The places we could go

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37227143336871831492012-02-16T12:54:34.191-06:00The places we could govirtual worlds and digital learningjudesnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2901100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-11674074864900348252010-02-13T15:53:00.208-06:002010-02-13T22:18:04.881-06:00HT2/LCHQ

I've been noodling about an effective way to bring heightened awareness to a typical event in the transition from implementation to ongoing. I'm thinking about that point in time six to eight weeks after an enterprise go-live when the risk of decay in data quality and integrated process sustainability begins and the transformation can begin the long stallout. It often happens because the

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-14265508306968664252010-02-07T19:02:00.013-06:002010-02-07T20:21:22.995-06:00Intuitive User Interface: I really just want it My Way

Reading article by Brigitte Kaltenbacher From Prediction to Emergence in the Journal of Information Architecture. A nice complement this weekend to the presentation I'm creating on the SharePoint mashup we used for the recent rollout. Kaltenbacher provides a definition of intuitive from Spool (2005) that defines it as readily transferred existing skills. Some of what we were successful with in

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-71580531673342899332010-01-22T20:53:00.010-06:002010-01-23T10:24:28.298-06:00Where did the last two months go?

Success at last: 10 days post go-live implementation of the final phase of our multiyear emr project. It has been grueling but we made it. So many successes from the last six month for our team to look back on: - 78% completion rate on training across a group of 500+ provider learners in 20+ unique roles with a just in time deployment strategy that spanned three American holidays:

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-38359696325712243492009-11-26T19:03:00.000-06:002009-11-26T19:03:17.727-06:00The Proteus Effect

Interesting study from Nick Yee on the impact of avatar characteristics on the real world behaviors. The Proteus Effect from Health Games Research, 10/2009

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-28435870154184273552009-11-26T11:35:00.010-06:002009-11-26T12:01:00.855-06:00Transition: Information Age to Conceptual Age

I agree with the premise of this article from Dec 2009 ACM Communications: Computer science and IT can no longer afford to crank out more "plumbers." Design and user experience perspective as well as a cross discipline, collaborative and creative perspective is required just to get the ticket to play. IMHO, this is especially true for healthcare technologies. Snippet that sums it up: "The best

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-62095590186745009832009-11-25T18:55:00.004-06:002009-11-25T19:01:30.753-06:00Beatles 3000

A fun reminder that reality is only as good as the perspective you can take and the validity of the information you trust as true.

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-32657486234440311392009-11-24T20:24:00.005-06:002009-11-24T20:32:20.079-06:00Interview from McKinsey with Andrew McAfee on Web 2.0

Link to McKinsey Company interview with Andrew McAfee on web 2.0. http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/How_Web_2_0_is_changing_the_way_we_work_An_interview_with_MITs_Andrew_McAfee_2468 Great interview: Snippet that makes sense to me based on the last four years that pretty well sizes up the buckets I see people falling into when given a chance to use or lead with Web 2.0. I'm not sure, though,

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-90247214632268776132009-11-20T20:30:00.005-06:002009-11-20T20:41:18.758-06:00Technology and Education: If we wait until we know for sure, it will be too late

picked this up from a tweet at #ncti2009. A really good white paper on technology in education and stimulus money for education. Full paper is here: titled The Digital Promise: Transforming Learning with Innovative Uses of Technology is worth the time to read. This snippet was screen scraped from the first few pages: There are numerous benefits of educational technology when it is integrated

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-29719210478700251982009-11-19T20:34:00.047-06:002009-11-20T06:38:00.747-06:00Part 2: Augmented Reality and Spatial Context Data

Second post on Augmented Reality. First is here. This article from searchengineland by Greg Sterling talks about a couple of other reality browsers: wikitude, urberspoon, wheremark. One of the interesting points to me that Sterling makes is this: "Like voice interfaces AR is a search and discovery tool that is uniquely tailored to the mobile handset and not simply imported from the PC. But

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-63748787784842069992009-11-16T20:16:00.001-06:002009-11-16T20:18:56.325-06:00Pew Internet data on teens; from ncti conference picked up on twitter

So, now I'm posting from my twitter account to my blog. Maybe all that information we are supposed to be buried in is really just the same 2 million pieces of content being reposted and reused... Not! Would that the complexity we sometimes feel like we are sinking in had a solution that simple to discover. This does look interesting with quite a few tweets from #ncti2009 on it. I like the design

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-64608897273593825592009-11-16T19:53:00.002-06:002009-11-20T06:41:13.670-06:00Contact Lenses to Get Built-In Virtual Graphics

from acm technews 11/16/2009 This is interesting conceptually but as a contact lenses wearer, I wonder how you turn off the AR if you want to filter out the noise. Contact Lenses to Get Built-In Virtual Graphics New Scientist (11/12/09) Venkatraman, Vijaysree "University of Washington researcher Babak Parviz has embedded nanoscale-sized circuitry into a contact lens in an effort to create a

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-31515200161172008252009-11-12T19:35:00.032-06:002009-11-19T21:32:42.568-06:00Part 1: Augmented Reality through the Layar Browser

