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Author:

Heiphetz, Alex.

Title:

Training and collaboration with virtual worlds : how to create cost-saving, efficient, and engaging programs / Alex Heiphetz and Gary Woodill.

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xxii, 248 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Employees--Computer-assisted instruction--Computer-assisted instruction--Case studies.
Employees--Computer simulation--Computer simulation--Case studies.
Virtual reality in management--Case studies.
Virtual reality in education--Case studies.

Other Authors:

Woodill, Gary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-240) and index.

Contents:

Virtual worlds: what's in it for the corporate world? -- Enterprise applications of virtual worlds -- Virtual worlds: selecting the best -- Linden Lab and Second Life in their own words: enterprise-related developments and future plans -- Deploying a corporate training program in Second Life -- First steps in a virtual world: synchronous training and lectures -- Teaching complex concepts in a new way: the Michelin Group case study -- Teamwork and leadership in virtual worlds -- Doing it asynchronously: training simulations in Second Life -- Procedural training in Second Life: University of Kansas Medical Center case study -- Recruiting and new hire orientation: TMP Worldwide, EMC Corporation and IBM case studies -- Enterprise collaboration: the virtual world application -- The future of employee training in virtual worlds.

ISBN:

0071628029 (alk. paper)
9780071628020 (alk. paper) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)465868227

LCCN:

2009047274

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)