SD: E-Learning

How do you teach people who work from coffee shops, kitchen tables and offices around the globe? One thing is for sure: Conference calls, video conferencing, TelePresence and webinars are the kiss of death for learning. New insights are not conceived while staring at a phone or a PPT slide while talking to disembodied voices on a conference call or starring at a video that brings the depth and drama of C-Span. The new breed of Web-savvy, socially-networked learners entering the work place have little patience for the traditional doldrums of the Static Web. They want to be engaged, in control and part of the storyline. Forward-looking companies bet that the future of learning won’t be built on flat, static Web pages but rather in the dynamic real time conversations of the Live Web and traversable 3-D spaces of virtual worlds. Think Facebook meets "Grand Theft Auto" or a Smurf Village reduction of your classroom. Learn how industry leaders are harnessing the power of virtual worlds for collaboration and learning to create a high performing workplace. Dr. Gronstedt will demonstrate how leading enterprises like IBM and the federal government are using Second Life and other virtual-world platforms to recruit, onboard, network, inspire, teach, coach, mentor, and engage their talent. About the Speaker:
Anders Gronstedt, Ph.D., is the president of the Gronstedt Group (www.gronstedtgroup.com), which helps global companies like HP, Jamba Juice, American Eagle, Ericsson and ADT improve performance with next-gen learning approaches of virtual worlds, video-simulations, podcasting and social media. His articles have appeared in the Harvard Business Review. Gronstedt hosts popular weekly "Train for Success" meetings in Second Life.

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