Second Life Training

This month's question came from a reader the June 2008 Big Question is:

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 teaching?
• Just as there are considerable differences in blended learning and virtual classroom training, what are some of the major differences (surprises) in training within virtual worlds?

This has been discussed a bit out there, but I'm not that familiar with good sources on this topic, so feel free to provide links to sources. I look forward to seeing responses.

How to Respond:

Option 1 - Simply put your thoughts in a comment below. This may be hard given the complexity of the topic.

Option 2 -

Step 1 - Post in your blog (please link to this post).
Step 2 - Put a comment in this blog with an HTML ready link that I can simply copy and paste (an HTML anchor tag). I will only copy and past, thus, I would also recommend you include your NAME immediately before your link. So, it should look like:

Tony Karrer - Safety Training Design

or you could also include your blog name with something like:

Tony Karrer - Safety Training Design : eLearning Technology

Posts so far (and read comments as well):

• Clark Quinn - Virtual Worldly
• Second Life et al
• Bill Brantley - Using Second Life for Online Classes
• 50 Tips and Tricks to Create a Learning Space in Second Life
• Mick Leyden - Can we possibly use Second Life?
• G-Cube - e-Learning and Second Life - How viable is it?
• Donald Clark - 10 reasons not to use Second Life in learning
• Peter Isackson -Second Life... compared to what?
• Tony Karrer - Virtual Language Immersion
• Karl Kapp - Immerse Yourself in Another Language
• Tony Karrer - Second Life as a Learning Tool
• Virtual Worlds & Learning
• Taruna Goel - Catch my views on Second Life and training here
• Kevin Shadix - Shady Learning Blog
• Kapp Notes: Think Virtual Worlds: Not Second Life
• A problem based learning example

Learning Design Differences for Digital Natives?

Karl Kapp helped me with the May 2008 Big Question which is:

Learning design differences for Digital Natives?

In other words:

• Do you believe that we have to design, develop and deliver instruction differently for the so-called Digital Natives?
• Are there differences in learning expectations and styles or can we just design good instruction and know that it meets all generational needs?
• If you have an audience that includes natives and immigrants, how can you effectively design instruction without breaking the bank?

This has been discussed a bit out there, but I'm not really sure where I stand on it. So, some background reading:

• Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning Book
• Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants
• Digital Nativism, Digital Delusions and Digital Deprivation

How to Respond:

Option 1 - Simply put your thoughts in a comment below. This may be hard given the complexity of the topic.

Option 2 -

Step 1 - Post in your blog (please link to this post).
Step 2 - Put a comment in this blog with an HTML ready link that I can simply copy and paste (an HTML anchor tag). I will only copy and past, thus, I would also recommend you include your NAME immediately before your link. So, it should look like:

Tony Karrer - LMS

or you could also include your blog name with something like:

Tony Karrer - LMS : eLearning Technology

Posts so far:

• Karl Kapp-Kapp Notes: Do we really need to design differently for the so called "Digital Natives"?
• Michael Hanley - Learning design differences for Digital Natives? A Game-changer
• Kevin Jones - Engaged Learning: Learning Design for Digital Natives - Missing The Goldmine
• Karyn Romeis - here's mine.
• Kerry McGuire - My thoughts...
• Clark Quinn - Bugwash!
• Anil Mammen - Digital Natives and Learning
• Benjamin Hamilton - my response
• Why must we attach an ethnicity tag to learning?
• Wendy Wickham - For what it's worth.
• Taruna Goel - Interesting question. But does the divide exist? My views here
• Maria Hlas - Yes, But Not Necessarily Just For Digital Natives
• Gina Minks: The Big Question: Are there learning design differences for Digital Natives?
• Jack Pierce - The Wall Between Digital Natives And Immigrants
• G-Cube: The ‘Digital’ learning divide - native Vs immigrant