Join us Online for Virtual Worlds – Best Practices in Education (VWBPE)

VWBPE 2011 Presents:

The Four Factors that Create Engagement in Virtual Learning Environments

Join VenueGen CEO David Gardner for this special virtual presentation

Friday, March 18 2011 at 9am EDT in Second Life.

Abstract: Virtual educators know how difficult it is to maintain control over learners’ attention. Without the interpersonal cues and interactions we share when communicating face-to-face, the learning experience can feel unnatural and disengaging, extracting a heavy toll on knowledge transfer.

But why do virtual programs often seem less conducive to learning than ILT? The missing element is engagement. This session will examine:

1. The crucial nature of engagement to successful learning environments;
2. The four factors for creating engagement;
3. The ability of various online modalities to engage
4. How the immersive web can help simply and cost-effectively replicate the in-person experience.

Speaker Bio: David Gardner is a serial entrepreneur, technology investor and futurist with a proven track record of early identification of paradigm-shifting technologies. He is a trusted advisor concerning new technology trends who believes Web-3D is on the verge of dramatically transforming many web-based business models as we know them today.

Experienced in taking IT products and Internet-service model companies to market, Gardner has founded seven technology companies—including PeopleClick, the first hosted software-as-a-service enterprise application; and healthcare communications technology exchange ProviderLink, now owned by Compuware—without a single failure or loss of investor funds. He has served on several boards, spoken at multiple industry conferences, and published over twenty forward-thinking papers and articles on technical, business and managerial topics.

In 2007, Gardner founded VenueGen (www.VenueGen.com), a company dedicated to creating a new standard of in-browser web-conference platform for more engaging, productive and efficient online training, meetings and events. He currently serves as CEO.

For  more information about how to catch the presentation, visit the VWBPE Conference website or contact Kate Hendrick, director of marketing at VenueGen.