Simulations and the future of learning
Subtitle: an innovative (and perhaps revolutionary) approach to e-learning
By: Clark Aldrich.
Publisher: Pfeiffer
Published: 2004
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
Subjects: Education -- Simulation methods.; Internet in education.; Instructional systems -- Design.
Description: Simulations and the Future of Learning offers trainers and educators the information and perspective they need to understand, design, build, and deploy computer simulations for this generation. Looking back on his recent first-hand experience as lead designer for an advanced leadership development simulation, author Clark Aldrich has created a detailed case study of the creation and deployment of an e-learning simulation that had the development cycle of a modern computer game.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Do you want fries with that e-learning?; title: In the game; title: The primary colors of content; title: The e-learning arms race; title: The myth of subject matter experts; title: The search for content; title: What would a leadership situation look like?; title: Uncovering the essence of leadership; title: The lure of linear content; title: Rules for a post-textbook world : simulation design principles; title: The beginning of open-ended content : sets and figures; title: What do people do all day? : the animation system; title: The ultimate hurdle : the dialogue system; title: Modeling a little world : the physics system; title: Modeling the inhabitants : the AI system; title: A new look at work : the interface system; title: The scariest word of all : gameplay; title: Why use grades, anyway? : metrics, scores, and simulations; title: Virtual leader vs. the world; title: Seventeen simulation issues; title: A manifest destiny : simulations and the training industry; title: Epilogue, looking back at schools.