About the Meeting

This workshop focused on design of effective learning and collaboration in virtual worlds. Based on our experience in earlier workshops and meetings, this topic emerged as an important one that we felt we needed to address—and one that we have not previously focused on directly. We therefore decided we would use this workshop to look back and examine what lessons we have learned so far about effective design of learning and collaboration in 3D immersive environments and to bring in a number of experts with strong background and interesting perspectives on this topic.

Meeting Presentations

• What Have We Learned About Effective Training, Learning, and Collaboration in Virtual Worlds?
  Eilif Trondsen, SRIC-BI (now SBI)
• Game Design & Learning in Virtual Worlds
  Clark Quinn, Quinnovation
• IBM Perspectives on Learning and Collaboration
  Chuck Hamilton, IBM
• Intelligence in Virtual Worlds: Some Examples
  Parvati Dev, Innovation in Learning
• 'Sully' Re-lived: Saving Lives of Virtual Patients in Medical Extremis
  Leroy Heinrichs, Innovation in Learning
• Between the Real and the Virtual: Looking for Training Opportunities
  Eleni Stroulia, University of Alberta
• Media X at Stanford University: Explorations of Virtual Worlds
  Martha Russell, Media X, Stanford University

Meeting Photos

See a series of photos taken at the meeting.