The purpose of this post is to give some examples and context around augmented reality and specifically, the over 200 apps that have been developed during the last six months with Layar. I have Layar reality browser installed on my iphone. It is a browser that uses the combo of camera, GPS and compass to give database access at the intersection between virtual and reality. Sounds futuristic, I

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-73406513289583580842009-10-24T11:02:00.004-05:002009-10-24T11:12:42.575-05:00Where Virtual World and reality meet

I read a lot of this stuff. Now, it could be that I am just on ALL the RSS feeds, listservs and alerts about virtual worlds, augmented reality and roaming and the n of real activity is quite small. But I doubt it. I believe like many others that we are experiencing the same type of exploration with virtual worlds, augmented reality, etc as the turn of 20th century when radio waves were being

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-82363263981105427872009-10-22T18:45:00.006-05:002009-10-22T18:59:07.270-05:00tomorrow is already here. it arrived yesterday prepaid

The info coming my way via mobilehealthnews and the new groups I've joined on LinkedIn combined with the current state I see at at my organization (fyi: we are in the statistical 2% of organizations with full EMR in play) convinces me that the changes and technologies are already ahead of what healthcare can absorb. I decided to make up a new phrase (well, at least I'm going to pretend it is new

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-6669371836592412472009-10-19T20:32:00.000-05:002009-10-19T20:32:09.280-05:00Media from Handheld Learning 2009

I'm a member of the Game Based Learning Group on LinkedIn and would have loved to go to this conference - - am making it a personal goal for next year. Since I couldn't be there, Graham Brown-Martin has given us a close to the next best thing by posting videos of all the speakers as well as info on where else you can gain more info in various other media. LinkedIn Groups * Group: Game Based

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-4140588267336554752009-10-16T20:13:00.005-05:002009-10-16T20:21:03.324-05:00Emergence of a New Online Museum

Not sure what is most interesting about this: the content or the user interface. Check it out! Emergence of a New Online Museumvia Cosmic Variance by John on 10/5/09 "The Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter has released a new online museum, The Emergent Universe. This is, I think a truly novel approach to communicating the central ideas of the new field of emergent phenomena and

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-26544222145631265142009-10-16T19:43:00.002-05:002009-10-16T20:22:36.911-05:00A phone is not just a phone

Sent to you by judes via Google Reader: A phone is not just a phonevia Media Lab / media arts and sciences on 7/1/09 A cellphone is not just for calling, texting and taking pictures anymore. Several startup business ventures spawned by MIT students, sometimes as class projects and sometimes as independent work, are exploring new ways to harness the increasingly ubiquitous devices. They are

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-20643818582929482482009-10-14T06:44:00.005-05:002009-10-14T06:49:15.876-05:00Advancing on the Virtual Frontier Signal Magazine, August 2009

Great post and detail about how the military is exploring virtual worlds. From Signal, August 2009, this snippet resonates for me as it matches our experience: "In terms of adoption throughout the U.S. Navy, Aguiar reveals that he has received a lot of positive interest from various levels of the service. The interest is across many applications—from rapid prototyping and collaborative design to

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-89076066209354150792009-08-15T21:20:00.001-05:002009-08-15T21:22:19.111-05:00Clay Shirky: How Social Media can Make History

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-44466625152243597212009-08-15T19:49:00.002-05:002009-08-15T19:55:33.318-05:00Visual Time Machine Offers Tourists a Glimpse of the Past

from ACM technews 08/12/2009 ICT Results (08/12/09)The European Union-funded iTacitus project has developed a "visual time machine" that combines augmented reality (AR) content with location awareness capabilities in mobile devices to give visitors to historic sites a richer and more enjoyable experience. The AR system overlaps information and images in real time on photos and videos taken with

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-10714598772078129572009-08-07T21:18:00.001-05:002009-08-07T21:20:23.556-05:00First Professional Scientific Organization based only in Virtual World

from ACM technews 08/08/09Virtual Worlds May Be the Future Setting of Scientific Collaboration PhysOrg.com (08/04/09) Zyga, LisaThe California Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Drexel University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have formed the first professional scientific organization based entirely in a virtual world. The Meta Institute for Computational

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-63238644481309521722009-08-07T21:13:00.002-05:002009-08-07T21:16:46.316-05:00Smart Crutch

from ACM News 9/8/09ECS Researchers Develop Intelligent Crutches University of Southampton (ECS) (08/05/09) Lewis, JoyceResearchers at the University of Southampton School of Electronics and Computer Science have developed a forearm crutch that features incorporated sensor technology capable of monitoring whether the crutch is being used correctly. Developed by professor Neil White and Dr.

