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eLearning Technology - Monday, June 16, 2008 - CommentsVirtual Language Immersion
Second Life as a Learning Tool can be fantastic if you set up an environment like Plymoth Plantation - a recreation of Plymouth where actors playing the part of Native Americans and Colonists told stories and answered questions about life ... sponsor putting this together? This is good timing given the LCB Big Question is: Second Life ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, June 10, 2008 - CommentsWeb 2.0 Applications in Learning
... link back to the tagger's BluePages profileIBM owns more than 50 islands in Second Life. Orientations, classes, and meetings are often held in Second Life.BarriersI then asked everyone to call out what they saw as their biggest barriers to getting adoption. No problems getting things here. I tried to capture things down as they were said, here are my notes:FirewallsIPPrivacy / ConfidentialitySecurityControl over Quality of Information Strict Control Over Policies ⬠AccuracyLiability / Discoverability / ComplianceChange Management ⬠Ready for It / CultureManagement Take it Seriously ⬠Away from WorkEducation of ManagementLack of Resources ⬠Mobile DevicesPush Back from Workforce - AdoptionThis is a pretty good list of commonly cited barriers ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, March 3, 2008 - CommentsTen Predictions for eLearning 2008
Reading & Research More Effective.Prediction #2 => Virtual Classroom Tools - Meeting Tool + Second Life LiteA medium size Virtual Classroom / Meeting Tool will announce features in 2008 that are not 3D immersive, but that are more like Mii characters in a 2.5D world. This will allow more natural kinds of interactions in classroom settings, especially for things like breakout activities.Prediction #3 => Authoring Tools - Captivate and Articulate Will DominateIt rhymes and it's an easy prediction that these two tools will dominate authoring ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, January 3, 2008 - CommentsAha Moments in 2007
... a panel that I was moderating on eLearning 2.0. We had discussed Wikis, Blogs and were embarking on Second Life. Someone from the audience in all sincerity said:"This stuff is freaking me out."She is right on the money. It is freaking us out. We know something pretty special is happening right now.If you are a glutton for more of this, take a look at:Does eLearning 2.0 Make a Difference?Authoring in eLearning 2.0 / Add-ins & Mash-upsWow, what a great list from 2006, I'm glad I have that saved somewhere ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, December 4, 2007 - CommentsTop eLearning Posts
Immediate, Important Shift 847 7 3 Second Life and Learning 837 4 11 Shift in eLearning from ... eLearning (w/ links to Tools) 1,724 2 11 Second Life and Learning 837 4 11 Shift in ... Tool Satisfaction 667 5 1 In my mind, this second list order is a much more accurate representation of ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, November 26, 2007 - CommentsWe're a Finalist - Edublog Awards 2007
Second Life. To vote, click on the link below.Vote ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, November 26, 2007 - CommentseLearning 2.0 Random Thoughts based on Chat
Going back through the back chat / back channel during my presentation was really interesting to me. Since I couldn't read it at the same time I was presenting, it was amazing how much conversation was going on among the participants. I'm not sure I get how anyone could keep up with all the discussion there and listen to my presentation at the same time.It appears (based on a couple of comments - see Back Channel Use) that it was somewhat difficult to do both. Congrats to Brent who managed to attend my session, participate in the back channel, and attend a session in Second Life at ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, November 15, 2007 - CommentsSecond Life as a Learning Tool
Found via Corporate eLearning Strategies and DevelopmentA great introduction to using Second Life as a teaching / learning tool. Video embedded below - didn't show in my blog reader.A few thoughts ...1. I've said for a while that Second ... these mainstream tools will eventually start to provide a very simple SecondLife like thing. The hurdles for Second Life ... experience could be done in Second Life with the physical space recreated and having avatars online answering questions. Somehow I'd not pictured using Second Life this way until I saw the video. Truly that would transform the ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, August 27, 2007 - CommentsAn Aha Moment - del.icio.us as Indicator of Valuable Content - Importantly My Content
Second Life and Learning 616 0:01:45 4 7 10. Software Simulation eLearning (w/ links to Tools) 578 0:02:40 1 4 In looking at these numbers and thinking through what they mean.Page Views shows interest in the topic, but may not indicate value. Just because someone came to the page doesn't mean that they found valuable content. For example, the post Fun Headline Generator is a neat little tool, but certainly not worthy of being the 5th or 6th most popular post ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, April 2, 2007 - CommentseLearning Trends
See also - Ten Predictions for eLearning 2008I was talking with someone last night who asked me what some of the bigger eLearning Trends were. I told him about eLearning 2.0 and the move to DIY. But I also promised to point him to some of my posts that I thought would help him get a handle on the most important eLearning Trends going on today:eLearning Trend #1 - eLearning 2.0 - see What is eLearning 2.0? and eLearning 1.0 vs. 2.0 eLearning Trend #2 - Virtual Environments - see Second Life and Learning eLearning Trend #3 - Open Source and Free Tools eLearning Trend #4 - ...
