Converting F2F Activities into SL
Posted on December 4, 2008
Filed Under education, second life, tips |
It’s not always easy to see how Second Life can be useful for training. In many cases it’s just not the best tool for the job but sometimes a training need just matches perfectly. Kelley Executive has a great face to face training program to help companies understand the differences in generational management needs. In their current sessions, participants learn how each generation’s views on management, technology, employer feedback etc can be different and how to work around those differences to leverage strengths. But we wanted to be able to offer the training to geographically disparate groups while maintaining the interactivity so I translated it into a SL experience.
Introducing the Work Style Totem Activity. Participants get a copy of the totem (as seen above) which asks eight questions related to their preferences for management, collaboration, and technology in the workplace. Darker colors represent more traditional views; paler colors match Millenial workstyles. After each participant had completed their totem the group has an easy to understand visual representation of their preferences and a great discussion ensues.
It’s a simple activity. The totem was easy to build. And yet, the delivery method (ie in SL) allows for groups from all over the world to come together and participate in the session. It works because it focuses on the strengths of the SL platform while maintaining the interactivity crucial to the training.
Have you translated a F2F activity into SL? Did it work? Tell us about it!
Comments
2 Responses to “Converting F2F Activities into SL”
Leave a Reply
[...] Converting F2F Activities into SL : UberNoggin - [...]
[...] Sarah Robbins writes on her blog that “it’s not always easy to see how Second Life can be useful for training. In many cases it’s just not the best tool for the job but sometimes a training need just matches perfectly” when talking about modifying face-2-face teaching for Second Life (SL as she calls it) activities. [...]