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-44226703989842048972009-07-26T17:56:00.005-05:002009-10-15T19:50:47.296-05:00Interesting Island, Great Machinima

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-51191649063377037082009-07-26T16:47:00.008-05:002009-10-15T19:49:38.141-05:00Smart Clothes

ACM technews Smart Clothes for Better Healthcare ICT Results (07/20/09) The European HealthWear project has embedded sensing devices directly into textiles, creating clothing capable of monitoring the wearer's heart, breathing, and body temperature. "Remote monitoring is ideally suited to patients suffering from chronic diseases or recovering from an incident,such as a heart attack, who would

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-52693324823535076912009-06-25T06:57:00.002-05:002009-06-25T06:59:36.217-05:00Beating the Bullies--Changing Real-World Behaviour Through Virtual Experience

from acm tech news 6/22/09 Beating the Bullies--Changing Real-World Behaviour Through Virtual Experience ICT Results (06/22/09)The European Education through Characters with emotional-Intelligence and Role-playing Capabilities that Understand Social interaction (eCIRCUS) project aims to create virtual worlds with characters that children can interact and empathize with on such a powerful level

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-70484947142833663002009-06-09T18:43:00.005-05:002009-10-05T18:47:56.714-05:00Virtual World used to create food pantry awareness in Michigan

Another use of Second Life for social sector marketing and awareness. a couple of snippets from the article: "Over eight months, about a dozen students built the Campus of Hope Island in Second Life, erecting a couple of buildings, a welcome center and a virtual Ford World headquarters with games and interactive exhibits about Michigan's people in need and food-delivery system." "The Ford

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-1913210997690728992009-06-07T07:06:00.003-05:002009-10-15T19:54:55.286-05:00Research Presentation : Simulated sound to correspond with images

from acm technews060109 Computer Graphics Researchers Simulate the Sounds of Water and Other Liquids Cornell Chronicle (06/01/09) Steele, Bill Cornell University computer science researchers have developed new algorithms to simulate the sounds of water to correspond with images. Cornell professor Doug James and graduate student Changxi Zheng will present their research at ACM's SIGGRAPH 2009

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-73899887111359099292009-06-04T21:47:00.006-05:002009-06-04T22:00:36.294-05:00But does it work?

I often get questions from people asking me if virtual worlds work as a tool for learning. I go through my usual 1 minute elevator speech about motivation, engagement, participant self-reporting about the experience and what they learned, the quality of the debrief discussion and how the objectives of the learning event were met. But, at the end of the day, I have to admit I don't have hard data

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-20235662220168442422009-06-02T05:50:00.002-05:002009-06-02T05:53:12.024-05:00Second Life Guide: a Great Examples

The Meta Institute for Computational Astrophysics has an educational presence in Second Life. This links to a great Quickstart they have produced. http://static-secondlife-com.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/Second_Life_Quickstart.pdf

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-17160088527082734802009-05-30T08:59:00.007-05:002009-05-30T09:09:45.632-05:00Perkins & Will - Evidence Based Design Conference proceeding

This is a good collection of assets to review when building a mirror world simulation of a medical center. It provides background on some of the questions to ask about pieces of the building design that might not be visible in renderings or schmatics but will influence a new facility orientation program learning design and can inform how robust and reusable the mirror world can be with some

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-29142828939168697072009-05-28T22:14:00.004-05:002009-06-01T19:34:54.618-05:00Data Visualization

A great article with lots of links and detail.http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/08/02/data-visualization-modern-approaches/

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-7528426490773485492009-05-04T13:29:00.005-05:002009-05-04T13:50:05.217-05:00Immersive Internet: The business value from an IT perspective

Article from Erica Driver, Information Management Magazine, In-World Work, November 1, 2008"The immersive Internet will deliver an unprecedented level of engagement - emotional involvement with or commitment to our technology and our work. Some virtual worlds, immersive Internet sites and applications will accomplish this through a high degree of visual realism, with photorealistic avatars,

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-34114458170688868652009-05-04T13:14:00.005-05:002009-05-04T13:25:07.812-05:00Interview with Ginsu Yoon: Second Life Future

Interview from Ian Lamont with Ginsu Yoon, Linden Labs Business Affairs Vice President, that contains this discussion of designing ways to operate in a 3D world - augmentationists (imagine the movie: Minority Report) vs Immersionists (imagine the movie: Matrix) "What I would say thought, is that there has been a long-standing debate, a theoretical debate in the field of virtual worlds. And

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-33006139061775309752009-05-04T10:06:00.000-05:002009-05-04T10:07:21.372-05:00Torley video on using audacity for Second Life voice chat recording

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-66860667361177947822009-05-04T09:51:00.001-05:002009-05-04T09:52:38.279-05:00Future Work Institute in Second Life: The future of diversity training?

Worth exploring!

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-14414340063256096912009-05-04T09:26:00.003-05:002009-05-04T09:30:55.039-05:00Second Life: Version 1.20

Good video from Torley Linden: useful info for us includes space navigator mouse support, avatar rendering costs and lip sync. Second Life is currently at version 1.22. This video takes about seven minutes to watch.What's New in Second Life 1.20

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-26465367666166218182009-05-04T09:03:00.002-05:002009-05-04T09:04:22.239-05:00Grace Buford: Making a Living in Second Life as a performer

Second Life events can bring artists into the virtual world to perform and replicate the same kind of connections that real world events create.Embedded video from CNN Video

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-25628682787432741192009-05-04T08:48:00.003-05:002009-05-04T08:53:49.809-05:00Creating Sculptie Objects using Blender

Great tutorial on using Blender with SL. Blender is open source, 3D content creation suite. http://www.blender.org/

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-78816393988769833802009-05-04T08:27:00.002-05:002009-05-04T08:29:45.110-05:00AM Radio- Second Life

This video gives a good sense of the level of detail that is available in SL if needed. It is also a well done machinima!AM Radio - Second Life - HD from Nitwacket Machinima™ on Vimeo.

