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. ;)

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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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