immersive technologies and recruitment assessment and lifelong learning

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Immersive Technologies for Recruitment, Assessment and Lifelong Learning

Moscow Edutech 2011David Wortley FRSA

Key TakeawayImmersive technologies will be used for continuous formative assessment, lifelong learning, career development and e-portfolios / profiles

We are entering the era of the portable lifelong personal coach / mentor facilitated by serious games, social networks, virtual learning environments and cloud computing

Topics Definition and role of Serious Games and

Immersive Technologies Example Applications Future Challenges and Trends Summary and Conclusion

Definition and Role of Serious Games and Immersive Technologies

Immersive Technologies

Games Virtual Worlds Social NetworksImmersive Technologies provide an attractive,

accessible and affordable space in which to devote our discretionary time, attention and money

Serious Games and Immersive Experiences

Involve Challenges, Rules, Rewards, Physical and Virtual Worlds, Social Networks, Assessment, Profiles, Personal Development and Commercial Exploitation

Serious Games are Our Personal Choice

Serious Games are where we choose to spend our discretionary time, attention and finances which makes

them very important commercially and developmentally

Attractive, Accessible, Affordable

Immersive technologies focus on attractiveness (engagement), accessibility (no barriers) and

affordability (cost and time)

The Importance of Immersive Technologies

Immersive Technologies are important because they provide an ideal platform for engagement, motivation, assessment,

training needs analysis, profiling, coaching and development

What are the Key Features ?Personalisation / relevance Interface and UbiquityCost in time and moneyAbility to control / shapeRichness of experienceChallenge / motivation Intrinsic and extrinsic rewards

Example Applications

Learning through Games

Watch, copy, get feedback, iterate and share

From Cradle to Grave

Immersive technologies will engage, motivate, assess, adjust and profile

Profiling and Needs Analysis

Identifying strengths and weaknesses, profiling and personalising needs

Building Knowledge Communities

Intel’s Planet Blue is an internal social network

Connecting the Physical & Virtual

Virtual visualisation of real time data

The Digital Alter Ego

The mobile device will become our digital mentor

Future Challenges and Trends

In a Nutshell

Successful Immersive technologies need multiple disciplines

Common Language ?

Experts speak in different languages

Expectations

Generation Y learners expect high levels of engagement

Expectations

Clients expect value for money and modest costs

Likely Solution

Software which has embedded expertise and resources and partners to provide pedagogical and storytelling

skills

Simulations linked to real data

New Applications

Using Sensor interfaces to control learning activities

Summary and Conclusion

Key TakeawayImmersive technologies will be used for continuous formative assessment, lifelong learning, career development and e-portfolios / profiles

We are entering the era of the portable lifelong personal coach / mentor facilitated by serious games, social networks, virtual learning environments and cloud computing

What will this mean in practice ? Personalised learning Integrated games-based learning & assessment Intelligent persistent lifelong profiling Collaborative peer to peer learning Learning by discovery of new knowledge Virtual worlds linked to real world data Tutor/Mentor/Coach tools for content

management Learning communities

Questions

Immersive Technologies for Recruitment, Assessment and Lifelong Learning

Moscow Edutech 2011David Wortley FRSA

immersive technologies and recruitment assessment and lifelong learning

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