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Simulations and the Future of Learning: an Innovative (and Perhaps Revolutionary) Approach to E-Learning.

Publication: T&D
Publication Date: 01-SEP-03
Format: Online - approximately 899 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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By Clark Aldrich

One of my favorite books is Tracy Kidder's Pulitzer Prize-winning, The Soul of a New Machine. Kidder lived with the Data General development team that built the first 32-bit processor, and the book details the story of building that computer and the dynamics of the team....

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...It reads like a novel, though every word is true. It has drama, humor, and pathos, and it runs the gamut of every human emotion.

Clark Aldrich achieves a similar effect in Simulations and the Future of Learning. His detailed and fascinating story of the massive effort associated with developing probably the first high-fidelity leadership simulation is riveting.

Aldrich compels us to draw the conclusion that there's truly no other way to learn than through simulations. He scares us with the realities and complexities of...

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