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-30217564000889760222009-04-25T07:37:00.001-05:002009-04-25T07:37:21.179-05:00Cool Technology of the Week

Sent to you by judes via Google Reader: Cool Technology of the Week via Life as a Healthcare CIO by John Halamka on 4/24/09 The New England Health EDI Network (NEHEN) and MA-Share are completing their merger over the next month into a new non-profit LLC called the New England Healthcare Exchange Network. The resulting merged organization will provide a single appliance for exchange of

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-67546878721466928612009-04-24T18:28:00.001-05:002009-04-24T18:28:11.994-05:00Network Effects - Collaboration Curve - MMO Serious Game

Sent to you by judes via Google Reader: Network Effects - Collaboration Curve - MMO Serious Game via Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development by Brent Schlenker on 4/13/09 The Informal Learning Blog by Jay Cross exposes the introduction of the collaboration curve to the learning community in this post. Cool stuff. I must admit I became more interested in reading the Harvard

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-14035558452971040692009-04-24T18:27:00.001-05:002009-04-24T18:27:28.465-05:00Cute Beats Smart - Corporate Working Application?

Sent to you by judes via Google Reader: Cute Beats Smart - Corporate Working Application? via Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development by Brent Schlenker on 4/14/09 I love this article! Tweenbots: Cute Beats Smart Why? Because of the HUMAN element. Human's assisting a robot to reach its goal. People working WITH technology to get things done. Simplicity in design has always

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-32537254766972819002009-04-16T22:22:00.001-05:002009-04-16T22:22:29.761-05:00Electronic Health Records from Wal-mart

Sent to you by judes via Google Reader: Electronic Health Records from Wal-mart via Life as a Healthcare CIO by John Halamka on 3/18/09 Many folks who read Steve Lohr's New York Times column last week "Wal-Mart Plans to Market Digital Health Records System" emailed me and asked - how can this be? The cost seems low, the products seem outside of the scope of Wal-mart's expertise and

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-59803531824777413842009-04-16T22:17:00.001-05:002009-04-16T22:17:34.565-05:00Study - Facebook, YouTube at Work Make More Productive Employees (created)

Sent to you by judes via Google Reader: Study - Facebook, YouTube at Work Make More Productive Employees (created) via Collaboration Project RSS Feed - News RSS by Daniel Honker on 4/6/09 Page: Created by Daniel Honker (dhonker@napawash.org) on Apr 06, 2009 10:27 PM

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-90366609880185083622009-03-12T08:02:00.002-05:002009-03-12T08:05:08.496-05:00Article from Net Nebraska: Second Life Brings Virtual World to Students

Short article on how a business professor in Nebraska uses Second Life in her management classes. Click here for article.

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-38578886699301070302009-03-06T18:22:00.003-06:002009-03-06T18:27:38.147-06:00Posts from ACM TechNews for March 6,2009

These all seemed very interesting to me across the subject areas of cool technologies and healthcare.The First Virtual Reality Technology to Let You See, Hear, Smell, Taste and TouchEngineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (03/04/09) Stern, DanScientists at the University of Warwick and York University are developing virtual reality devices that are capable of stimulating all five senses

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-50181582323337636522009-03-06T18:04:00.002-06:002009-03-06T18:07:04.022-06:00Integrated learning including Second Life and Simulation

A very interesting example of integrating a variety of Web 2.0 technologies with simulation to expose educators to learning innovations. Using Marilyn Monroe's death - how creative!http://newsdurhamregion.com/news/education/article/120915

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-81652741443243367112009-03-05T06:24:00.004-06:002009-03-05T06:33:27.969-06:00Second Life: Engaging Virtual Campuses * By Denise Harrison

Reference to this article was posted on SLED. When I read it, I found this description of using SL to tour and tell a story without concurrent facilitation of another avatar or tour group activity. When applied to a mirror build, this can be another method for providing information within spatial context that allows the customer to experience the mirror world at their own leisure. A little

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-53163358067686109322009-03-04T19:32:00.003-06:002009-03-04T19:35:33.593-06:00Can Virtual Teachers Plug the Educational Divide?

from acmtechnews 3/3/2--0Can Virtual Teachers Plug the Educational Divide? Newcastle University (02/23/09) Newcastle University professor of educational technology Sugata Mitra believes that introducing more technology to the classroom is the key to eliminating inadequate learning opportunities worldwide. "There will always be areas in the world where, for whatever reason, good schools and good

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-58807048234756376382009-02-25T06:26:00.005-06:002009-02-25T06:35:10.699-06:00Recent activity at Ann Myers Medical Center

I had lost track of the Ann Myers Medical Center until I received an alert on all things medical and SL via my Google alert yesterday. Here is a link to the blog. Recent posts include a description of a simulation for nursing students and presentations that were done in SL on clinical topics.

