The document discusses the future of e-learning and technologies. It argues that serious games and simulations can provide valuable learning opportunities through meaningful practice in realistic virtual experiences. By blending capabilities like knowledge capture, virtual experiences, social learning, and skills assessment, serious games can foster collaboration and communities of shared interest to drive learning. However, technologies should serve learning goals rather than being an end in themselves.

1. Kevin Corti, CEO & Co-founder, PIXELearning The Learning Revolution: A serious call to action!

4. Don’t evangelise about technology for technology’s sake – it’s about doing business stupid! (with apologies to former President Clinton’s campaign organisers!)

5. But it’s all about Generation Y isn’t it?

6. … not yet it isn’t!!!

8. THE BLOGOSPHERE PEER REVIEW WISDOM OF CROWDS [1] Capture knowledge [2] Virtual experience [3] Support informal learning [4] User-generated content [5] Social networks/communities [6] Virtual worlds [7] Game the skill

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10. RUN A BUSINESS PERFORM BATTLEFIELD TRIAGE RUN A COUNTRY BE A SOLDIER VISIT THE PAST [1] Capture knowledge [2] Virtual experience [3] Support informal learning [4] User-generated content [5] Social networks/communities [6] Virtual worlds [7] Game the skill BE A ROCK GOD

11. SEMANTIC SEARCH THE ANSWER IS OUT THERE! NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING DATABASES [1] Capture knowledge [2] Virtual experience [3] Support informal learning [4] User-generated content [5] Social networks/communities [6] Virtual worlds [7] Game the skill SEARCH

13. TAGGED PHOTOS MACHINIMA ANYTHING & EVERYTHING GAME MODS [1] Capture knowledge [2] Virtual experience [3] Support informal learning [4] User-generated content [5] Social networks/communities [6] Virtual worlds [7] Game the skill VIDEO

15. SOCIAL & LEISURE NICHE TOPICS/DOMAINS PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS [1] Capture knowledge [2] Virtual experience [3] Support informal learning [4] User-generated content [5] Social networks/communities [6] Virtual worlds [7] Game the skill

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17. SCENARIO TRAINING COLLABORATION & COMMUNICATION APPLICATION SHARING SERENDIPITY SOCIAL, LEISURE & ENTERTAINMENT [1] Capture knowledge [2] Virtual experience [3] Support informal learning [4] User-generated content [5] Social networks/communities [6] Virtual worlds [7] Game the skill

18. [1] Capture knowledge [2] Virtual experience [3] Support informal learning [4] User-generated content [5] Social networks/communities [6] Virtual worlds [7] Game the skill STEP INTO THE SHOES OF OTHERS PREMIUM SKILLS MEANINGFUL PRACTICE RISK-FREE EXPERIMENTATION SOMETHING DIFFERENT

19. Serious games / immersive simulations practice, learn by doing, experience, challenge, problem spaces, compete, apply, perform, assess, game the skill…

21. Basically….. Is there a process , environment or system that can be conceptually and/or visually modelled and from which relevant and meaningful scenarios created? When is a Serious Games appropriate?

24. Serious Games and sims Serious games allow you to experience something from an alternative perspective; to feel what it might be like for someone else.

27. The ‘future’ bit… All of this exists today…. … some of it is proven, some not so (“in Beta”)… The real power comes when we learn how to BLEND it all together in a coherent and appropriate way…. … .it will most likely be the users that show us HOW

28. Kevin Corti, CEO founder & Chief Learning Architect Email: [email_address] Company web: www.pixelearning.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kevincorti Blog: http://theevilnumber27.wordpress.com PIXELearning +44 (0) 24 7623 6971