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December 05, 2005
Online Educa & New Security/Defense Conferences
We're back from Online Educa in Berlin where we were among 1700 attendees and hundreds of exhibitors. I experienced a few standout presentations that were thought provoking and inspiring, but one that really stood out from me was Nigel Paine of the BBC explaining how over just the last few years they have adopted several leading edge collaborative learning technologies including Wikis, Blogs and are exploring internal podcasting. They have created a culture of sharing information which has cut considerable time from others searching for the same thing. An example was given of one leader sharing the list of links he had acquired on the New Orleans disaster that was used by thousands. They really have come a long way and win my informal "best of show" award!
(Here's a link to a recent article on BBC Learning in Workplace Performance Solutions for context.
Dick and I presented Serious Games to the New Security and Defense Forum by giving an overview of examples and why games for learning are so important for this field. We then did a live demonstration of Forterra Systems OLIVE platform, an immersive 3D virtual world in which avatars driven by real people can practice skills and proceedures. The demonstration was coordinated with 15 people from across the United States during the I-ITSEC conference in Orlando - attended by thousands, showcasing how a distributed audience can learn together during a First Responder scenario. We received a lot of interest in using the system for a variety of security and safety training uses. We also presented the work we're doing on geo-location based gaming and augmented reality (placing virtual objects in real environments for lower cost, more realistic training using mobile devices).
We hosted a Special Interest Group Lunch that was packed with a people interested in mobile applications and games. I promised a few links I mentioned so here they are.
Serious Games Europe
Water Cooler Games
Social Impact Games
Gizmondo - Serious Games Mobile Platform!
My presentation at the end of the conference "Learning Innovation at the Speed of Business" had at least a few people interested in games and simulations and the instructional design considerations of rapid content development. Thanks to those of you that made it to the end of the conference to catch it!
Posted by Ron Edwards at December 5, 2005 09:22 AM
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