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-12087128099259344872009-02-23T21:26:00.005-06:002009-02-23T21:35:02.295-06:00Twitter in Healthcare settings for educational purposes

Henry Ford Health Systems used Twitter to broadcast a recent partial nephrectomy robotic surgery. Here is a snippet from the article describing the mechanics on the use of social media."So how does a Twittered surgery work? In this case, the primary surgeon, Craig Rogers, MD, sits at a terminal guiding a robot from a remote console about eight feet from the patient. The entire surgical procedure

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-7332739646441353122009-02-23T20:11:00.004-06:002009-02-23T20:24:52.077-06:00AIA article on Second Life and Architecture

Click here to read the article" Architecture in Second Life in a World all it's own."Includes perspective from Terry Beaubois, one of our Masters of Healthcare from the October 2007 on-site on the relationship between BIM and SL. Article also includes information on Second Life work from Ball State University on a SL hotel that converts into a surge hospital.

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-27368401437324922002009-02-21T15:37:00.005-06:002009-02-25T06:33:29.268-06:00TED: David Merrill demonstrates Siftables

Demo of tile based user interface for hands on learning: seven minutes to view - well spent time!

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-55138354957446016232009-02-19T06:33:00.002-06:002009-02-25T06:33:11.069-06:00Gadget Reads Users' Minds From Their Grip

from acm news, 02/17/2009 New Scientist (02/17/09) Barras, ColinComputer-human interface researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a prototype control device that predicts what function the user is trying to access based on how the device is handled. "The ideal device would be a generic block, like a bar of soap, that knew the user's intent and could change

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-20844513762376383462009-02-17T21:07:00.001-06:002009-02-17T21:08:14.975-06:00Credit Union Island

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-21563333857540492552009-02-17T12:02:00.005-06:002009-02-23T21:50:24.189-06:00Virtual Children's Write Up: 2008 Project Summary

Project completion summary Virtual Children’s is a realistic replica of Children’s Memorial Hospital in Second Life originally designed to support relocation, evacuation and transport training for multiple roles and teams. The exterior of the medical center is bounded by Lincoln, Fullerton, Orchard and Halsted streets in Chicago. The interior of the main hospital includes the lower level, the

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-67087656885827214862009-02-13T19:50:00.001-06:002009-02-13T19:50:03.909-06:00Pharma Companies & Social Media: How and When?

Sent to you by judes via Google Reader: Pharma Companies & Social Media: How and When? via DiabetesMine: the all things diabetes blog by AmyT on 2/9/09 I don't know if all you fellow patients realize this, but the big companies that make the medicines and devices we rely on (those giant Pharmas that we love to hate) are struggling something fierce to come to terms with Social Media. By

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-32468096376597353462009-02-13T19:18:00.001-06:002009-02-13T19:18:03.823-06:00Podcast: What is the Value of an EMR in a Rural or Remote Community?

Sent to you by judes via Google Reader: Podcast: What is the Value of an EMR in a Rural or Remote Community? via CanadianEMR: EMR Comparisons, Ratings, Directory Services and Expert Discussions by Alan Brookstone on 1/21/09 Dr. Ewan Affleck is a friend and colleague who practices in Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories and has done so for more than 15 years. I had an opportunity to

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-58937478693620442322009-02-13T19:17:00.001-06:002009-02-13T19:17:45.527-06:00Are Social Networking Sites useful to Physicians?

Sent to you by judes via Google Reader: Are Social Networking Sites useful to Physicians? via CanadianEMR: EMR Comparisons, Ratings, Directory Services and Expert Discussions by Alan Brookstone on 1/27/09 According to marketing web site ClickZ, findings from a new Manhattan Research report demonstrate significant interest from doctors in the US to use social networking sites. By Virginia

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-24107088173001136842009-02-13T19:15:00.001-06:002009-02-13T19:15:21.139-06:00Podcast: Implementing and Using an EMR in a Community of Practice

Sent to you by judes via Google Reader: Podcast: Implementing and Using an EMR in a Community of Practice via CanadianEMR: EMR Comparisons, Ratings, Directory Services and Expert Discussions by Alan Brookstone on 2/5/09 Dr. Jeff Harries is a family physician in Penticton BC and the leader of the South Okanagan Community of Practice. His group of physicians selected a single EMR system

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-3209061843107948562009-02-12T18:47:00.003-06:002009-02-12T18:47:24.183-06:00Young and old drive gaming growth for females

Sent to you by judes via Google Reader: Young and old drive gaming growth for females via Kzero on 1/24/09 A recent study released by comScore reveals some interesting trends in the online gaming sector. Specifically looking at females, growth by age band grew most in the 12-17 and 55-64 groups. Overall growth was up 27% year on year from August 2007, representing almost 43m visitors to

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-7958570236131091152009-02-12T18:47:00.001-06:002009-02-12T18:47:07.059-06:00Philip Rosedale: Mainstreaming Virtual Worlds and Positioning Linden Lab

