... from how to navigate in Second Life to simple scripting with building, teleporting and designing Second Life training ... knows Second Life very well. Participants pose for a picture. One audience member gave a great account of how he is using Second Life to reproduce a critical incident at a power plant. He explained how employees receive an email about ... Second Life just as they would drive or fly to the plant that had the failure. The group then meets with the company ... in the Second Life environment. Matt answering questions about Second Life in this hands-on session. So thanks ...

This morning I am giving an opening address the the National Center for Telecommunications Technologies Information and Communications/Convergence Conference at the Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA on the topic of Second Life so I wanted to provide some resources: Second Life (the web site) Second Life Wiki (a wiki with "how to" information and other links.) Video on Educational uses of Second Life Video on Science Experiments in Second Life Funny Clip of "The Office" in Second Life Second Life...Its Synchronous Discussion of the synchronous uses of Second Life ...

I certainly haven't got all the Second Life lingo yet, but I'll try to pose my question here anyway. I was looking at a virtual conference in Second Life coming up that had some health care topics involved. Thinking about this I thought neat, I could register and give it a try to see what was covered and how they even do a conference in SL . I then wondered though, if I wanted to create/send coworkers into SL for a virtual experience how would that be done. I realize it would take some time to get land and create my area (Sim? is that right?), but then what. Would you just tell ...

The Second Life wiki of the NMC campus Second Life, and virtual worlds in general, are high on the hype curve this ... it has a place for e-Learning. Second Life is an easy target for shoot-from-the-hip media articles, and it's proponents ... participants will share the experiences and lessons learned from the New Media Consortium's activities in Second Life, starting in ... -fledged conferences (with paid attendance); has created a business and development arm, and is currently the largest Second Life education landowner (50+ sims). In this session, you will learn: * An inside look at Second Life culture ...

... negatives. Can you explain the negatives of Second Life." Aah, I LOVE half empty people! (oops, I mean people who view the ... negatives of Second Life ...enjoy, I guess. There are definite "non-business friendly" areas which should be avoided ... experiences. Because Second Life started more or less as form of social networking and chat-based software, it allows ... space completely undressed. It also means that Second Life is populated with many virtual "red light" districts and ... with night clubs and cheap hotels. (See Sex in Second Life .NSFW) If you are careful in your selection of ...

... here is the MSIT Second Life Wiki which ontains the paper for the conference and a ton of useful resources. Here are some resources I mentioned concerning other Second Life presentations I've done. Here are the slides from an ASTD TechKnowledge Presentation . Here are a couple of books used for Second Life. Here are the links: Other resources: SL Portal LSL Wiki Here is a post to additional links: Second Life Resourses: Supporting NCTT Opening Address ... the 19th International Conference on Teaching and Learning . And I am receiving an Award for Innovative Excellence ...

Here we are sitting around the conference room discussing our visits to far away places in the metaverse. This was an exciting class, we first learned to create note cards and then learning about Learning Archetypes in Second Life which are picking up some momentum. We also learned some ideas about developing lessons within Second Life in terms of what needs to be created to make a successful educational experience in a 3D world. We then took a tour of Second Life with some spots that I have visited in the past. The students kept a note card of their travels. Then we met in ...

... teamed up at several conferences as co-presenters (see ASTD TechKnowledge 2008, Lots of Fun and Second Life Training ... Preston providing instruction and answering questions in Second Life. So the second week of the summer ... explaining Second Life and he knows the ins and outs of the program extremely well. However, the class is having a little problem with the summer freshman who were supposed to contact my graduate students to start a Second Life project. A number ... Second Life environment. Currently we are exploring how to build small houses and shelters on our land.

Sitting around a conference table for class. Another question and this one is simple...why 3D? We've got plenty of great 2D platforms for communication, what does 3D add? Here is a short answer. In a 3D world, the interaction with the students feels more intimate than with a 2-D distance learning application such as Centra, Horizon Wimba or Adobe Connect. One reason is because I can see the personality of the student but, also, there is a sense of presence and connection because two humanoid people are standing face-to-face with proper social distance having a discussion. We ...

... versions of real life. For a complete review of the product check out the review by Jose C Gomez in his blog entry Google ... currently more like a place to hang out with friends or have a quick conference in 3D...however, I expect Google to ...

I'll be conducting a Second Life Workshop in conjunction with the folks from Training Magazine as an extension of my conference presentation on the topic. To learn more go to LOL's description of Second Life: Basic Design Workshop. If you want to sign up...Save $100-register with Discount Code tme27f online at: www.TrainingLiveAndOnline.com. __ Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content ...

Here are the slides for the ASTD TechKnowledge Presentation . It was an all day workshop and we spent most of the time in Second Life but you may find the slides helpful. For the ASTD Conference, we talked about a couple of books used for Second Life. Here are the links: Other resources: SL Portal LSL Wiki Here is a post to additional links: Second Life Resourses: Supporting NCTT Opening Address __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content ...

Here is a list of alternatives to Second Life. Forterra Systems Inc. The company offers private, secure virtual worlds with tailored solutions based on industry and customer specific needs. The solutions are designed by Forterra to meet enterprise IT security and privacy needs. The flagship product of Forterra is OLIVEâ„¢ (On-Line Interactive Virtual ... offers "virtual events" and "virtual environments" for marketing, recruiting and augmenting physical conferences. The ... customizable branded web site tied to the event, virtual venues-a main hall, conference hall, exhibition hall and a ...

Earlier this week I had the opportunity to particpate with colleagues from IBM and Duke CE in a plenary session at the HRPS Conference Our session was entitled “ Second Life: What's the Business Case for HR in the Virtual World?” My buddy Steve Mahaley (Ace Carson in SL) did an awesome job of producing this plenary. And boy was it ever a production! We had two large screens. One was projecting SL the other was projecting charts. We had an elaborate ... Makers and we got a lot of positive feedback after the session. All in all it was a great conference and I think we got ...