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, March 28, 2007 - CommentsSecond Life and Learning - Tony O'Driscoll
... meaning you can hear people who are close to you) that WebEx style systems will begin to look more like second life so ... created in Second Life such as a virtual visit to a NASA museum complete with videos, presentations, a rocket-ride ...
eLearning Technology - Friday, March 23, 2007 - CommentsGet Together at Conferences - F2F Still Matters
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, Blogs, Podcasts, Video... and she provides this picture: It shows that while we slowly approach real-time, realistic ...
eLearning Technology - Friday, March 16, 2007 - CommentsCourse Authoring and Rapid eLearning Tool Satisfaction
PowerPoint KnowledgePlanet Firefly RapideL Lectora (OpenOffice-Impress/T.. RapidBuilder® (Software Simul.. Second Life ReadyGo Web Course Builder Desire2Learn Learning Environ.. Corel WordPerfect Office OnDemand Presenter Apple Computer KnowledgePlanet Articulate Microsoft Corporation Articulate Articulate Microsoft Corporation Articulate Respondus Adobe Systems, Inc. Rapid Intake Trivantis QMIND, Inc. Harbinger Knowledge KnowledgePresenter Brainshark, Inc ...
eLearning Technology - Friday, February 23, 2007 - CommentsActivity in Last Six Months
... towards Reference HybridsAuthoring in eLearning 2.0 / Add-ins & Mash-upsClark Aldrich - "Second Life is not a teaching ... of Future of Application and eLearning DevelopmentPersonal and Group Learning Using Web 2.0 ToolsSecond Life ...
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - CommentsLCB Question for December - Past Year, Present Challenges, Predictions
Blogs and were embarking on Second Life. Someone from the audience in all sincerity said:"This stuff is freaking me out.â¬ýShe is right on the money. It is freaking us out. We know something pretty special is happening right now.If you are a glutton for more of this, take a look at:Does eLearning 2.0 Make a Difference?Authoring in eLearning 2.0 / Add-ins & Mash-upsWhat do you see as the biggest challenges for 2007?I could answer this as the biggest challenges for Learning Professionals generally, and maybe I'll come back and do that, but for now, let me just write what I see as some of my bigger challenges in 2007 ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, December 4, 2006 - CommentsClark Aldrich - "Second Life is not a teaching tool"
Clark Aldrich's recent post on LCB - The Learning Circuits Blog: Second Life is not a teaching tool - has me wondering what he thinks a "teaching tool" is?Having said all of that, Second Life, as is, is not a teaching tool. It is content ... something:mostly, I worry that educational simulations will be lumped together with Second LifeNot sure the point he's making. If someone scripts a simulation in Second Life, does that not count or something?No matter what Clark says - Second Life is a teaching tool. I personally believe that the next generation of Second Life that gets around some of the ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, November 20, 2006 - CommentsSecond Life and Learning
I just read through a great post by Rich Hoeg which talks about his learning around Second Life. A few of the things he points you to:Wikipedia article on Second LifeHarvard Course that uses Second Life (prior post)Overview of course and link to intro Second LifeVideo Lectures Course WikiA Second Education - A blog dedicated to education in a Second Life Educational Opportunities of Second Life - Educause How Not to Teach in Second Life - An interview with the Second Life founder These are great resources and will likely open your eyes a bit. I think that Second Life is not going to turn ...
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - CommentsHarvard Extension Class in Second Life
Found this on Joho the Blog - but you almost have to go visit the class description just to see that - yeah that's Harvard Law and yep, they are using Second Life for real.
eLearning Technology - Friday, September 8, 2006 - CommentsFirst Time Visitor Guide
... eLearning Development Second Life and Learning Course and Courseware Fading - The Future of eLearningShift in eLearning from Pure Courseware towards Reference HybridsDirection of eLearning - Emergence or Big SystemFuture Platforms for eLearningView of eLearning Development Approaches - Ease vs. PowerPoint Solutions vs. Suites and CompositionWhat is the Role of Training?Hot Topics in Training - A Crude (but mildly interesting) Analysis -eLearning ResourceseLearning ExamplesRapid eLearning ToolsFlash Quiz ToolsTest SCORM CoursesCourse Authoring and Rapid eLearning Tool SatisfactionStock Photo Image and Other Media SourcesVirtual Classroom Instruction - ResourcesDiscussion Resources for Learning ProfessionalsSoftware Simulation eLearning (w/ links to Tools)eLearning Blogs - Quick Way to Find Good OnesSurveys in eLearningTracking Without an LMSFun Headline GeneratorFun Sign GeneratorLearning Management SystemsLMS Selection Process LMS Satisfaction Features and BarriersLMS Selection LMS Selection ProcessLMS Team Size and Time LMS RFP LMS Selection Team and Stakeholders Tracking Without an LMSLMS Dissatisfaction on the RiseDo You WANT an LMS? Does a Learner WANT an LMS?Moving from One to Many - LMS Products are Two Generations BehindLeading with an LMS - Harmful to Your Health (or Skipping Stages ...
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