Here is a list of alternatives to Second Life. Forterra Systems Inc. The company offers private, secure virtual ... , 3rd party system integrations, and tools to create and edit 3D content and scenarios. Icarus Studios The company offers tools and products for createing Massively Multiplayer Oline environments and virtual worlds. The flagship Icarus ... systems. This includes compatibility with industry standard tools such as 3ds Max, Collada, and other 3D applications ... offers "virtual events" and "virtual environments" for marketing, recruiting and augmenting physical conferences.

In the corporate learning conference organised by George Siemens, Steve Mahaley was second to give a presentation on using virtual worlds for education. Education was defined in this presentation as a corporate business strategy to optimize work. Steve gave some examples of education in virtual worlds (he used the Second Life environment). One of his ... (knowledge) workers in those corporations to accept virtual environments as an educational tool. A lot of participants ... into experimenting with these new educational tools from home and in their spare time. Again Ricardo Semler comes ...

Monday, 18 December 2006 Educators explore Second Life online In a special series on "Welcome to the future", CNN reports on educators using Second life. The story talked about The three-dimensional ... Nesson, who leads a class jointly offered by Harvard Law School and Harvard Extension School in the world of "Second Life." Frankly, I dont see the value of holding a regular class in Second life. A real good use of Second Life I know of ... taught a course in Department of Commerce where the entire course was run within Second Life and course participants ...

Yesterday I deliverd a one day workshop to 20 learning leaders at the beautiful Rancho Bernardo resort in San Diego. This was a great turnout given that this conference caters to high level decision makers in enterprise learning. The attendees were very enthused about the possibilities that Virtual Worlds can provide to help change the game in ... , information has a social life all its own. It moves through time and space based on the desire and ability of individuals ... attempting to play tennis with a golf club. The tool is not suited to the reality of the challenge at hand and must be ...

And, Im not convinced that Conference Networking Tools really helps with this. 4. Passionate Keynotes aimed at Us ... truly new or are a great application. I dont need to see a screenshot of Second Life or of Wikipedia again, but if theres a ... Corporate eLearning eLearning Design Authoring Tools Rapid e-Learning Tools eLearning (e-Learning) e-Learning Software Blended e-Learning e-Learning Tools Open Source eLearning e-Learning ROI and Metrics ... Better Conferences - Response Needed : eLearning ...

Just yesterday, I posted about Conference Preparation and I'm preparing for a couple of conferences so I definitely looked back at: Be an Insanely Great Professional Conference Attendee . One of the questions I often ask attendees - especially as we are discussing virtual classroom tools and virtual environments (e.g., Second Life) - is: Why did we come to this conference? Couldn't we all do this from home? Well today, Kathy Sierra, posts: Face-to-Face Trumps Twitter ... -face still matters. And in fact all our globally-connecting-social-networking tools are making face-to-face more, not ...

Tools for Bridging the Boomer/Gamer Knowledge Gap. Teaching Facts with Fun, Online Games Graphical Music Database: Liveplasma . 3D Virtual World: Second Life Corporate 3D World: ProtoSphere Finally, you can check out the web ... In the spirit of broadening my keynote address and in providing a dialogue with audience members of the 5th Annual PA/DE/NJDLA Conference & Expo . I have pulled together a number of posts that may be of interest to attendees at the ... Consider Generational Learning Styles and Tools Books to Consider for Learning More about the Boomer/Gamer ...

Harvard Extension Class in Second Life Defending the Status Quo - Seth Godin ... Corporate eLearning eLearning Design Authoring Tools Rapid e-Learning Tools eLearning (e-Learning) e-Learning Software Blended e-Learning e-Learning Tools Open Source eLearning e-Learning ROI and Metrics ... , 2006 Rapid eLearning Tools : eLearning Technology Rapid eLearning Tools Satisfaction from the eLearningGuild Research reported Feb 2007 - Course Authoring and ...

... too distant future.) After lunch I went to “I’m Busy Enough…What Do I Need a Second Life For?” mostly because Angela White (who I met at the conference) was so enthusiastic about Second Life. I went in as a ... agents. What I learned from her is that we should provide support tools first and think about formal training second. In ... Levine from NMC presented the session and “demystified” Second Life for me. I’ve heard of it, but never ... virtual worlds as the main delivery tool. What struck me was not the technology or platform each came up with, but ...

Learning Second Life and Learning - Tony O'Driscoll Informal Learning and ... Corporate eLearning eLearning Design Authoring Tools Rapid e-Learning Tools eLearning (e-Learning) e-Learning Software Blended e-Learning e-Learning Tools Open Source eLearning e-Learning ROI and Metrics ... eLearning Course Authoring Tool Satisfaction - More : eLearning Technology Someone posted a comment in my previous post on Course Authoring and Rapid eLearning Tool ...

