What's in the Book?

Learning in 3D is the first book to provide a compelling vision and a
comprehensive overview of Virtual Immersive Environments and their
potential to redefine the role of and approach of learning and
collaboration within the 21st century enterprise.

The book is broken into four parts:

Part I: Exploring the Possibilities

The first part of this book revolves around three words: Progress,
Problems, and Possibilities.

Chapter 1: Here Comes the Immersive Internet

Answers the following questions:
What is the Immersive Internet?
How is it impacting the businesses that the learning function serves?

This chapter describes how Immersive Internet technology has progressed to a point at which it is
beginning to redefine both society and industry. This chapter also examines how business-as-usual is becoming “business unusual” as a result of the convergence of four technology vectors that are driving the business environment towards the creation of new economic platforms based on social production.

Chapter 2: Learning to Change

Answers the following questions:
What is wrong with the learning function’s current approach to addressing business unusual?
Why must it change?

This chapter describes the problems that a modern-day organization faces due to its inability to adapt and change as rapidly as the environment within which it operates. This chapter also highlights the growing disconnect between the learning needs of the modern-day enterprise and the ability of the traditional learning function to address them.

Chapter 3: Escaping Flatland

Answers the following questions:
What is 3D learning?
Why is it better suited to meet the needs of business unusual?

This chapter explores the possibilities of a new learning paradigm that is enabled by the same Immersive Internet technologies that are revolutionizing business. This chapter also introduces two vignettes that compare a “Flatland” 2D learning experience to an immersive and engaging 3D learning experience.

Part II: Building a Blueprint

The second part of this book revolves around three words: Principles, Archetypes, and Examples.

Chapter 4: Architecting Learning Experiences

Answers the following questions:
What are the 3D learning design principles?
How are they applied to create a 3D learning experience blueprint?

This chapter describes the key design principles required to build engaging 3D learning experiences. This chapter also presents a comprehensive 3D learning architecture that can be applied to create a blueprint that ensures alignment and balance in the design of compelling 3D learning experiences.

Chapter 5: Designing by Archetype

Answers the following question:
How can learning archetypes be applied as building blocks in the design of engaging 3D learning experiences?

This chapter describes eleven learning archetypes that form the basic building blocks for creating 3D learning experiences. This chapter also presents comprehensive definitions of each archetype and provides examples of how the building blocks can be applied to create compelling 3D learning experiences.

Chapter 6: Learning from Experience

Answers the following questions:
Who has successfully designed 3D learning experiences?
What can be learned from their experience?

This chapter describes nine case studies of successful 3D learning experience designs and maps these designs back to the archetypes that were used to create them.

Part III: Breaking New Ground

The third part of this book revolves around three words: Process, Adoption, and Rules

Chapter 7: Overcoming Being Addled by ADDIE

Answers the following question:
How does the traditional ADDIE process change when it is applied to create 3D learning experiences?

This chapter describes how the existing ADDIE process must be augmented to address the nuances associated with analyzing, designing, developing, implementing and evaluating 3D learning experiences.

Chapter 8: Steps to Successful Enterprise Adoption

Answers the following question:
What key steps are required to drive adoption of 3D learning experiences within the enterprise?

This chapter describes the steps required to drive adoption of 3D learning experiences by mapping them to the diffusion of innovation attractiveness criteria: Relative Advantage, Compatibility, Complexity, Trialability, and Observability.

Chapter 9: Rules from Revolutionaries

Answers the following questions:
Who else has successfully driven 3D learning adoption?
What can be learned from their experience?

This chapter presents four essays from front-line revolutionaries who share their insights on how they changed the rules and convinced their organizations to adopt 3D learning.

Part IV: Just Beyond the Horizon

The final part of this book revolves around one word: Future.

Chapter 10: Back to the Future

Answers the following questions:
What’s next for 3D learning?
What will things look like in 2020?

This chapter describes a maturity model that argues that immersive technologies will evolve from learning to eventually encompassing all work activity and how you can move your organization toward that eventuality. It also presents two essays that envision the future of 3D learning from two of the industry’s leading visionaries.

In short, the ten chapters in this book can be summarized in ten simple words: Progress, Problems, Possibilities, Principles, Archetypes, Examples, Processes, Adoption, Rules, and Future.

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