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Public health officials from the California Department of Health Services have created a massive online virtual training program. Researchers from the University of California-Davis Health System re-created a 3-D model of the California Exposition and State Fair in Second Life and conducted the training within that environment. Here is how it worked. Virtual patients flowed […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →Here is a great video providing a broad perspective on all types of virtual worlds. Well Done!Sharon Burns. __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and GadgetsRecommended Games and GadgetsRecommended BooksContent Guide
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Leave a Comment (4) →Check out the operating room in 3D. Here is an example of using a 3D world as a back drop for creating a video to highlight desired changes or to show a “What-If” scenario. As the article Virtual Worlds Case Study–Second Health states: The explicit outcomes of the project were three videos, each portraying the […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →Not only can 3D worlds be used for the recreation of physcial spaces (not the best use) but they can also be used for “other worldly” interfaces…one such example is the visualization of information in ways not prevously possible. Visualizing 3D dataCheck out this article Visualization of Statistics in Virtual Reality As the article states: […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →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 OLIVE™ (On-Line Interactive Virtual Environment). OLIVE […]
Continue Reading →Here is this Month’s ASTD Big Question: Second Life Training? More specifically: In what situations, do you believe it makes sense to develop a learning experience that will be delivered within Second Life? If you were to develop a training island in Second Life, what kind of environment and artifacts would you consider essential for […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →A group of avatars in a corporate virtual world wondering what is going on?Organizations seem to rush into virtual worlds with little planning or forethought and then wonder why their virtual world experience was a failure. In fact, according to the technology analyst firm Gartner, nine out of 10 virtual world projects fail within 18 […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →I was doing some research for a presentation titled “Overcoming Resistance to Incorporating Technology Into the Hospital Environment” that I am giving shortly (today) and uncovered some really interesting information. First, getting Doctors to use new technology is a big deal and hard to do. Thus a large number of articles in medical journals are […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →In April, I was honored with an award for innovative excellence in teaching, learning and technology. Here is the photograph and the press release. Karl Kapp poses with teaching award. LOCAL COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR RECEIVES AWARD FOR INNOVATIVE EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING, LEARNING, AND TECHNOLOGY International Conference on College Teaching and Learning Honors 40 Teaching Faculty The […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →I recently heard someone say “The next step in using video games for education is to teach students to create their own games.” Actually, this concept has been around for years (many, many years) and is now gaining wider spread press and adoption (think Logo). It seems like things in the learning field have a […]
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