Simulations and the future of learning : an innovative (and perhaps revolutionary) approach to e-learning / Clark Aldrich.

Includes index.

Do you want fries with that e-learning? -- In the game -- The primary colors of content -- The e-learning arms race -- The myth of subject matter experts -- The search for content -- What would a leadership situation look like? -- Uncovering the essence of leadership -- The lure of linear content -- Rules for a post-textbook world : simulation design principles -- The beginning of open-ended content : sets and figures -- What do people do all day? : the animation system -- The ultimate hurdle : the dialogue system -- Modeling a little world : the physics system -- Modeling the inhabitants : the AI system -- A new look at work : the interface system -- The scariest word of all : gameplay -- Why use grades, anyway? : metrics, scores, and simulations -- Virtual leader vs. the world -- Seventeen simulation issues -- A manifest destiny : simulations and the training industry -- Epilogue, looking back at schools.

This work is designed for training managers, human resource professionals, chief learning officers, and anyone else who makes their living creating and disseminating training or educational content. Readers should learn how to build simulators, how to evaluate them, and how to use them.