AuthorAldrich, Clark, 1967-
TitleSimulations and the future of learning [electronic resource] : an innovative (and perhaps revolutionary) approach to e-learning / Clark Aldrich
Imprint San Francisco : Pfeiffer, c2004
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Descript xi, 282 p. : ill

CONTENT

Do you want fries with that e-learning? -- In the game -- The primary colors of content -- The e-learning arms race -- The myth of subject matter experts -- The search for content -- What would a leadership situation look like? -- Uncovering the essence of leadership -- The lure of linear content -- Rules for a post-textbook world : simulation design principles -- The beginning of open-ended content : sets and figures -- What do people do all day? : the animation system -- The ultimate hurdle : the dialogue system -- Modeling a little world : the physics system -- Modeling the inhabitants : the AI system -- A new look at work : the interface system -- The scariest word of all : gameplay -- Why use grades, anyway? : metrics, scores, and simulations -- Virtual leader vs. the world -- Seventeen simulation issues -- A manifest destiny : simulations and the training industry -- Epilogue, looking back at schools


SUBJECT

  1. Education -- Simulation methods
  2. Internet in education
  3. Instructional systems -- Design
  4. Electronic books.