Learning in 3D: Adding a New Dimension to Enterprise Learning and Collaboration - Hardcover

Kapp, Karl M.; O'driscoll, Tony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470504730 ISBN 13: 9780470504734

Publisher: Pfeiffer & Co, 2010

Synopsis

Praise for Learning in 3D

"Learning is the key to our future and powerful learning willresult from immersive, interactive, and creative 3D designs. TonyO'Driscoll and Karl Kapp have written a disruptive book about adisruptive technology that we all need to explore. This is a mustread!" —Elliott Masie, chair, The LearningCONSORTIUM

"Karl Kapp and Tony O'Driscoll are, amazingly, both the besttheorists and practitioners in using virtual worlds in every typeof educational venue. Many will love their vision, but I am morehooked on their practicality and hand-holding."—Clark Aldrich,author, Learning Online with Games, Simulations, and VirtualWorlds: Strategies for Online Instruction

"Kapp and O'Driscoll nailed it. The right balance of casestudies, theories and practical advice for any organization pursingthe use of virtual worlds for learning. If you are interested invirtual worlds for learning and collaboration, this book is foryou." —David A. Manning, managing partner, PerformanceDevelopment Group

"The big contribution of Learning in 3D is that it providesresearch informed guidance and practical tips and techniques forusing 3D virtual environments to achieve real businessresults...the case studies are outstanding." —Lisa Clune,president, Kaplan EduNeering

"As the world makes its way through a period of significantchange, Learning in 3D couldn't come at a better time. Today,organizations and individuals are being challenged to make the mostof learning collaboratively. This book stimulates our thinking onhow to maximize the impact of technology, while providing apractical blueprint—with 'revolutionary' examples—of howto bring a new dimension to learning." —John Malitoris,regional managing director, Duke Corporate Education

"Tony O'Driscoll and Karl Kapp remind us that learning is thefourth dimension—and the one that really counts incollaboration. A must-read for the future of learning inenvironments virtual and otherwise." —Cathy Davidson, Ruth F.DeVarney Professor of English at Duke University and co-directorHASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and LearningCompetition.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

Understanding the impact that 3D environments, virtual worlds,and immersive learning spaces will have on society, business, andlearning is a challenge. Corporations, academic institutions, andgovernment agencies must develop a clear understanding of howvirtual immersive environments will impact global interactions,knowledge transfer, work transactions, and existing learningparadigms.

Learning in 3D empowers forward-thinking executives, managers,faculty members, and training professionals to design, develop, andcollaborate in the rapidly emerging field of 3D immersiveenvironments.

The authors, through case studies, conceptual models, and inputfrom dozens of industry experts, provide practical, research-basedrecommendations and techniques for integrating existing training,business, and computer systems into productive 3D virtual workenvironments. This thoughtful book contains insights intoinnovative methods already being used in a variety of settings byearly adopters and provides a road map for creating your ownsuccessful virtual immersive environment to promote learning andcollaboration.

With this indispensable resource, leaders will have theinformation needed to position themselves and their organizationsfor the up and coming technological innovation of virtual immersiveenvironments.

About the Author

Karl M. Kapp, Ed.D., is a professor of instructional technologyin Bloomsburg University's Instructional Technology Department andis the assistant director of the Institute for InteractiveTechnologies. He is a frequent speaker, consultant, scholar, andexpert on the convergence of learning, technology, and businessoperations. He has published hundreds of articles, whitepapers, andindustry reports on the topics of organizational learning,instructional technologies, and virtual worlds. He has writtenseveral books, including Winning e-Learning Proposals and Gadgets,Games, and Gizmos for Learning and is regularly interviewed bymagazine, television, and radio outlets.

Tony O'Driscoll, Ed.D.,is a professor of the practice at DukeUniversity's Fuqua School of Business where he also serves asexecutive director of Fuqua's Center for IT and Media; a researchcenter dedicated to understanding the strategic, structural, andbusiness model issues emerging from these vibrant and volatileindustry sectors. His research has been published in leadingacademic journals such as Management Information SciencesQuarterly, the Journal of Management Information Systems, and theJournal of Product Innovation Management. He has also written forrespected professional journals such as Harvard Business Review,Strategy and Business, Supply Chain Management Review and ChiefLearning Officer magazine.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pfeiffer & Co
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0470504730
• ISBN 13: 9780470504734
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 390