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109 Articles match "Social" , "Second Life"

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    		 Content Is Infrastructure | Terra Incognita - A Penn State World Campus Blog
    Sunday, November 30, 2008
    ... opened2008 (1) second life (1) Archives November 2008 October 2008 September ... something so obvious, but content is a critical part of the infrastructure of education. Second, I want to suggest that we ... and social endeavour needs something trigger and carry our learning conversations. Education does not take place in a ... students with blogs, social networks, and all sorts of other great tools. What I see lacking is the innovative use of ... environments work we’ll see a new breed of content exposed via the social web. What frustrates me is the notion that ...
    		 How Are Enterprise 2.0 Vendors Pitching Web 2.0? Using Wordle to Find Out " I'm Not Actually a Geek
    Wednesday, November 26, 2008
    ... functionality with tailored, bespoke options such as linking to Second Life. All the platforms we make come with our core ... , social software , socialtext , spikesource , suitetwo , traction software , wordle , worklight — Hutch ... enterprise continues to be. Social as a top word is no surprise. Isn’t that the premise? Community falls in a ... from this Wordle. What do you see? ***** This post was also published in Social Computing Magazine . ***** If ... article. I am currently working for a boutique social media agency called viewmy.tv and we are creating corporate social ...
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  • Creating Learning Spaces in Second Life
    ... and Tricks to Create a Learning Space in Second Life . Actually, it is really a listing of great SL resources and ideas ... test their students can use Second Life in a number of ways. Blogs and Websites --Turn to these blogs for tips, services and tools when setting up a learning space in Second Life. Examples of Second Life in Education --Follow these real-life Second Life projects from Stanford, Harvard Law School and even a New York middle school to start your own studies or get students of all ages involved in Second Life. More Tips and Ideas-- From Campus: Second Life to ...
    Kapp Notes - Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - Comments
  • Questions about Second Life
    ... many educators have related to the social networks and Second Life. 1) Kids use these "places" like Second Life ... Recently, I received a some really good questions related specifically to Second Life but primarily are about virtual ... : Students Actually Use the Internet for Education. 2) Currently, it seems that much of the Second Life work is more ... starting to publish some research articles and case studies about Second Life but it is still relatively new. Although, I ... and then study the results. One school doing a lot of "actual work" in the area of Second Life is Ohio State. Check ...
    Kapp Notes - Thursday, September 25, 2008 - Comments
  • Is Second Life 100% experimental?
    If you were running a business and your clientele rose from 3 million to 11 million in just one year, then people would be buzzing about you too. That's what has occurred on Second Life (SL) in the 2007 calendar year . Maybe there's been some buzz about Second Life (SL) in distance education circles for awhile now but the massive increase in users is ... learning curve is a much more gentle slope. (Not to mention the fact that the potentially distracting 'social scene' is ... ? Ten more years? Who knows. For now, I view it as 100% experimental - it is simply an intriguing social ...
    eLearning Acupuncture - Saturday, February 23, 2008 - Comments
  • Fair and Balanced
    ... experiences. Because Second Life started more or less as form of social networking and chat-based software, it allows ... 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 ... 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 ...
    Kapp Notes - Friday, February 1, 2008 - Comments
  • AG08 session I'm Busy Enough ... What Do I Need a Second Life For? by Alan Levine
    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 ... Life education landowner (50+ sims). In this session, you will learn: * An inside look at Second Life culture and ... interaction and creativity in Second Life * How an organization can effectively conduct meetings and events in ...
    Ignatia Webs - Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - Comments
  • Social Media makes this course stand out
    ... but it seems that Alejandra Pickett's expertise lies in Second Life, just stroll around her slideshare shows ... Thanks to the great College20 community started by Eduardo Peirano, I could read a post by Alejandra Pickett that really blew my mind. The way she build her course is a great example of combining several relevant Social media to enhance a course. If you are a member of the College20 community, feel free to immediately surf to her post . (btw the membership is free and the community runs on ning.com software). As a way to support her learners, she used Jing, ...
    Ignatia Webs - Thursday, August 28, 2008 - Comments
  • Expansion of Answers
    Today, I came across a posting by David Holloway known in Second Life as Lowell Cremorne (Pictured below.) David is the Founder and Editor of The Metaverse Journal . David/Lowell took some time and expanded on my recent blog entry Questions About Second Life . Check out his take on the questions at Study: Students' Social Systems Support Successes . I think you'll find the answers interesting and it is always good to get multiple perspectives when seeking knowledge. __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content ...
    Kapp Notes - Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - Comments
  • Some Facts about Immersive Learning Worlds
    ... flipping virtual switches in the virtual world of Second Life. The University of Maryland simulated a highway emergency ... after the person watches them being manufactured in the virtual world of Second Life. (see Virtual Jeans=Real Jeans ... €œsecond life", but not necessarily in Second Life." The use of virtual worlds as learning platforms is hitting the â ... actual equipment. Several pharmaceutical firms use virtual worlds of one form or another for training and social ...
