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3D GAMES & SIMULATIONS: THE FUTURE ASSESSMENT CENTER
Alex Howland, Ph.D.
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• Assess distributed (& global) leadership skills • Provide social and experiential learning online
• Scalable approach to behavioral assessment
• Make assessment fun!
• Attract Millenials
PROJECT GOALS
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THE TECHNOLOGY
• Unity 3D • VoIP • Text chat • Instructor resources • Analytics of user behavior
• Simulations • Collaborative web browsing • Professional avatar customization • User profile system • Record and playback
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GMAC MET Fund’s Ideas to Innovation Challenge Global competition seeking the best ideas to improve graduate management education and bring those ideas to fruition.
THE INCEPTION OF VIRBELA
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LECTURE HALL
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BUSINESS SIMULATIONS
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THE CAMPUS
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AVATAR CUSTOMIZATION
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Assessment Engine
Simulations
• Personality
• Abilities
• Business Acumen
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• Action Learning
• Social Presence
• Sense of Autonomy
• Spatial Audio
• Big Data Assessment
• Blended Learning
• Spatial Learning
• Collaboration
• Extremely plastic (customizable)
WHY 3D VIRTUAL WORLDS?
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Assessment Design Process
Define Competencies
Identify Behavioral Anchors
Design Simulations
Triangulate Assessment
Approach
Implement
Implement and Iterate
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Law Application ASSESSMENT MODALITIES
• User profiles • Automated (e.g., simulation results) • Facilitator observation (real time or post hoc) • Peer feedback (e.g., team 360) • Self-evaluation • Multi-level analysis (time, individuals, teams, orgs.)
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AC PROOF OF CONCEPT: GLOBAL MBA
COMPETITION
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PARTICIPATING UNIVERSITIES
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Law Application GLOBAL LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY MODEL
Behavioral Competency Assessment
Personal Dimensions Leading Others Leading in a Global Environment
•Cognitive Agility •Influencing & Supporting •Global Citizenship
•Personal Resilience •Transparent Interaction •Global Leverage
•Self-Knowledge •Relationship Building •Global Governance
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Your team will take over a large, global automobile manufacturer where your objective is to build sales, improve profitability and maximize shareholder value. You will manage the company for 20 quarters or five years.
THE CHALLENGE
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Each team was assigned a professional facilitator who observed and then lead debrief sessions around team processes (e.g., decision making, conflict management, managing cultural differences)
Team Strategy & Debrief Room
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STUDENTS IN ACTION
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PERFORMANCE
DATA
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Captured Data COMMUNICATION PATTERNS
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PUBLICATION
Howland, A. C., Rembisz, R., Wang-Jones, T. S., Heise, S. R., Brown, S. (2015).
Developing a virtual assessment center. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and
Research, 67, 110-126. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cpb0000034
Special Section: Technology and the Consulting Psychologist.
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WHERE IS THIS ALL HEADED?
Business Simulation Competition
Team Science Competencies
Distance Education Platform
Career Counseling for Transitioning Navy SEALS
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IMMERSIVE DATA VISUALIZATIONS
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HEAT MAPS
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BIO DATA
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Keyboard & Mouse
LeapMotion Hand Gesture Recognition
Wireless EEG Headset Kinect Motion Capture
Eye Tracking
MULTI-MODAL BRAIN/BODY IMAGING
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HEALTH CARE
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NEXT ITERATIONS
● Improve assessment design and backend
● Refine activities and simulations
● Develop a robust facilitator training
● Validity evidence
● Be sustainable
● Find the right partners
● Iterate, iterate, iterate
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• Getting past the avatar
• Ethical and confidentiality implications
• Reliability/validity
• State of commodity hardware & internet speeds
• Cost / scale
• Rapidly changing technology landscape
• Working across disciplines
CHALLENGES
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• Questions?
• General reactions?
• Concerns?
• Marketability?
• Use cases?
DISCUSSION