... conferences (training & eLearning conferences). Adobe/Macromedia Captivate - most popular tool, easy to use, file sizes a ... Corporation 585 7.99 Flashform Rapid eLearning Ski.. Rapid Intake 48 7.90 Second Life Linden Research, Inc. 19 7.87 Raptivity ... Corporate eLearning eLearning Design Authoring Tools Rapid e-Learning Tools eLearning (e-Learning) e-Learning Software Blended e-Learning e-Learning Tools Open Source eLearning e-Learning ROI and Metrics ... Software Simulation Tools : eLearning ...

21) psychology (1) research (15) science (44) second life (1) sports (7) textbooks (8) theology + anthropology (7) tools (1) travel (8 ... , January 17, 2006 Nuvvos Learning Tools Looking to put your class on-line? Like Moodle , but want ... or a chance to make a few extra bucks, Nuvvo is providing the tools. Looking forward to seeing how people use it ... Content More Merry Christmas Merry Christmas! Drooling over Web 2.0 Two Hip Tools Grab 50 More ...

... connect and learn? Second Life Content Management System ( CMS )? Joomla Tool to create my own website ... ) Conference (7) corporate learning (6) community (1) Learning Tools ... 2 A Free Learning Tool for Every Learning Problem? 101 Free Learning Tools OpenCourseWare and ... least one excellent free learning tool (or site) for every learning problem, need or issue! I want a FREE : Easy-to-use and secure Internet browser? Firefox e-Mail system? Gmail Social bookmarking tool?

Raph Koster is one of the smartest people I've ever met.  And I only met him briefly at the Second Life party in S.F. during the Game Developer's Conference.  I love his book, A Theory of Fun .  And I recommend the book to everyone; parents, kids, instructional designers, software developers, everyone.  Many of his blog posts go far deeper into game theory than I can understand, however this post is quite relevant to recent discussions and learning projects with Secondlife and other MMO tools. As a mere lvl 21 Orc Warrior I'd say I'm at the second circle within WoW.

... understand the potential as well as the limitations of these worlds for learning. To them, Second Life is a tool to be ... Meeting in Second Life with some folks from Learning Times to discuss the learning potential of the space. Over at Learning Visions, Cammy Bean has an interesting post called Second Life Backlash and Controversy . I can't help but keep relating the whole 3D web and especially Second Life to the birth of e-learning...way back in the late 1990s ... hype and were realistic became successful. Today, the 3D web and specifically Second Life (as it is the most ...

Intel. Only the Paranoid Survive, right Andy? Let's figure out if Second Life is even going to be a viable corporate tool ... IBM leads the way in utilizing SL within the corporation as a viable tool. IBM has embraced the possibilites of emerging technologies as a tool for internal employee productivity and development. But Intel? I don't think so. This just in from Virtual Worlds News: "This week IBM will release a set of rules for its 5,000 employees who use Second Life and other virtual worlds. Intel is working on a set of voluntary classes and guidelines to follow suit." I think ...

Software Simulation eLearning (w/ links to Tools) 1,724 2 11 Second Life and ... Second Life and Learning 837 4 11 Shift in eLearning from Pure ... and Lectora Tops in eLearning Authoring Tool Satisfaction 667 5 1 In my mind, this second ... Rapid eLearning Tools 4,337 11 35 First Time Visitor Guide 2,345 17 67 ... 1,820 9 24 Software Simulation eLearning (w/ links to Tools) 1,724 2 ...

... you ready? Social Networking Platforms Our Second Life Meetings Wk 10: Looking for online community: Virtual ... Meeting with Grad Students in Second Life - a photo by Pathfinder Linden Pathfinder Linden spoke at a weekly meeting held by grad students who are using Second Life as part of their academic research. My discussion focused on the importance of ... about their work: http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Life_Grad_Student_Colony Most people use the ... in Second Life - a photo by Pathfinder Linden Pathfinder Linden spoke at a weekly meeting held by grad students ...

... even when the group is accepting Scot Headley: Quaker Meeting in Second Life Second Life focused his ... This is another liveblogged post from the TCC 2008 conference. Presented by Scot Headley, Amy Dee, Sue Phillips, Tricia Meyer, Jeanette Eggert Doctoral students at George Fox University Based on seminar where doctoral students created online community projects Used a wiki for the course –most content went through the wiki, not through ... wiki Chose MySpace b/c lots of existing religious tools available (e.g., Bible verse of the day) Also ...