    Kapp Notes - Tuesday, November 4, 2008 - Comments
  • We have 2D Virtual Classrooms, Why 3D?
    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 ...
    Kapp Notes - Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - Comments
  • Avoiding Virtual World Mistakes
    ... for people to do or experience in an interactive way then people will not stay. These are social networks ...
    Kapp Notes - Sunday, June 15, 2008 - Comments
  • Complaint? Students Don't Hang Out in Virtual Worlds After Class
    ... that virtual worlds are first and foremost social spaces. Virtual worlds are synchronous tools which means you need ...
    Kapp Notes - Monday, October 27, 2008 - Comments
  • Second Life & divorce
    ... sunrises and sunsets. Instead, she watched them in Second Life while she enjoyed a cup of coffee or tea. The social impact ... worlds will continue to get more real, further blurring what we physically experience and what we create online). Second Life & Divorce presents a glimpse of how morals and ethics will be (re)considered online.
    elearnspace - Friday, November 14, 2008 - Comments
  • Alternatives to Second Life
    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 ... virtual humans and environment. ProtonMedia The company offers a virtual environment along with several social ... the social networking application. __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets Recommended Games ...
    Kapp Notes - Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - Comments
  • Cheryl Carter's Second Life projects
    Second Life @One Research Pep Projects Contact   SECOND LIFE PROJECTS Second Life is an immersive 3-D environment that enables people to meet virtually to collaborate, socialize and create a world ... 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) ...
    delicious Random Mind - Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - Comments
  • Learning Gets a Second Life
    Learning Gets a Second Life Presenter: Anders Gronstedt, Gronstedt Group Digital natives spend more time playing video ... (Cisco for example) Weekly meetings in Second Life. - Sound now available in second life!!!! Can express self through ... figure it out. - Have seen emergency responder training in 2nd life. Second Life and Training - 1200 educational ... helping instructors do this. - Second life has own scripting language - Most of this is one-time development. A ... Ap - #5 Mixed reality meetings Killer Ap #6 - Recruitment and new hire orientation - Get them to socialize with ...
    In the Middle of the Curve - Thursday, June 5, 2008 - Comments
  • CLTI07 - Steve Mahaley - virtual worlds and education
    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 ... David Jonassen who based their theories on 'Learning by doing' and social interaction to enhance education. Steve ...
    Ignatia Webs - Sunday, November 18, 2007 - Comments
  • TCC08 Keynote: Why Do We Need A Second Life?
    ... i at Manoa In Second Life: Professor Lilliehook “Change ahead requires vision now” Visions for change ... Merged technologies Open source software Internet subscription software Overview of Second Life Wants to ... Everyone has art ability–everyone can build Library of Congress has a Second Life New Media Consortium Getting ... Second Life & virtual worlds are a new movement, but SL isn’t the first world and won’t be the last ... ; but there is a learning curve Why Second Life Education No subject left behind! Many classroom ...
    Experiencing eLearning - Thursday, April 17, 2008 - Comments
  • TCC08: Second Life: Teaching Tips from the Virtual Frontier
    ... to be able to apply anything in Second Life for my current job. However, Cynthia is a sweetie and a great presenter, and ... be more tolerant and accepting of change and problems. Dr. Dobbs Life 2.0: http://www.life20.net/ Second Life is a ... through each step with an example Edumuve : sites of interest to educators in Second Life She has “stuff ... and Learning in SL Office hours in SL She is more social in-world than in RL Roleplay & conflict Blended ... Important to be familiar with camera controls so you can control what you see Social networking–Cynthia ...
    Experiencing eLearning - Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - Comments
  • Training Leadership Summit Workshop Summary
    ... information has a social life all its own. It moves through time and space based on the desire and ability of individuals ... learners. Mark Zukerberg, the 23-year-old CEO of social networking juggernaut Facebook puts it this way: "The other guys ... socially constructed. It feeds on context and social interaction to channel human intuition toward rapid ...
    Learning Matters! - Monday, May 5, 2008 - Comments
  • V-Business Expo Day 1
    Socialization needs to come before creation. People like talking to people they have things in common. Community built ... strong aspects of gaming and social/reputational capital. Habbo is 2.5D but gets 10M unique users. High end features are not ... artifact here. Can do deterministic (simulations) and non-deterministic (social interaction) scenarios. Vastpark, Wonderland ... are but one tool. Next stage for organizations will be about resolving social elements of work as we are no longer physically co-located. Virtual worlds are good for cementing and strengthening the social fabric and the culture of ...
    Learning Matters! - Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - Comments
  • The i-web Singularity Redux
    ... development deal with Second Life to bring their platform to the enterprise. This is yet one more piece of the puzzle ... Knoweldge Sharing Spaces. I won’t go over well trodden ground on how Blogs, Wikis and Social Media sites like ... second thought. Vector 3: The 212 degree point for for both Trend 1 and 2 is when the web enters the next dimension, literally. With the infusion of 3Di technology, it is only a matter of time before 3D Social Networking taking off. The ... Keynote introduction Ruben Steiger predicted that one of the key Social Networking sites (Facebook or Myspace) ...
