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I Have Seen the Future of Conferences…and it is 3D!

Posted by Karl Kapp on March 15, 2010

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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Three Lessons Learned from a 3D Virtual Immersive Environment Implementation

Posted by Karl Kapp on March 10, 2010

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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Contest: Test Your 3D Instructional Design Skills and Win Some Free Software

Posted by Karl Kapp on March 8, 2010

Here is a contest where you can put your design skills to use and win some nifty software: Caspian Learning today announced their plans to launch a Serious Games Challenge worth £3000 ($4, 514.79 USD) worth of software to the winner. The competition is free to enter and open to all aspiring instructional designers. Caspian […]

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Eight 3D Virtual World Design Principles

Posted by Karl Kapp on March 8, 2010

Your competitors are leveraging the power of 3D learning environments to encourage collaboration, exploration and genuine competitive advantage. Are you? To avoid the perception that virtual immersive environments are a fad or inappropriate for corporate learning, make sure you design the virtual immersive experience around these eight principles: Instructionally Grounded. Ensure the learning intervention is […]

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Using Virtual Worlds in the Conspiracy to Create an ah-ha Moment

Posted by Karl Kapp on March 4, 2010

Abbott Bundy with his backpack and walking stick ready to embark on a story quest with his guides. Yesterday, I had the privilege of touring a fascinating project in the 3D virtual immersive environment of Second Life. It is called The Virtual Worlds Story Project with the tag line “Weaving the Narrative Threads of Our […]

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Another 3D Virtual World Shutting Down

Posted by Karl Kapp on March 3, 2010

There avatars wave good bye as the virtual world closes on March 9, 2010. Another consumer-based 3D virtual worlds is closing down in a few days. The well-known virtual world called There is closing on March 9, 2010. According to the press announcement on the closing of There: Unfortunately, this also meant that There.com’s customers […]

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Random 3D Virtual World Statistics

Posted by Karl Kapp on March 1, 2010

Sitting at my virtual desk gathering statistics. Here are some interesting Virtual World Statistics gathered from a number of different sources. In the fourth quarter of 2009, total registered accounts in the virtual worlds sector reached 803 million. This is a 19.7% (132m) quarter on quarter increase, from 671m registered accounts in the third quarter […]

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Creating a “Story” as the Foundation for Virtual World Learning Events

Posted by Karl Kapp on February 26, 2010

Good stories shouldn’t be relegate to only reading a novel on the beach, use them to promote learning! Storytelling is a powerful instructional tool, stories help learners contextualize information and gives them an experience-base from which they can recall techniques and actions when encountering the same situation at work. With virtual worlds, we can expand […]

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Learning Circuits 3D Article

Posted by Karl Kapp on February 23, 2010

As part of the blog book tour, Tony and Karl wrote an article for ASTD Learning Circuits called Lessons Learned from Conducting 3D Virtual World Learning Experiences Here are some of those lessons, go to the article to see more detail and the “missing” lessons. Lesson 1: Solve a real business need with the implementation of […]

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Metanomics Presentation Photographs

Posted by Karl Kapp on February 10, 2010

Today, Tony and Karl gave an interview as part of the Learning in 3D Blog book tour at Metanomics Tony has spoken with the group several times. It was a lively presentation with great audience participation and interaction. Many good points and research mentioned by attendees and lively chat discussion. Here are some images from […]

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