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Here are some blog postings, presentations and up coming events that I am trying to keep track of so I decided to put them all in one place. Past Recently authored a blog entry at TrainingIndustry.com titled Add Online Simulations to Your Organization’s Instructional Toolkit. I have been blogging over there for a while about […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Tony and Karl discuss their ground breaking book, “Learning in 3D” The recording of Tony and Karl’s presentation from the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference is now available on Treet.tv Best Practices in Education Channel. While you are there, check out the other awesome presentations. And even though they mis-spelled my last name, […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →I’m looking for some help on this. I have a couple of ideas, about measuring virtual world learning but would love to have input from others to learn how they are assessing the learning taking place in virtual worlds, please comment on your blog and then link in the comments of this blog any ideas […]
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Leave a Comment (4) →Here is a great “story” or an analogy of how the banks move monies around as told by John Stewart of the Daily Show. I think his story of being Jonco provides an “easy to understand” version of the shell games going on at Wall Street. The technique of comparing personnel and corporate allowances with […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Customizing Abbott Bundy. When first introducing learners to a virtual immersive environment (VIE), it might seem like a waste of time to allow learners to customize their avatar. You might be tempted to think “hey, just pick a male or female avatar and let’s get going to the ‘real’ learning.” Don’t. Don’t ignore or “brush […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →A critical element in virtual world learning is the opportunity for the learner to reflect upon his or her experience. As a designer of a 3D virtual learning experience, you need to design part of the learning experience to include time for the learners to re-envision what they experienced and add meaning to that experience. […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Terrence Linden discussing the new Second Life browser at VWBPE conference. If you missed the Virtual Worlds’ Best Practices in Education Conference, you missed not only a great conference with really good content and presentations, you missed a glimpse into the future of conferences. The conference took place entirely in the virtual immersive environment of Second Life with […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →In the future, experts predict that wars will be fought both in physical places, like Afghanistan and Iraq and in cyberspace such as the recent attacks that have allegedly originated in China on NATO and the European Union computers searching for secret intelligence material. In fact, Edward Castronova, in his book, Synthetic Worlds: The Business […]
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Leave a Comment (9) →Here are three “lessons learned” in from an actual 3D virtual world implementation. And for tips on piloting a virtual world implementation see blog entries Diffusions of Innovations and Implementing New Learning Technology? Choose the Right Pilot Group. Lessons Lesson 1:Understand the client’s learning needs, participant volume requirements, technology access and security requirements, and participant […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →ASTD’s Big Question for March is How do we leverage open content in workplace learning? The concept seems straightforward–a no brainer, take content that is used by many different organizations, and share it with others so that the overall cost is extremely low or free. Many organizations are involved with such initiatives. One of the […]
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