Second Life Future Trends More for younger generations More communities of practice Move from passive to ... This is another liveblogged post from the TCC 2008 conference, presented by Robert Fulkerth, Ageno School of ... teach with blogs and a wiki Using the tools to teach the content–mostly avoiding the LMS Use online library ... low/no barriers to entry Free or low-cost, available to all online, use task-specific tools Social networking ... websites Tools Used: Used Weblog.com to create the blog Google Sites for the wiki Myspace LinkedIn ...

Silke Fleischer - Captivate Karl Kapp - Second Life for Synchronous Learning Clark Quinn Anne DerryBerry ... interest as users, subject matter experts, begin to learn the tools to tell their stories in life and within their ... place to hang out and talk about how games impact learning and how they might be used as learning tools. Halo3 and Wii bowling were big hits, but it was fun to see people exploring World of Warcraft for the first time. Best conference ...

... the use of 3D virtual worlds like Second Life, podcasting content, the use of Wikipedia in the classroom and games and ... Academy that discusses issues regarding teaching and learning and this year the conference was held at Bloomsburg University ... : Consider Generational Learning Styles and Tools Technology Shapes Generations Also, here is a post about opening up ...

Web 2.0 Tools to Make Reading & Research More Effective . Prediction #2 => Virtual Classroom Tools - Meeting Tool + Second Life Lite A medium size Virtual Classroom / Meeting Tool will announce features in 2008 that are not 3D ... - An Immediate, Important Shift). This will increase adoption of Web 2.0 tools by learning professionals ( More ... classroom settings, especially for things like breakout activities. Prediction #3 => Authoring Tools - Captivate and Articulate Will Dominate It rhymes and it's an easy prediction that these two tools will dominate authoring.

Virtual Environments - see Second Life and Learning eLearning Trend #3 - Open Source and Free Tools eLearning ... Second Life and Learning - Tony O'Driscoll Informal Learning and New Managers ... Corporate eLearning eLearning Design Authoring Tools Rapid e-Learning Tools eLearning (e-Learning) e-Learning Software Blended e-Learning e-Learning Tools Open Source eLearning e-Learning ROI and Metrics ... - Using Web 2.0 Tools for Personal Learning eLearning Trend #5 - Course and Courseware Fading - The Future ...

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Second Life Learning Videos (38) Personal Learning Tools and Technologies (38) Corporate Policies on Web 2.0 ... - Meeting Tool + Second Life Lite A medium size Virtual Classroom / Meeting Tool will announce features in 2008 that are not ... (13) Social Conference Tools - Expect Poor Results (13) Instruction eLearning 2.0 and Quality (11) Social ... Twitter Mass Follow - Nevermind. Free Virtual Conference => Discussions We held our second annual Learn Trends ... - Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals (20) Tools Used (18) Learning 2.0 Strategy (15) PWLE Not ...

Blogs and were embarking on Second Life. Someone from the audience in all sincerity said: "This stuff is freaking me ... and added value. Some people are really not getting the impact of different tools. Getting Value from LinkedIn , Thomas Davenport and Blogging - He is Wrong! , Spending or Wasting Time on Web 2.0 Tools? , But the good news is ... going to fall prey to alternatives be it do-it-yourself learning or start-ups . A purely virtual conference ( Free Online Conference - Corporate Learning: Trends) with amateur organizers, gorilla marketing through social networks, and ...

... now common in Second Life. Linden Lab now has resources for educators (SimTeach) + Now a Second Life best practices in Education conference (May 2007) - Computer supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL), Use internet and network to ... + Justify decisions + Defending decisions using appropriate criteria and evidence - You have to give tools ...

... was moderating on eLearning 2.0. We had discussed Wikis, Blogs and were embarking on Second Life. Someone from the ... recognized that there is a revolution going on in eLearning similar to 1996 when I saw that web-delivery of tools, content, etc ... . Deciding if I should be speaking more or less at conferences? I love going to conferences when there's energy and I meet ... conferences have been interesting again, but I'm not sure if that trend will continue. In the meantime, I'm spending more time blogging and in virtual sessions. Those seem to have been a good replacement for my conference time. I'm still ...

Extension Class in Second Life Defending the Status Quo - Seth Godin Finding Answers ... Corporate eLearning eLearning Design Authoring Tools Rapid e-Learning Tools eLearning (e-Learning) e-Learning Software Blended e-Learning e-Learning Tools Open Source eLearning e-Learning ROI and Metrics ... much content. Instead, we will push tools to the SMEs or Worker / Learners to allow them to create their own content ... Professional Conference Atten... Wikis - Public vs. Controlled - Why There's No ...