This document discusses immersive technologies and personalized learning. It covers topics like games-based learning, immersive virtual worlds and social networks. It argues that immersive technologies can humanize learning by providing more control, personalized experiences and building relationships between users and technologies. The document envisions future immersive learning environments that provide personalized, lifelong and collaborative learning through discovery, virtual worlds linked to real data, and serious games addressing societal issues.

1. CGAT 2011 Penang Malaysia Immersive Technologies and Personalised Learning David Wortley FRSA

3. Games-based Learning

4. Immersive Technologies and Learning

5. Immersive Technologies Games Virtual Worlds Social Networks Immersive Technologies engage our hearts, minds and wallets

6. Triage Trainer

7. Serious Virtual Worlds

8. Social Networks 11 million people running their own virtual farm with friends

9. Adaptive Learning Role of Relationships

10. Technology and Society Knowledge Professionals train for many years to deliver their skills and knowledge more efficiently, and effectively

11. Technology and Society The internet and digital media delivers current information and knowledge faster, more efficiently, and on demand but what is missing ?

12. Technology and Society Human beings use intelligence, judgement, sensitivity, emotions, empathy and experience to deliver unique and personal experiences – differentiating us from machines

13. Machines and Humans Power, speed, efficiency, accuracy, stamina, capacity, availability, inflexible Judgement, sensitivity, care, humanity, fallibility, creativity, versatility

15. Immersive Applications are Humanising Technology Delivering more control over our lives, our world and our relationships – giving us access to a global network – building personalised relationship with our technologies

16. Immersive Technologies Games Virtual Worlds Social Networks Immersive Technologies deliver personalised experiences based on building “intelligent” relationships

17. Technology and Learning We use technology to try to make learning faster, easier, more powerful and more efficient in a world which is exploding with information and new knowledge

18. Who do we learn most from ? Technology can help us disseminate information to a global network of learners and through repetition develop skills and memory but humans inspire us, influence us, motivate us, shape our attitudes and behaviours and help us to imagine, innovate, dream, discover, desire and act.

19. The Challenge of the Digital Native Immersive Technologies are changing the face of education

20. 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 ?

21. What does Education need from Technology ? In a rapidly changing Knowledge Society, Education needs tools and technologies to inspire us, influence us, motivate us, shape our attitudes and behaviours and help us to imagine, innovate, dream, discover, desire and act.

22. Conclusion Tomorrow’s learners are using technologies access and manage a rapidly growing wealth of information BUT they need inspiration, motivation, and ability to live in a fast changing world

23. Humanising Technology We are developing immersive technologies that recognise our voice, our actions and our preferences to deliver personalised experiences

25. Adaptive Learning Role of Interface Technologies

26. Webinars

27. Virtual Events

28. Virtual Meetings

29. Playgen Serious Games for Schools www.playgen.com

30. Mangahigh Maths Game

31. Caspian Thinking Worlds Tools to develop learning Games

32. Roma Nova Project

33. RescueSim Training Platform

34. WeForest Environment Game Social Network Game to save forests

35. Summary and Conclusions

36. Visualisation and Fidelity Sophisticated Personalisation

37. Simulation

38. New Devices Brain wave controllers

39. New Devices Motion / Voice Controllers

40. New Ways of Learning

41. Watch, Copy, Feedback, Learn Immersive Technologies changing the face of Learning

42. Collective Human Wisdom Combining the power of humans and machines

44. Moscow On-Line Education Conference Trends in Immersive Learning Environments David Wortley FRSA