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Simulations and the Future of Learning: An Innovative (and Perhaps Revolutionary) Approach to e-Learning
Clark Aldrich
ISBN: 978-0-7879-6962-2
Hardcover
304 pages
September 2003
US $55.00 add_to_cart.gif
 
Foreword.

Acknowledgments.

1. Do You Want Fries with that e-Learning?

Part One: The Simulation Way.

2. In the Game.

3. The Primary Colors of Content.

4. The e-Learning Arms Race.

5. The Myth of Subject-Matter Experts.

6. The Search for Content.

7. What Would a Leadership Situation Look Like?

8. Uncovering the Essence of Leadership.

9. The Lure of Linear Content.

Part Two: Modeling Reality.

10. Rules for a Post-Textbook World: Simulation Design Principles.

11. The Beginning of Open-Ended Content: Sets and Figures.

12. What Do People Do All Day? The Animation System.

13. The Ultimate Hurdle: The Dialogue System.

14. Modeling a Little World: The Physics System.

15. Modeling the Inhabitants: The AI System.

Part Three: Philosophical and Technical Realities.

16. A New Look at Work: The Interface System.

17. The Scariest Word of All: Gameplay.

18. Why Use Grades, Anyway? Metrics, Scores, and Simulations.

19. Virtual Leader vs. the World.

Part Four: The Way Ahead.

20. Seventeen Simulation Issues.

21. A Manifest Destiny: Simulations and the Training Industry.

Epilogue: Looking Back at Schools.

Glossary.

Appendix One: Raw Leadership Content.

Appendix Two: Organized Leadership Content.

Index.

About the Author.

Pfeiffer Publications Guide.

 
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