    Learning Matters! - Thursday, April 3, 2008 - Comments
  • Too Many Social Networks?
    InfoWorld Folds Print Magazine Disruptive Changes in Learning Second Life ... Too Many Social Networks? : eLearning Technology I just read David Warlicks post - I Just Donâ??t Get it Yet â?? Social Networks where he discusses his recent experience with several Ning generated social networks including: Iâ??ve joined Library 2.0 , School 2.0 , and Classroom ... head, but Iâ??m to dull to know it. So please explain. Ive tried out several social network tools and have had ...
    Tony Karrer delicious links - Wednesday, April 4, 2007 - Comments
  • Course Program | Five Weeks To A Social Library
    ... of the grad schools is offering a six week course on Second Life Cilip in London Talk del.icio.us Limits?? Five Weeks at ASIST 2007 PB Wiki presentations Final reflections Social bookmarking RSS feeds more ... communities - Beth Gallaway, Trainer/Consultant, Metrowest MA Regional Library System and Second Life: Get One ... Skip navigation . Five Weeks To A Social Library ... : Blogs Week 2: RSS & Social Bookmarking Week 3: Wikis Week 4: Social Networking, Flickr & ...
    delicious Random Mind - Monday, March 5, 2007 - Comments
  • TCC08: Creating and Teaching a College-Level Undergraduate Course in Social Networking
    Second Life Future Trends More for younger generations More communities of practice Move from passive to ... Business, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA. Developed a course on social networking for business Will ... databases to research social networking Past predictions about online communities assumed text because that was what was ... ;instructors may not remember every student they taught (Provided a bunch of stats on social networking usage–I’m not taking notes on all that) Many businesses consider time on social networking sites wasted, but not ...
    Experiencing eLearning - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - Comments
  • TCC08 Keynote: Social Networking, the "Third Place," and the Evolution of Communication
    ... socialnetworking , third+place , communication , web20 , twitter , second+life , network , connections ... another paradigm changer because it’s a different kind of immediacy than virtual worlds “Social ... a Third Place First place: Home Second Place: Work Third Place: where you unwind, hang out with friends ... people and less so around files and folders–connections are social, not just content That sounds a lot ...
    Experiencing eLearning - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - Comments
  • Pontydysgu - Bridge to Learning " The Social impact of Personal Learning Environments
    ... and preserve the old paradigm of education with new technical forms. Even in Second Life, a multi player 3D virtual ... The Social impact of Personal Learning Environments This may not be ... extension to this post. But I have also linked it as an RTF file if you would prefer to download it. The Social impact of ... learning episodes into a single experience, the use of social networks that can cross institutional boundaries and the use ... social nature of learning: â??Learning becomes as much social as cognitive, as much concrete as abstract, and ...
    delicious Random Mind - Friday, November 9, 2007 - Comments
  • From keynote to next session
    I had a chance to chat briefly with Anders Gronstadt after the Sid Meier keynote and asked him what his more interesting projects were. He's been doing a lot with podcasting and creating podcasting tutorials (something that excited my colleague who has joined me for the conference). But he also said that some of the most interesting stuff in Second Life is the New Employee orientation. Social (meet your new co-workers) plus exploration. Stuff second life does very well.
    In the Middle of the Curve - Thursday, June 5, 2008 - Comments
  • CAC Teams: Think e-Design
    ... online modules, the security personnel will enter Second Life for Phase Two. Second Life is a web-based, Three Dimensional (3D) virtual, multi-learner online role-play environment. In Second Life the security personnel will create an avatar (persona in the virtual world) that can socialize, interact and explore ‘real-world' security awareness situations ... Center will consist of the six required e-learning modules and a link to Second Life. We will build exercises and real ...
    Kapp Notes - Saturday, April 21, 2007 - Comments
  • M3 â?? MUVEs, Moodle and Microblogging
    Using Second Life The M3 project eLanguages home page Home ... potential of Moodle , Microblogging ( Twitter ) and Second Life with 3 student groups, and compare integrated use of these ... be recruited from interested parties from Second Life and/or JISC communities. A particular focus of student learning ... tools to create a ubiquitous and personalised learning environment. Build on current work within the Second Life ... Moodle course to create a hybrid Moodle/Second Life solution, that could potentially enable the transition to a ...
    delicious Random Mind - Saturday, April 19, 2008 - Comments
  • Daily Bookmarks 05/28/2008
    50 Tips and Tricks to Create a Learning Space in Second Life | College Degrees Resources and tools for using Second Life for education and training tags: secondlife , education Sensory Integration | Brain Rules ... bit. tags: research , learning , informationliteracy Social Networking: Learning Theory in Action Exploring how social networking applications could be used to create a more social constructivist learning environment to support collaboration, creativity, and networking. (The author calls it “social learning theory” and contrasts ...
    Experiencing eLearning - Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - Comments