Check out Simon Stevens‘ inspring story. Simon is a consultant who uses Virtual Worlds and specifically Second Life to enhance the life of people with disabilities. He has also been a successful entrepreneur running the club wheelies.
Lucas Blair shares interesting tips and concepts about serious game creation such as one-page design that are useful for other contexts as well.
Steve Mahaley demonstrates in a lively Training for Success session the innovative incorporation of mobile technologies in distance & blended learning activities of the Duke Corporate Education.
Nuket Savaskan Nowlan, web.alive development community manager and founder of 3D Virtual Crafting along with Nursing Professors Eleanor Riesen and Michelle Morley from the Faculty of Health, Public Safety and Community Studies at Algonquin College in Ottawa, Ontario present how Algonquin College used web.alive in a course on domestic violence for nurses, police officers, and emergency response professionals. Simulation environments, such as children aid office, police station, government health office, and residential apartments were used to practice new skills within scenarios presented to students who submit their recorded group act to be evaluated.
Jerry Bush, Program Manager at Cisco Certifications, presented at the Training for Success sessions series how Cisco develops learning games to engage, motivate learners and accelerate their learning and preparation for the certification exam.
The University of Patras’ Library & Information Services (LIS) organizes and invites all interested to participate in the Open Workshop on Information Literacy.
The Open Workshop on Information Literacy - http://openworkshop.pbworks.com is an innovative blended learning course combining attendance-based learning with synchronous and asynchronous e-learning.
More specific, the workshop consists of
The term “workshop” reflects the emphasis on action-based learning, thus the construction of new knowledge and competences through collaborative and individual activities.
The Open Workshop on Information Literacy is designed to address the needs of graduate and PhD students of the University of Patras.
The general learning objectives of the Open Workshop on Information Literacy include:
The full description of the program is available (in Greek) in the course’s resources:
If you’re interested, please complete the registration form.
The hashtag of the workshop is #owilupatras
Training for Success weekly series on Virtual Immersive Environments and Gamification hosted by Anders Gronstedt featured Jim Kiggens, Serious Games Developer and CEO of CourseGames. Jim shared how their company switched from traditional waterfall & sprial instructional design & development models to Scrum. This session was streamed live from Web.Alive to the web and Second Life.
Gamers today spend more than 20 hours per week in average next to job, family etc. working really hard. How can we tap this potential and motivation in the workplace?
SAP’s Head of the Global Gamification Initiative, Mario Herger, discussed at the recent Train for Success meeting in Second Life the software giant’s activities in the Gamification area and how it is committed to make the daily life of business users more fun and engaging without losing the business goals out of sight.
Watch the recorded session here.
Randy Hinrichs, CEO of 2b3d, is presenting his book «Transforming Virtual World Learning», relevant 3d projects and research data about Virtual Words, Virtual and Augmented Reality in Learning. The book is a must read according to a New Media Consortium (NMC) review.
The event took place on October 13th at Train for Success, Gronstedt Group island, Second Life.
Facilitator: Lesley Scopes, University of Southampton.
The event was streamed live to the web via our Livestream Channel. Subscribe to our RSS feed or follow me on twitter for more interesting live events in the future.
1. Book Presentation
2. Q & A Session
3. Snapshots from the Event
Yesterday was the special premiere of University of Washington’s Certificate Program in Virtual Worlds, 2012 Class.
At the magnificent UW Avalumni Island, old and new friends, participants from all over the world with various cultures, disciplines and experience in virtual worlds started discovering and experiencing the potential of Second Life.
Mentor Team, Sicily Zapatero and Stylianos Ling, facilitated as newcomers to SL overcame technical difficulties and mastered in record time the basic ’survival’ skills in a virtual immersive environment; movement, written and oral communication, interaction with other avatars and the environment. Then, under the guidance of instructor Randy Heinrichs, CEO of 2b3d, participants
The discussion until the next class meeting continues in the class wiki.
Mentor Team Office Hours for questions and special requests are:
The course’s tag is #UWVW so keep an eye on news, material and events in social networks in the coming future. A new 3d learning saga has just began!
Full disclosure: Stylianos Ling, Co-Chair of UWVW Alumni and Mentor of UW Virtual Worlds Program is my alter ego in Second Life.
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