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Second Life and Communities of Practice Group Action Learning Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Shirley Williams ponders the Communities of Practice Online Collaboration Exercise "The best way for doubters to control a questionable new technology is to embrace it, lest it remain wholly in the hands of enthusiasts who think there is nothing questionable about it." What did we learn from that? Personally I think I???ve

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Nonprofits and Second Life and Other Games

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The online environment is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of playters simultaneously over the Internet. It's difficult at first, but I discovered that if I found the right people and asked questions that informal learning strategies worked for me. (If Technorati Tags: second_life , sl , secondlife