Second Life @One Research Pep Projects Contact   SECOND LIFE PROJECTS Second ... series of consultancy projects with Linden Lab the creators of Second Life . The purpose of my consultancy was to explore the educational and knowledge sharing applications of Second Life with regard to higher education. Introducing Your Real Life Students to Second Life Real Life Student Orientation Tutorial (youtube video) SL ... & MUSINGS A Few Podcasts & Other Things to Consider Education in Second Life: Explore ...

... consuming. So using the video of Skype on one computer and the world of Second Life on another, I gave a tour of MSIT ... : And here are some helpful links for those who attended the webinar and anyone else who may be interested. Second Life Session (list of links to blog entries I've done about Second Life and 3D Worlds) Learning Archetypes for 3D Worlds ... .) Second Life for Your Health __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets Recommended Games and Gadgets ... This morning, I had a great time giving a presentation to a group over in the UK via a mash up of Skype and Second ...

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 examples was on having a teaming exercise in SL. He looked at possible benefits of virtual world education. Based on his favourite class = recess, he concluded that the best learning activities are those using all of our senses to ...

... like second life so you can have easier break-out sessions. So, in a couple of years, we would expect to have virtual conferences, virtual meetings in these kinds of environments. Some of Tony's other points around these systems being an ... opportunities that can be created in Second Life such as a virtual visit to a NASA museum complete with videos ... Tony O'Driscoll - who will be on a panel at the eLearningGuild conference in Boston coming up in a few weeks and will be talking about this very topic - has published a paper in eLearn and created an interesting blog post with ...

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 ...

I participated in the Train for Success weekly session today for the first time. Anders Grondstedt was traveling, but Eilif did a great job giving the attendees a quick review/update of the Virtual Worlds Conference held recently. You can get directly to the Secondlife location from his SLURL here . Read more about virtual worlds and learning in 2 of the elearning guild reports - Immersive Learning Simulations , Synchronous Learning . DevLearn - The eLearning Development Conference & Expo Co-located with the Adobe Learning Summit November 5-9, 2007 San Jose, ...

Virtual Worlds III is in full swing up in New York and around the blogosphere. The big news is that IBM announces a development deal with Second Life to bring their platform to the enterprise. This is yet one more piece of the puzzle ... second thought. Vector 3: The 212 degree point for for both Trend 1 and 2 is when the web enters the next dimension ... rather than second-hand products. No one will work for the i-web. Instead the i-web will work for them. Providing i-web ... -phone was cool, wait until the i-web consumes us (or our avatars). Here is the 2minute 30 second romp through ...

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 learning. Much of our afternoon discussion centered around how to overcome barriers to adoption, whether to leverage open ... , information has a social life all its own. It moves through time and space based on the desire and ability of ...

... at 01.15am: I'm Busy Enough ... What Do I Need a Second Life For? By Alan Levine. Session 704 at 02.45pm ... In preparation of the live blogging I have planned during the eLearning Guilds Annual Gathering , I list my schedule. If any of you are planning to blog on this conference, let me know your schedule, we could link to one another. The tag I use for this conference is AG08. Thursday 15 April: Session 103 at 10.45 am: The Secret of Delivering Outstanding Virtual Classroom Training by Frank Gartland. Session 206 at 01.00 ...

Wendy Wickham asked a good question in the comments on TCC08: Second Life: Teaching Tips from the Virtual Frontier: Christy - are you using 2 computers (one for blogging, one for the conference), or just one? How are you finding the experience of liveblogging an online conference? I’m promoting her comment to a post because I think other ... online conference has been a little challenging. I haven't ever done this much liveblogging in such a short period of time before. I've done several standalone webinars and one live conference , but nothing on this scale. Last year I ...

... 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 ... Better Conferences - Response Needed : eLearning Technology Im pretty sure its not just me... I believe we can build better conferences. And, I need you to help by ... suggestions for what youd like to see in future conferences (add comment). If you dont vote, then well assume you either will never go to a conference or think that every conference is just great as it is. I am talking to conference ...

O'Reilly ETech *Serious Games Summit *SLCC Second Life Community Convention *Supernova *SXSW ... OK...here is a HUGE list of conferences, primarily developed with a focus on games, simulations etc. I am in the ... conferences I have missed, reviews of conferences, etc. I'm also working with some folks to make this list live and editable and will get back with the link to that as soon as we get that created. Thanks!! Game Developers Conference 2009 March 23-27, 2009 www.gdconf.com Defense GameTech User's Conference April 29-30, 2008 ?? 2009 Orlando, PEO STRI ...

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 ... Boston, I'm going to do it again. I'm finding that conferences are a great way to get together with folks I already know ...

... ssential Solutions . Who provided an innovative solution of using Second Life to develop the instruction. E-ssential solutions present their Second Life Solution. They also included a large portion of on-the-job instruction. They group of three provided a good presentation with insightful information and ideas of how to use Second Life within the classroom. E-ssential Solutions presents their budget to the CAC member. The second team was named ...

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 keynote who are looking for additional information. This post also provides a place where attendees can feel free to comment and add to the discussion Defining a "Gamer" Cheat Codes: Friend or Foe? Technology Shapes ...

... best known titles: Anders Gronstedt, a frequent lecturer on the topic of Second Life provides some ... Lots of great stuff happening the last day of the Innovations in e-learning conference, check out the great notes again taken by Wendy at In the Middle of the Curve. Thanks Wendy, Great Job...killing zombies has paid off!!! Here are some ... talks about "The Mashup of Virtual Worlds and Learning" at the conference. If you are considering going to a regional conference in the East...I think this is it. __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets Recommended Games ...