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April 2009
The Archives
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04.08.09Sloodle 0.4 Enhances Bridge Between the Web and Virtual Worlds for EducatorsMoodle, the popular course management system for educators, has been integrated with Second Life and early work has been done to bridge Moodle to Metaplace and other platforms. The system, called SLOODLE, gets an update today with the launch of version 4.0. According to a release: Tutors and students world-wide are used to working with web-based Learning Management Systems, sometimes known as Virtual Learning Environments, which provide secure spaces for sharing documents, holding discussions or conducting online assessments. In recent years Learning Management Systems have found themselves at the centre of teaching and learning in both classroom based and distance learning education. ...
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04.07.09CNN on Second Life Medical TrainingCNN - whose budget for virtual world reporting has, apparently, not yet been cut - recently covered the training initiatives at Imperial College London. Photo: Daneel Ariantho According to the report, third-year medical students are engaged in "game-based" learning using Second Life as the conduit to virtually visit with patients, order X-rays, and access respiratory readings. There is no virtual surgery - at least not yet - as the learning is geared more towards hospital protocol and administrative duties. "This sort of research is vital if we're going to make sure tomorrow's doctors are as well-trained as you and I want them ...
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04.04.09Immersive Workspaces and Me: Remedy Partners with Rivers Run RedI'm a strong believer that virtual worlds are ready for business. While I'm hardly some kind of guru when it comes to selling technology, I remember selling Web-based education back when most of my clients didn't have e-mail, and didn't have a clue what a browser was. The Internet at the time was a technology far less mature than virtual worlds are now, and yet it made sense when tech was matched to business need. Clients were smart enough to be able to strip through both the hype, and the dire warnings about safety or inappropriate content or whatever else ...
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04.02.09Quick Link: Will Wright Says Second Life is On the Right TrackSecond Life fits into the trend towards narcissism and emotional involvement in games, says Will Wright, developer of the popular Spore and the Sims franchise. In an interview reported by CNet, Wright reviews the trend to ego in games: Advancements in technology have made it possible for the customization craze of the social-networking world to permeate the console and PC gaming sectors, and that has begun to open up the industry to new users who didn't see the appeal in hardcore gaming or immersive role-playing virtual universes. He suggested that virtual world Second Life was on the right track by making it ...
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04.02.09Accenting the Positive: Mark Kingdon Reveals Growth Targets for Second LifeMark Kingdon and team have been doing a European tour, and in their wake the major media are firing stories across the bow of Second Life, proclaiming it either dead, or highlighting how profitable it is in a down economy. But more intriguingly, Mark has been providing a few metrics and target dates for Second Life that almost feels like a road map of sorts - or at least a broad strategy, and in so doing is demonstrating that Linden Lab is doing a juggling act between enterprise and consumer adoption. In Britain, Journalism as Impressionism The UK Telegraph has picked up ...
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