How Immersive Learning Simulations help people to learn more effectively. Where they can be used and key design considerations.

1. The 3D Imperative Keeping it Real

2. Ultimately, its ALL in our mind

3. Learning through real task practice

4. Learning through mental practice

5. Learning by imagining Mental practice proven to improve skills, change behaviours & attitudes

6. Why?

7. Cortical output maps for finger flexors Fmri Piano Playing / Imagining In the brain, Mental Practice & Real task Practice are 90% the same

8. Improving Mental Practice - how to make it real?

9. Technology Supported Mental Practice

10. Making it real

11. Perceptual Detail Creates more vivid memories, even false ones

12. Information Richness Increases salience; improves performance from mental practice

13. Presence Psychological feeling of ‘being there’ improves transfer

14. Realism, control, interactivity, multi modality

15. Avatar – its YOUR learning experience

16. 3D depth and object interactivity Information Richness 3D Immersive Simulations Create ‘reality like’ memories

17. Design elements

18. Presence Not good for this

19. 10 Presence Key facts about……… Or, this

20. Actions Goals Ball? Senses Settings Feelings Learning is always situated and action oriented

21. Build scenarios

22. Stories enable human’s to quickly learn complex information

23. Failure – it is crucial for learning

24. Make it personal

25. Give it some emotion

26. See another perspective

27. Choices, variety, depth

28. The 3D Imperative Keeping it Real