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2.0 is code for global and collaborative.

learning 2.0 and performance improvement 2.0 - using new tools, new skills, consciousness, etc. to do in a world that's gone virtual (we're spread out all over the place) using virtual worlds like SL.

Be niched, be an expert!

The paper age is giving way to the digital age.

Can the virtual world's 3D environment accommodate more of the different learning styles?  Yes and many times much better than classrooms or meetings.  However there are limitations to everything and this is no exception.  3D environments are great sometimes and other times other choices are better.   Generally when the information is simple or the amount to learn is small, the extra effort of getting into a virtual world is not worth it. 

Because the virtual world is so flexible in its ability to present the learning using visuals, sound, text ..

We LOVE it!!!

Convenient, cost-effective, compact: Web 2.0 is an important foundation element of today's business infrastructure.  

We are no nearly as excited.

Bug-laden, time-vampire, everywhere: Web 2.0 is a cold, impersonal drain of business productivity.

Additionally, there is no non-verbal communication.

Which holds the most truth for you? 

Use the comment section to tell us our opinion.  

I am interested in your experiences good and bad.  In life there are normally tradeoffs.  What are web 2.0 tradeoffs in your life.

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Sail, my good Second Life friend, who has a home right next to mine in Second Life wrote a blog post that is worth a read.  You can read it here:

  Collaborating, learning and communicating in Second Life - building communities

Some points from her post:

• Yes, many college campus are empty, but that could be for many other reasons. For example,
  • it is hard to get around because they tried to replicate their campus in Second Life.
  • They are not encouraging professors to learn how to teach in Second Life
  • they do not have a good introduction to ..

Much of my professional life is virtual.   A friend asked about how I got to this point.  Such a simple question.  I have been so busy web 2.0ing it never crossed my mind especially the bigger time line of years.  So, here it is, the case study in a blog.  It is in chronological order.

1981-84  AA Degree.  I took distance learning courses in a paper 1.0 world.  We used molasses mail to send assignments back and forth.  Being in the Navy on Submarines this made the molasses even thicker.  I would take an entire course on patrol with me ..

Stweart Levine's post Systemic Overload ? hits home for me.   Read Stewart's posts first because this post is the longer answer to his post. 

My thoughts....LOL :  "Next best thing to telepathic communication - we are all connected "  Reminds me of a pun:  BumperSticker  "Help Wanted: Telepath --- You know where to apply."      Seriously, I do think we are getting too much information (TMI).   How to regulate it?  I only use Linkedin and Twitter and I stay very busy.     We have had information overload for a long time, handling it is the issue.  I treat it more as ..

I chatted with Bonnie Dubrow about common questions that business people may have about vitual worlds. 

What are they?  What can I do there? These two questions came up early in the conversation.  To begin answering these questons I am presenting examples.  I found the following on the Second Life Educators Discusson List (SLED). Take a minute to visit the Second Life site if you have an account, the SURL below will take you directly to the virtual anatomy lab in Second Life.  Visit their web page also to see more information on the project.

SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/University%20of%20KY/121/98/29

More information:   ..

I chatted with Bonnie Dubrow about common questions that business people may have about vitual worlds. 

What are they?  What can I do there? These two questions came up early in the conversation.  To begin answering these questons I am presenting examples.

Lenden Labs, the creator of Second Life, says on their web site that "Second Life is an online virtual world imagined and created by its Residents."

How big is Second Life? As of late 2009, 732,000 Monthly Unique users who transact $40M monthly.

Below is a picture of one locaton at a Second Life conference I attended that ..

My friend Philip sent me an article: Start-up hopes to bridge real, virtual worlds 

"The company has obtained high-resolution imagery for many parts of the world, combined it with data for where roads are located, and used it as a foundation for the virtual world.

Think of it as Google Maps Street View populated by avatars."

The idea is for residents to build the buildings, similar to wikipedia (100% user built) and Second Life (98% user built). 

Second Life is viewed through software you download and run.   Project X, as it is currently called, runs in a browser ..

It was as hard to collaborate in real-time remotely before Web 2.0 as it was to car pool before cars.    Until recently, it was face to face or with difficulty remotely.  If you spoke on the phone you had to fax or get copies back and forth.  Email came along and that was better, but could still be very challenging and never real-time.  The learning event facilitator today should have the new tools in their tool box.  Today there is choice.

With web 2.0 tools, real time collaboration is now possible.  One example is a mind map.  Mind maps have been ..