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Immersive Learning: Designing for Authentic Practice focuses on how to design immersive learning environments and how these design practices differ from traditional instructional design processes. Traditional instruction often amounts to providing information to the learners without the opportunity to use what they learn. Immersive learning creates practice opportunities for the learners, which leads to improved performance and true behavior change. Immersive learning doesn't have to be an expensive 3D virtual environment. In fact, it's not about technology at all - it's about design. By following the design process laid out in this book, you'll create learning that drives real change and is fun for the learners.
About the author
Koreen advocates new ways of using technology for organizational learning, with an emphasis on performance improvement and behavioral change. She received her MS in Curriculum and Instruction from Penn State University. She helped start Freire Charter School in 1999, and founded Tandem Learning in 2008 to demonstrate the untapped potential of immersive learning design. Koreen has taught graduate courses at Harrisburg University, writes the blog Learning in Tandem, and is currently working in product management at lynda.com. Koreen lives in Carpinteria, California.
Summary
Use immersive learning design to train others using new technology.
Discover a framework for thinking in terms of immersive learning design. Outline the process of designing for immersion. See real examples of organizations that have applied these principles to solve learning and performance challenges.
