Shortened discussion on the use of virtual worlds for learning and traning - originally presented at AACE eLearn Conference Oct 2010.

1. 3D VIRTUAL WORLDS
FOR LEARNING AND
TRAINING
Presenter: Kevin Feenan – Rockcliffe University
Consortium

2. Overview
 Introduction to Virtual worlds
 3D vs 2D Concepts
 Use of Simulation in Education

3. Introduction to Virtual Worlds

4. MMORPG
 Massive Multiplayer
Online Role Playing
Game (MMORPG)
 Virtual Collaborative
Environment (VCE)

5. Alliance vs. Horde in Eye of Storms
WOW Battleground Scene

6. Characteristics
 Social
 Goal-Oriented
 Provide Challenges
 Experiential
 Real-Time
 Visual Interfaces
 Graphics Rendering
 Realistic models of
the world
 High Processing
Power
 High Bandwidth

7. ICT Convergence
 Information and Communication Technology
 Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
 Voice (VOIP)
 Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)
 P2P File Sharing
 Web Services

8. Product Placement
 Bounded
 No Ownership
 Limited Add-On
 Static
 Unbounded
 Ownership
 Open Standards
 Dynamic
3D VCE as Gaming 3D VCE as Platform

9. Overview of 3D vs 2D Concepts

10. Web 2.0 Concepts (O’Reilly)
 Strategic Positioning
 The Web as a Platform
 User Positioning
 You control your data
 Core Competencies
 Services, not packaged
software
 Architecture of Participation
 Cost-Effective Scalability
 Remixable data sources and
transformations
 Software above the level of a
single device
 Harnesses collective
intelligence

11. Comparison
 Britannica Online
 DoubleClick
 Newspapers
 Directories
(taxonomy)
 Stickiness
 Wikipedia
 Google AdSense
 Blogging
 Tagging
("folksonomy")
 Syndication
Web 1.0 Web 2.0

12. Just in Time
 Synchronous exchange of data and data
transformations
 Medium is facilitated by use of Third Spaces
(Constance Steinkuehler)
 Social Constructions / Sub-Cultures
 Peer-to-Peer Mentorship
 Truth is tainted by linguistic capital

13. Knowledge Levels
 http://people-press.org/report/319/public-
knowledge-of-current-affairs-little-changed-by-
news-and-information-revolutions

14. Use of Simulation in Education

15. What is knowledge?
 Justified True Belief no longer relevant
 Predicated that we have knowledge of
something being true – circular logic
 Gettier Counter-Examples
 Post-Modern Analysis of relevancy

16. Justified Applied Belief
Knowledge:
 A subject has knowledge of a proposition P, if
and only if, there exists a paradigm D such
that the subject can use D to describe how P
can be resolved as being either true or false

17. Justified Applied Belief
 Truth:
 Subject S can be said to have knowledge of P, regardless of whether P
resolves to be true or false, however S only knows that P is true, if and
only if:
1. S believes P to be true (what)
2. S is justified in believing P to true (why)
3. S can apply P to produce a true outcome based the same starting
conditions (how)

18. SECI Cycle
Nonaka &
Toyama
(2005)

19. Internalization
 Perpetuation of an
old or established
paradigm
 Socialization of
language to
describe new
problem sets and
paradigms
Sub-Culture Counter-Culture

20. Instructor
Influences
approximatel
y
½ to 2/3rds of
the
knowledge
development
cycle

21. Student
Student
accountable
for
internalizatio
n and
socialization

22. Learning
S can apply P to produce a true outcome
based the same starting conditions (how)
• Consistency of the shared context (emotive qualities)
• Ability to repeat reinforcing successful patterns of behaviour
• Ability to re-create the same set of starting conditions

23. 3D VCE Concepts
 Strategic Positioning
 The VW as a Crucible
 User Positioning
 You control your data
transformations
 Core Competencies
 Dynamic Experiences, not
packaged workshops
 Architecture of Language
 Cost-Effective Repeatability
 Remixable Cultures
 Software above the level of a
single social network
 Harnesses collective
emotional connectedness

24. DUSON Nursing Lab

25. Kevin Feenan, PMP, MBA
President, Rockcliffe University Consortium
kevin@urockcliffe.com
Twitter: @urockcliffe
Rockcliffe University Consortium is a 501c3
pending organization which focuses on science,
education, and research in 3D virtual
collaborative environments.
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