tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313978.post111451964961341056..comments2023-11-03T06:03:50.388-07:00Comments on The Learning Circuits Blog: How not to talk about simulationsjayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271633210993298646noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313978.post-1114548524057767522005-04-26T13:48:00.000-07:002005-04-26T13:48:00.000-07:00I can relate, having done everything from flight s...I can relate, having done everything from flight simulation with a $25M simulator to role-playing in a classroom. So how do you frame the discussion?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313978.post-1114531795057440552005-04-26T09:09:00.000-07:002005-04-26T09:09:00.000-07:00I started a corporate simulation development compa...I started a corporate simulation development company in London back in the early-90s. Most VCs thought I was building computerized business games, along the lines of the old mainframe games where your team decides how much to spend on what activities, and you wait breathlessly for your financial results to see if your competitors did better than you. What I was building had more in common with Ultima Online, but RPGs and massively multiplayer online environments were completely foreign concepts to most people back then. <BR/><BR/>Your example follows what I have experienced over the years when trying to hold a conversation about e-learning, or about mobile learning. The terms "simulation", "e-learning" and "mobile learning" are not useful, except as very broad umbrella terms. You can spin around in circles trying to define them, and inevitably come to the conclusion that they cover far too many diverse manifestations to be meaningful. <BR/><BR/>As such, you can't make any accurate specific statements about them without a whole bunch of qualifiers and disclaimers.<BR/><BR/>Maybe we need a richer vocabulary.<BR/><BR/>Godfrey ParkinGodfrey Parkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06709971051738379823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313978.post-1114521487146402432005-04-26T06:18:00.000-07:002005-04-26T06:18:00.000-07:00I read with great interest on Clark's article.Lear...I read with great interest on Clark's article.<BR/><BR/>Learning through simulations has played a very crucial role in our daily routines. We have seen the simulated learning environment in air flight systems, medical experiments, military,engineering and etc. All these really proves a point, that these simulated method of learning is indeed an enchanted form of learning which can improves one's learning comprehension and retention.<BR/><BR/>As such, we can observe an upsurge trend in the blooming market of Elearning, through form of Online Distance Learnings, ie Online universities / colleges. <BR/><BR/>I would not be surprised if for the next 5 years or so, the days spent in schools will be shorten, where the educators' time are reduced by the accessibility of online learning / simulated learning in the school.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>Sunny Tan<BR/><A HREF="http://www.elearning-avenue.com" REL="nofollow">http://www.elearning-avenue.com</A><BR/>Online Elearning CoursesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com