Immersive Technologies for Cost Immersive Technologies for Cost Effective TrainingEffective Training

David Wortley FRSA

Serious Games Institute

Key Take Away Questions

What are Immersive Technologies?What is their impact on next generation

learners ?How and where are they being used ?What are their benefits for education

and business ?

Introduction to the SGI

Serious Games Institute (SGI)

“An international centre of excellence for the application of immersive technologies to serious social and economic

issues”

SGI Areas of Interest

Education Health Environment Smart Buildings

Relationships Interface TechnologyInnovation & Enterprise

The Importance of Immersive Technologies

Immersive Technologies

Games Virtual Worlds Social Networks

Immersive Technologies engage our hearts, minds and wallets

Games

Serious Games

Serious Virtual Worlds

Social Networks

Serious Social Networks

Artificial Intelligence, Geo-location, profiling

Serious Social Networks

Social Networks have powerful political impact

The Challenge of Next Generation Learners

Digital Natives

Video Games are changing our relationshipwith technology

The Multi-Tasking Generation

There is medical evidence to indicate that the brains of young people are becoming

increasingly “hard-wired” for multi-tasking - making them able to handle (and expect) multiple simultaneous information sources

and to make judgements on which sources to give attention to.

How can/should society respond to this ?

Student vs Teacher Student Generation Y Portfolio Career Digital Native Technophile (“Tech Savvy”)

“Multi-tasker”/task switcher “Connected” Mobile Short attention span Learner as “Producer” Collaborative Learning Distributed/Distance/ Mobile Learning

Hanlan & Swift, 2007

TeacherBaby Boomer

Company Man/Woman

Digital ImmigrantTechnophobe?Serial-tasker?

Stand alone technologyStatic (“Cinemascope”)Long attention span?

Learner as “Consumer”Individual Learning

Centralized Learning

New Ways of Learning, New Devices, New Challenges

New Devices

New Devices

Motion / Voice Controllers

New Ways of Learning

Watch, Copy, Feedback, Learn

Immersive Technologies changing the face of Learning

Staff Recruitment Challenge

Games and simulation used in selection

Rapid Training Challenge

Reducing time to effectiveness

Cultural Challenge

Shaping attitudes, building community

Motivating Staff Challenge

Making stressful jobs more fulfilling

Building Community Challenge

Example Serious Gamesand Simulations

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Benefits to Business and Education

Benefits More engaged and motivated staff Increased workforce productivitySelf-directed lifelong learningReduced training costs and time to

effectivenessStimulated enterprise and innovationCommunity cohesion

Immersive Technologies for Cost Immersive Technologies for Cost Effective TrainingEffective Training

David Wortley FRSA

Serious Games Institute