Sent to you by judes via Google Reader: Philip Rosedale: Mainstreaming Virtual Worlds and Positioning Linden Lab via Kzero on 1/24/09 Robert Bloomfield from Metanomics recently sat down with Philip Rosedale to chew the cud over several of the live issues facing both Linden Lab and the virtual worlds sector as a whole. Robert has asked me to comment on a specific extract from the

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-68475819751233898422009-02-12T18:32:00.001-06:002009-02-12T18:32:56.127-06:00The Mattel Digital Network

Sent to you by judes via Google Reader: The Mattel Digital Network via Kzero on 1/24/09 Mattel announced today at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Kids@Play Summit that it will be transforming the company's online strategy from brand Web site platform to interactive programming and content provider. The aggressive initiative is called the Mattel Digital Network, a new online

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-58663942568873442732009-02-12T18:20:00.001-06:002009-02-12T18:20:35.041-06:00Podcast: Estimating The Value Of An Idea

Sent to you by judes via Google Reader: Podcast: Estimating The Value Of An Idea via Killer Innovations by Phil McKinney on 1/19/09 (audio) So you have a great idea. How big is it? What is the value of the idea to the organization? Most people get hung up trying to come up with the exact answer. In most cases, you won't find the perfect answer. Especially if you are breaking new

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-71683414437791023632009-02-12T18:19:00.001-06:002009-02-12T18:19:51.740-06:00Podcast: Telling Your Idea Story

Sent to you by judes via Google Reader: Podcast: Telling Your Idea Story via Killer Innovations by Phil McKinney on 2/8/09 (audio) How do you create a convincing message so that others will sacrifice to make your idea successful? Its all about storytelling. If you follow the same structure used by movie industry and by book authors, you can create a story that will attract others to

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-12639321052241283982009-02-11T19:07:00.009-06:002009-02-11T19:17:34.925-06:00CEO of Cleveland Clinic: McKinsey interview on innovation

Great interview from McKinsey with the CEO of Cleveland Clinic on innovation. Favorite snippets among many gems:This one about how patients have raised the bar of expectations beyond just walking out alive:"The Quarterly: Does that level of transparency also change how you think about competition?Toby Cosgrove: Yes, and that brings us to the third seismic shift in health care. When I first

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-49016345327432666352009-02-09T18:45:00.004-06:002009-02-09T18:55:40.820-06:00Disruptive Innovations: Search Engines

I run a daily google alert on "clay christensen". It is admittedly broad but intentionally so. This was today's hit from John Borthwick on Silicon Valley Insider on the topic "Google Next Victim Of Creative Destruction?" It is well worth the read and includes great charts and metaphors. If you are interested in disruptive innovations or a historical perspective on the hubris that seems to

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-34727825001146253282009-02-08T07:19:00.006-06:002009-02-08T07:40:43.259-06:00Review format for use in Post Mortems of games

The Serious Games community had a discussion this week via listserv on the value of doing reviews of serious games. Richard Van Eck, University of North Dakota(see below for full signature block) shared some great information on how he incorporates game review into the classes he teaches. This link covers the serious game, Hungry Planet. This is the description Richard provided to the list serv

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-85495604407263714572009-02-07T15:19:00.005-06:002009-02-08T07:41:28.641-06:00In case we forget who is at the center of the electronic medical record

A great post from Zoli Erdos at Cloud Avenue comparing Google Health with MicroSoft HealthVault. Conclusion? Both seem to struggle with usability and context. The challenge, of course, is how to keep the application simple enough for consumer ease and detailed enough for the complexities of specialized medical procedures and results.Click here for complete rant, er, post...

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-18027265158298316312009-02-07T13:10:00.005-06:002009-02-07T13:16:40.945-06:00Learning and Overload

Learning solutions that integrate content into role focused nuggets without violating the rule of 5 to 7, + or - 2 are one part of the approach to information overload. This post references a total estimated cost of information overload and a link to a calculator for figuring out your own.Click here for post from the IORG forum

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-91945621061080643712009-02-05T06:11:00.010-06:002009-02-05T06:37:48.087-06:00Clark Aldrich: a book, a blog post

Catching up on serious games listserv posts and the discussion topic: "Looking for relevant citations as to why Highly Immersive Virtual Environments work"... and found this post from Clark Aldrich about two new books that will hit the market this year."I have one book coming out in early July, and another in early August. The July book is a 700 page style guide to serious games and simulations,

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-7846853155401551672009-02-04T18:50:00.000-06:002009-02-04T18:51:12.348-06:00The Wayback Machine: 1981 Internet News Story

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-51613090805982322492009-02-04T18:39:00.002-06:002009-02-04T18:51:42.148-06:00Social media experience at Mayo Clinic

Sent to you by judes via Google Reader: Social media experience at Mayo Clinic via McGee's Musings by Jim on 1/27/09 Image via Wikipedia [cross posted at FASTforward blog] At last week's Blogwell 2 conference in Chicago, Lee Aase from the Mayo Clinic shared their efforts to use social media to continue to share the Clinic's message with the existing extended community tightly and

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-20641971356367202732009-02-04T18:36:00.002-06:002009-02-05T18:23:38.718-06:00Education in Second Life: Highlights from 2008

Sent to you by judes via Google Reader: Education in Second Life: Highlights from 2008 via Official Second Life Blog by Katt Linden on 1/9/09 The world of Second Life is full of creative, innovative people from around the world, and the educators who teach and work inworld are no exception. Every semester hundreds of students participate in unique learning projects in Second Life. We'd

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-53550266393820678792009-02-04T18:35:00.002-06:002009-02-05T18:24:07.029-06:00Second Life Residents logged nearly 400 million hours in 2008, growing 61% o...

