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- Is it Live or is it Memorex?
One of the most touted benefits of synchronous learning technologies is the convenience of joining a "live" online session regardless of where participants are located. That a session can be archived for replay is stated as another distinct advantage of these technologies. Recorded seminars are now hyped as if they deliver the same experience as the live sessions, or, in some cases better, since they can be viewed at any time. - BOOK REVIEW "Learning by Doing: A Comprehensive Guide to Simulations,
Computer Games, and Pedagogy in e-Learning and Other Educational Experiences"
Simulations and online educational games are swimming in a sea of hype, hyperbole, and half-truths. Every e-learning vendor is scrambling to sell online games and every academic is dreaming of a fully immersive simulation focused specifically on his or her content area. There is a pervasive fear among trainers, instructional designers, academics and others that if we don't have games and simulations in our learning toolkit, we will be labeled as "so late 1990s." With "Learning By Doing," Clark Aldrich is here to simultaneously slap us in the face with the reality of simulations and tease us with a vision of future.
