Session Number: 402

 

Session Title: Here Comes the "Immernet": Should Learning Get a Second Life?

 

Room Location: Acapulco

 

Day and Time: Monday, 2:45pm - 3:45pm

 

Session Format: Thought Leader

 

Led by: Tony O'Driscoll - Professor of the Practice, Fuqua School of Business - Duke University

 

Session Description: Web 2.0 technologies like blogs, wikis, RSS feeds, tags and social media are having a profound effect on how people live, work and learn. But their effects don't stop there: a number of companies are applying avatar-mediated, immersive technologies to move learning and collaboration into the third dimension. If you have been hearing the hype but need more evidence and examples as to why the shift from the Internet to the "Immernet" will redefine learning, this session is for you.

*: How Web 2.0 and 3-D platforms like Facebook, Digg and Second Life are changing the game in learning and collaboration

*: Where Web 2.0 and 3-D are being applied today to enhance informal and experiential learning across a wide number of industries

*: How Web 2.0/3-D learning will evolve and mature and how that will impact the learning function

 

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