Sent to you by judes via Google Reader: Second Life Residents logged nearly 400 million hours in 2008, growing 61% over 2007 via Official Second Life Blog by Zee Linden on 1/15/09 Linden Lab is pleased to announce results for Q4 and 2008. User hours increased by 61% over 2007, highlighting the tremendous growth rate in user engagement that Second Life maintained throughout 2008. User

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-37175773738552161682009-02-04T18:33:00.001-06:002009-02-04T18:33:09.866-06:00New Members of the Executive Team

Sent to you by judes via Google Reader: New Members of the Executive Team via Official Second Life Blog by M Linden on 1/27/09 Greetings all! As those of you who follow Linden Lab have probably noticed, I've been expanding the executive team since I joined in May, 2008. Each hire has been focused on major initiatives within the Lab designed to make Second Life more reliable, more

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-46693171289803733792009-01-22T19:57:00.001-06:002009-01-22T19:59:31.929-06:00Games for Change has consolidated links to games for public health

Games for Change has a section on public health games for children. Some of these intersting to explore.Click here for link

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-20682586488771217182009-01-22T19:09:00.008-06:002009-01-22T19:30:06.394-06:0050 Learning Tools and Video Game Links for Nurses and Health Professionals

An interesting post from the Online Nursing Degree Guide site introduces a list of 50 Great Learning Tools & Video Games for Nurses & Health Professional with this insight from author Diana Skiba: "According to author Diane J. Skiba, unless you are within 5 years of retirement, you will be encountering the “Net generation” in your nursing practice. This is a group that embraces technology, and it

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-14918554203652576572009-01-10T08:46:00.004-06:002009-01-10T08:49:31.706-06:00Collection of Videos on Second Life

A post from the Second Life Educator Digest. The Machinima from Gary Hayes' TOP 30 SL Machinima are a great example of the types of things that can be done using second life as a set and avatars as actors.Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 08:19:43 +1100From: "Bruce Sommerville" Subject: Re: [SLED] Intro to SL machinimaTo: "SL Educators" I have collected some YouTube videos into playlists, one

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-1399473544222661232009-01-09T21:43:00.005-06:002009-01-09T21:52:13.830-06:00Nitty Gritty - what it takes to be a government agency in virtual worlds

An interesting video on government agencies setting up in a virtual world. Makes me realize the financial bumps we faced in the purchase of Virtual Children's were quite small.Click here to see video

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-74521374928284708162009-01-09T20:53:00.005-06:002009-01-09T21:01:44.437-06:00Virtual Hotel Simulator teaches operations skills

An interesting e-learning piece built by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University to teach four core pieces of hotel and tourist related orientation: Front Office Operations, Housekeeping Operations, Food and Beverage Operations and Principles of Food Service. They are now building a virtual hotel in Second Life to accomplish the same learning goals.Click here for link to more information on the

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-19971507338555988902009-01-09T19:57:00.016-06:002009-01-09T22:18:12.956-06:00Healthcare Organizations in Second Life

This is a list of links to articles about medical centers (several of which are teaching hospitals) with a presence in Second Life.1.University of Kansas Medical Center2.Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London3.Massachusetts General Hospital 4.Palomar West Hospital5.Bingham Memorial Hospital6.Sbarro Health Organization (S.H.R.O.) 7.University of Arkansas and video here8. UC Davis Health

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-85510114366423172242009-01-08T18:49:00.002-06:002009-01-08T18:50:15.941-06:00Sun Microsystems and Employee Orientation

Click here for article

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-41983210633813623192009-01-08T18:35:00.001-06:002009-01-08T18:44:29.437-06:00Kapp Notes: Second Life Created Virtual Documentary

Kapp Notes: Second Life Created Virtual Documentary

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-37457010650587557392008-12-25T12:04:00.007-06:002008-12-25T12:23:41.448-06:00Video Games for Problem Solving and Thinking Skills

DIA is using video games to teach problem solving and thinking skills to new agents and as refresher couse for existing agents. Click here for the articleA paragraph snippet from the longer post "Visual Studios developed the games Rapid Onset, Vital Passage and Sudden Thrust under a US$ 2.6 million contract between the DIA and Concurrent Technologies. In all of them, players assume the role of a

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-38311458765144807392008-12-20T12:18:00.010-06:002008-12-20T12:41:09.964-06:00Diabetes Awareness Campaign in Second Life

An interesting snippet from the article with this POV:a) multimodality of information presentation is required to create awareness for target groupsb)Second Life is one of several social networking channel for this particular campaign theme:"The posters allow user avatars to teleport themselves to the Diabetes UK virtual building; a new “headquarters” on Manchester Island. The use of Second Life

