Training Industry Magazine - Fall 2023 - 20

A major financial services provider
is going through an organizational
transformation that requires
communication across all departments.
It has become clear that teams in some
departments are not communicating
effectively, severely hindering the
change process. Feelings of mistrust
have surfaced. The chief learning
officer (CLO) of the company has
decided that an intervention is
required. She needs to gain the
confidence of the team members to
improve the flow of information across
silos in a constructive manner. Instead
of hiring an organizational consultant
or publishing an online tutorial,
the CLO invites team members to
participate in a virtual mission to the
surface of Mars where they confront
unexpected challenges. In the safety
of their own workspace and without
any travel expenses, participants put
on a virtual reality (VR) headset and
are instantaneously teleported to the
Mars basecamp, where they receive
their mission briefing.
Very quickly participants who are
undertaking the mission stop asking
themselves " What do financial
services have in common with saving
humanity on Mars? " and start asking
constructive questions like " What
aspects of information should be
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shared? " or " How should we reach an
effective solution as a team? " It quickly
becomes evident that participants are
having fun and being creative while
the immersive learning system collects
crucial data about their choices
and decision-making strategies as
competing teams.
Immersive learning opens new frontiers
and capabilities that have never
been accessible before in corporate
learning. Today, by virtue of accessible
turn-key solutions, CLOs and
education professionals can drive
impact
while
learner
data-driven
boosting
compliance
synchronous
asynchronous learning.
IMMERSIVE TRAINING JUST
GOT EASIER
Immersive learning is a simple yet
powerful methodology that can
engage learners in an absorbing virtual
environment where they are active in a
scenario that challenges them to make
decisions and explore the environment
in a truly authentic way. Participants
can be immersed in ultra-realistic
scenarios, where they can enter and
act upon sensory rich environments
learning
engagement, knowledge retention
and
through
and
IMMERSIVE LEARNING IS
A SIMPLE YET POWERFUL
METHODOLOGY THAT CAN
ENGAGE LEARNERS IN AN
ABSORBING VIRTUAL
ENVIRONMENT THAT
CHALLENGES THEM
TO MAKE DECISIONS.
Extended reality (XR) headsets have
been around for years, but only
recently have they entered anything
approaching
mainstream
use
thanks
to all-in-one devices and reduction of
costs alongside improved performance.
In the early days of development,
rudimentary desktop headsets were
by initiating a series of actions using
different interfaces.
Most people would have seen or
experienced people playing virtual
games while wearing headsets covering
the upper part of their faces and
holding attachments in their hands. For
entrepreneurs designing immersive
interfaces, the challenge is to move
the needle from commercial apps and
games into the blue ocean of learning and
development (L&D). In this article, we are
going to argue that immersive learning
solutions are on the cusp of a revolution.
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