the life, death and afterlife of virtual worlds for education & training
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This is the 2012 LearnX Presentation that I did in Melbourne. Some of the slides may seem a bit odd out of context, but you'll get the gist of it if you're just patient. ;)TRANSCRIPT
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Dr. Allen Partridge | Adobe eLearning Evangelist
The life, death & afterlife of virtual worlds in education & training
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What’s a virtual world?
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Online Community
Simulated EnvironmentFacilitates Interactions• With other people• With the simulated
environment
Bishop, J. (2009). Enhancing the understanding of genres of web-based communities: The role of the ecological cognition framework. International Journal of Web-Based Communities, 5(1), 4-17.
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Is Bill Nye (the Science Guy) Dead?
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What does the life cycle of an emerging technology look like?
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The Gartner Hype Cycle
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Life: 2007 Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies
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Virtual Worlds
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Death: Gartner’s Hype Cycle of Emerging Technologies 2012
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Virtual Worlds
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As far as popular culture is concerned, disillusionment = death
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Bill Nye (the Science Guy) is not dead
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Nor is education in Virtual Worlds dead
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Loyalist College: Ontario – Training Immigration & Customs
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My Unusual Vantage Point
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Power Company in American Southeast using SL to train Electricians
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Firefighter & Emergency Responder Training
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