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-13101137538784306002008-12-20T11:35:00.003-06:002008-12-20T11:39:19.082-06:00CF University in Second Life

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-77984612573353952122008-12-19T06:52:00.002-06:002008-12-25T12:11:19.345-06:00Second Life and USC- Public Good Project

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-36422132703035389202008-12-19T06:36:00.002-06:002008-12-25T12:12:24.452-06:00Using Virtual Worlds as a Pain Distraction for Patients

Click here to read case study on second life for pain distraction

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-26400404694918579552008-11-19T22:18:00.018-06:002009-01-22T19:47:40.648-06:00Virtual Children's Second Learning Leader tour

We did our second Learning Leaders virtual session tonight. A good turnout! Sometimes I feel like Marcus Brody in this clip from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The multitasking required to facilitate in a virtual world continues to challenge me - - but in a good way. Sharing information about the many facets of our project - the learning design,the build, how Second Life works, and the

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-32769697102336228332008-11-08T17:22:00.001-06:002008-11-08T17:22:16.047-06:00Wireless broadcasting

Sent to you by judes via Google Reader: Wireless broadcasting via The Economist: News analysis and views on 11/7/08 White space promises to put WiFi on steroids HOW much would you pay for unlimited access to WiFi hotspots that stretched for miles instead of a few hundred feet, provided unbroken connections even deep inside buildings, and offered broadband speeds ten times faster than

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-83632491705954323852008-10-10T10:29:00.001-05:002008-10-10T10:29:14.506-05:00Paper

Sent to you by judes via Google Reader: Paper via The Economist: News analysis and views on 10/10/08 How much paper does an American office worker generate?THE notion of the "paperless office" was first mooted in the 1960s, when it seemed obvious that whizzy new technology such as computers and hard disks would do away with the need for printing out invoices in triplicate, as all

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-58769597365997020742008-10-05T16:21:00.001-05:002008-10-05T16:21:05.636-05:00Serious Play - Examining the Real World Benefits of Video Games

Sent to you by judes via Google Reader: Serious Play - Examining the Real World Benefits of Video Games via IdeaFestival by Michael Schnuerle on 9/27/08 Jane McGonigal is speaking in the same space that the Louisville Competitive Game Conference was held just one week ago. She is the director of game research and development at the Institute for the Future. Games use a tremendous

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-73673255673822537762008-10-05T09:42:00.001-05:002008-10-05T09:42:46.326-05:003 Applications that Tap Into the Wisdom of Crowds

Sent to you by judes via Google Reader: 3 Applications that Tap Into the Wisdom of Crowds via FlowingData by Nathan on 9/30/08 James Surowiecki writes in The Wisdom of Crowds that the group is smarter than the individual (under four conditions). Essentially, the premise is that if you get enough different people to work on a single problem independently, you're going to get as good or

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-56117405526451660822008-10-04T15:15:00.002-05:002008-10-04T15:17:13.587-05:00Web 2.0 Expo, 2008 - Clay Shirky

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-80374549078825822832008-09-20T16:18:00.002-05:002008-10-04T15:17:35.160-05:00Direct SLulr Access without Orientation Island

from Second Life BlogGetting a Second Life Just Got Easier with Direct SLurlThursday, September 18th, 2008 at 11:40 AM by: BlueAs we’ve discussed several times in this space, improving the “first hour” experience of new Residents is one of our primary goals. As our use cases and base continue to diversify, it’s important to begin tailoring the Second Life experience to the specific needs of our

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-58005738429338640252008-09-20T13:04:00.006-05:002008-09-20T13:18:11.156-05:00Hands Free Navigation in Second Life

Click here for a link to the HandsFree Blog post talking about additional applications for the technology this video demonstratesAlso click here to link to Jeremy Bailenson's work at Stanford University in the Virtual Human Interaction lab.

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-19478935946305239712008-09-14T10:40:00.008-05:002008-09-14T10:50:05.139-05:00Virtual look at real problems

This article mentions just a few of the people and organizations that are making the Virtual Children's Second Life project a reality. I want to do a shout out for our Centrax project manager Stephanie and lead developer Keith along with Aces and the other builders. Their attention to detail and active listening about learning design goals are key to making this a realistic, yet simple to run

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-19509285892392683562008-09-07T12:25:00.008-05:002008-09-08T06:42:25.771-05:00Crowdsourcing

Longer article from 2006 here at Wired with this opening paragraph"Claudia Menashe needed pictures of sick people. A project director at the National Health Museum in Washington, DC, Menashe was putting together a series of interactive kiosks devoted to potential pandemics like the avian flu. An exhibition designer had created a plan for the kiosk itself, but now Menashe was looking for images to

judesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722714333687183149.post-56079523829774842072008-09-07T11:24:00.002-05:002008-09-07T12:24:40.542-05:00Cell Phones and Education

Sent to you by Judi via Google Reader: Trends & Innovations - Friday (Investor's Business Daily) via Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology on 9/5/08 Investor's Business Daily - Teachers and professors are starting to use cell phones as educational tools in their classrooms, after previously banning them as distractions. Abilene Christian Univ. in Texas is giving two-thirds of its

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