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Immersive Learning
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Immersive Learning

Designing for Authentic Practice

ASTD Publications, 2013 más...


Editorial Rating

7

Qualities

  • Innovative
  • Concrete Examples
  • For Beginners

Recommendation

Corporate training systems often fail to improve performance. Educator Koreen Olbrish Pagano, author of the Learning in Tandem blog, says that’s because organizations have abandoned the one-on-one apprenticeship model – along with its emphasis on practice and feedback. True apprenticeship is impractical today, but you can recreate its best features with immersive learning in computerized virtual environments. Pagano details the design process for computer games, simulations and other virtual worlds. This beginner’s guide avoids the technical nitty-gritty while offering a plethora of real-life examples. getAbstract recommends this excellent introduction to human resource managers, training specialists, game designers and likely investors.

Take-Aways

  • To perform well, you need to know what to do and how to do it.
  • Most modern training – whether in a classroom or on a computer – offers little opportunity for practice or feedback.
  • Computerized immersive-learning environments recreate the best features of the apprenticeship model.

About the Author

Speaker and organizational consultant Koreen Olbrish Pagano cofounded the Freire Charter School, taught at Harrisburg University and created the blog Learning in Tandem.


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