1. How Simulations Can Change
the Future of Learning
Bjorn Billhardt, Enspire Learning
bjorn@enspire.com
2. Today’s Agenda
• The Promise of Simulation Learning
• How Simulations Work
• Case Study
• Discussion / Q&A
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3. Promise of Simulation Learning
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16. Myths about Simulations
• 3D and immersive
• Mimic reality
• Expensive
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17. What is Learning?
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18. What Do Simulations Teach?
- Mnemonic exercises
- Mini-games
Business strategy
simulations
Organizational
behavior
simulations
Flight simulators
Medical device simulators
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19. Beyond Learning Objectives
Self-awareness Motivation
Connections
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20. Case Study: University of Texas
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21. The Experience
• Teams formulate strategies and execute
them over multiple quarters
• Structured, customized debriefs drive
learning
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22. Individual Leadership Roles
• Each learner takes on a different leadership role
(CEO, CFO, etc)
• Leadership roles change
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23. Pipelined Execution
• Creates time & communications challenges
• Fosters “siloed” planning, coordination and
decision-making
Research & Sales &
Operations
Development Marketing
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24. HR Management
• Players must manage both financial and
human capital resources
• Virtual employees have specific capabilities,
capacity and morale
• Must develop people to increase capabilities
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26. 5 Predictions for The Future
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27. 5 Predictions for The Future
1. Textbooks will be electronic,
video-based, interactive, and
social
2. Learners will find better
explanations of content online
than in the classroom
3. The classroom will morph into a
laboratory / tutoring environment
4. Traditional universities and
training providers will survive
only if they embrace these new
technologies
5. To stay relevant, classroom
experiences need simulations and
games
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28. Promise of Simulation Learning
“I never try to teach my “I am always ready
students anything. I only try to to learn, but I don’t
create an environment in like being taught.”
which they can learn.” – Winston Churchill
– Albert Einstein
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