhanced through tools like text messaging, Skype, Adobe Connect, Second Life, and that old faithful standby, the telephone. Recent studies show that employers recognize skill gaps in both job candidates and new hires that traditional college courses have not addressed.

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

According to the eLearning Guild , over 93% of Guild members report that their efforts to conduct learning in an immersive learning environment produce results that are either somewhat or much better than other forms of rich-skill practice.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 24, 2008

Top News - Tech encourages students’ social skills - Annotated. Calendar of events for educators in Second Life. You need a vision of what you want, then you can get rid of the physical/virtual/mental clutter that doesn’t help you reach that goal. tags: productivity , usability , goals. SLEDevents. Getting Results.

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Ed App

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Online virtual platforms, such as Second Life, can bring a human element into the e-learning environment. Learners today expect organizations to consider their experience, skills, performance, and technological fluency while creating training programs.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 12, 2007

Some of you have been in Second Life. ► March (11) eLearning Geeks on Spring Break and New Skills for. Women Gamers on the Rise Second Life and Gaming Poll Results You're So Immature: e-Learning in Some Organizatio. So where do you fit into the demographic, dear readers? United States License.

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Kapp Notes

APRIL 6, 2009

Teaching young doctors to work with others is yet another skill that can be taught in a virtual world. In an article titled Can Second Life help teach doctors to treat patients? This shouldn't replace traditional medical education but it can certainly enhance and reinforce the skills they need to apply with patient.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 6, 2009

Ultimately the design process for creating a virtual learning world requires a modification of the traditional skill set of an instructional designer—a modification, not a totally new approach. Tags: Second Life 3D worlds.

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Mindflash

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Nexus; the Navy has another brand of “Second Life.&# MyBase began in December 2008, and uses Second Life , a popular virtual reality game, as its main platform. Multiple users, if wearing the same pair of goggles, can “plug&# into the same battlefield. Virtual Bootcamp. Military and Government personnel.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 28, 2010

ecoaching personalized learning programs tests of skills and knowledge online discussions after class mobile devices and delivery virtual classroom, then archived and available as needed scenario-based online programs Top 5 practices (these are the most common, but still not that common – showing there are no typical practices!):

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Gyrus

MAY 31, 2016

Struggling with gaps in talent and skills, organizations are starting to invest more heavily in technologies to predict their training requirements, understand their learners and to create exciting ways to deliver training and learning to their employees.

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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. It’s a key survival skill and the human brain is exceptionally good at it. Prediction is more than an interesting pastime, however.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 2, 2007

The concept emerged because some educators and others were concerned that students were learning isolated, decontextualized skills and information and, therefore, students were unable to apply what they had learned or their proceduralized skills to situations outside of the classroom. No requirement you can pin an ROI to.

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eLearning Learning Posts

AUGUST 4, 2009

New skills for learning professionals - Informal Learning , July 1, 2009 Jay Cross response to this month’s big question “In a Learning 2.0 world, where learning and performance solutions take on a wider variety of forms and where churn happens at a much more rapid pace, what new skills and knowledge are required for learning professionals?”.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 7, 2007

See the intense comment thread on The Real World, Second Life and Facebook/MySpace where Cathy provides some interesting commentary on women in Second Life. ► March (11) eLearning Geeks on Spring Break and New Skills for. And shes been a great contributer here at Learning Visions. United States License.

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Performance Learning Productivity

OCTOBER 7, 2009

Learning & Development Roundtable, 2005 Interestingly, two manager actions that came out near the bottom of the Learning & Development Roundtable’s impact list were: Teach a new skill or procedure – which elicits an average performance improvement of 7.7% Building employee capability is more complex than that.

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Magic EdTech

AUGUST 26, 2019

One very popular virtual world for educators is Second Life , where teachers can build interactive labs and allow students to explore and engage at their own pace. The popular Minecraft world has also become an educational destination.

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