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What Is ImagiLearning, Inc?
ImagiLearning, Inc.
John B. Jamison, MS.Ed., PhD.
The mission: To Create the Future of Learning
Where we are from:
20+ years experience teaching in higher education
15 years experience teaching at a distance
30 years of instructional design experience
25 years experience in game design & development
35+ years experience in project leadership
What we believe:
The immergence of digital technology and digital games has changed the way people communicate, are entertained, and the way they prefer to learn. The specific merging of games and learning creates unique challenges for traditional educators, who are familiar with more instructor-led environments. Our extensive experience in both games and formal learning put us in a unique position to speak both languages, and to see new ways to create a meaningful synergy for today’s learners. We highly respect traditional education, and yet strongly believe that change is necessary.
What we do:
Because of our living in both the digital and traditional worlds of education, we have the ability to interpret the changes taking place in a meaningful way. We can provide faculty development experiences to introduce traditional educators to the digital culture. This includes keynote addresses, half and full-day seminars and workshops, as well as online coaching and consulting.
Because of our experience in the culture of digital games, we have the ability to provide instructional design guidance for incorporating the engaging characteristics of the digital culture into the traditional learning experience, and to create more meaningful assessment strategies.
Because of our experience in creating and directing distance learning programs, and our years of teaching in the distance environments, we have the ability to provide guidance and support in incorporating the elements of the digital culture in your distance program, to create higher levels of engagement, satisfaction and retention.
And because of our specific work in the new field of virtual world technology, we can provide guidance and support to help you understand and consider implementing environments such as Second Life to add new levels of engagement in learning, as well as in your administrative and day-to-day communication activities.
How we work:
We are prepared to work with you at your location, through the use of communication tools such as Skype or Elluminate, or to provide you with our full range of services on our three islands in the virtual world of Second Life.
Contact us:
jjamison at imagilearning.com
John B. Jamison, MS.Ed., PhD.
The mission: To Create the Future of Learning
Where we are from:
20+ years experience teaching in higher education
15 years experience teaching at a distance
30 years of instructional design experience
25 years experience in game design & development
35+ years experience in project leadership
What we believe:
The immergence of digital technology and digital games has changed the way people communicate, are entertained, and the way they prefer to learn. The specific merging of games and learning creates unique challenges for traditional educators, who are familiar with more instructor-led environments. Our extensive experience in both games and formal learning put us in a unique position to speak both languages, and to see new ways to create a meaningful synergy for today’s learners. We highly respect traditional education, and yet strongly believe that change is necessary.
What we do:
Because of our living in both the digital and traditional worlds of education, we have the ability to interpret the changes taking place in a meaningful way. We can provide faculty development experiences to introduce traditional educators to the digital culture. This includes keynote addresses, half and full-day seminars and workshops, as well as online coaching and consulting.
Because of our experience in the culture of digital games, we have the ability to provide instructional design guidance for incorporating the engaging characteristics of the digital culture into the traditional learning experience, and to create more meaningful assessment strategies.
Because of our experience in creating and directing distance learning programs, and our years of teaching in the distance environments, we have the ability to provide guidance and support in incorporating the elements of the digital culture in your distance program, to create higher levels of engagement, satisfaction and retention.
And because of our specific work in the new field of virtual world technology, we can provide guidance and support to help you understand and consider implementing environments such as Second Life to add new levels of engagement in learning, as well as in your administrative and day-to-day communication activities.
How we work:
We are prepared to work with you at your location, through the use of communication tools such as Skype or Elluminate, or to provide you with our full range of services on our three islands in the virtual world of Second Life.
Contact us:
jjamison at imagilearning.com
Blog Posts
Here It Comes Again...
It's time to brace yourself for another round of gloom and doom prophecy about Second Life! This latest round is being triggered by the announcement that Linden Labs has asked the "sleducation" wiki to change their name because the "SL" is in violation of the Linden trademark. Kudos to Jokay Wollongong, who decided to not enter into a major fight over this action, but that has not stopped the growing "Bad Linden...Bad!" scolding coming from educators and others in and around SL. And if history c… Continue
Posted by John Jamison on October 1, 2009 at 10:30am — 1 Comment
Leadership in A Digital Culture
The work of ImagiLearning, Inc is to support the efforts of individuals and groups who are attempting to learn how to adapt to the emerging digital culture. In this age of change, we focus on the elements of that change, rather than on pushing a particular agenda or philosophy 'about' that change. With that understood, I want to attempt to address an issue that could easily be interpreted as having some 'political' agenda...but that is not my motivation. First, I don't have a political agenda. S… Continue
Posted by John Jamison on September 10, 2009 at 10:56am — 2 Comments
There Is Pain In this Change
The State of Illinois is one of many that is struggling with budgets (and political agendas), with some very serious results. In June, several of my colleagues were laid off from our office, directly as a result of the actions and in-actions of the legislators. After two months now, we are beginning to see some return of budgets, as well as a couple of our colleagues. However, I have been impressed with the amount of pain that has been created, and which shows no real tendency to ease. While thi… Continue
Posted by John Jamison on September 3, 2009 at 3:05pm
My 10 Month Old Grandson: the Boy Genius!
Ok, I sound like any typical grandfather there don't I? "There is none smarter...or cuter...or...whatever, than my grandson!" Well, however true that may actually be...that's not really the point of this post. It's about "Genius".
This morning I stumbled across an article I've had on my laptop for a few months...in that folder I keep sticking things in that I really need to read "someday". It's an article by Thomas Armstrong, called "Awakening the Genius in the Classroom". I decided to skim it… Continue
This morning I stumbled across an article I've had on my laptop for a few months...in that folder I keep sticking things in that I really need to read "someday". It's an article by Thomas Armstrong, called "Awakening the Genius in the Classroom". I decided to skim it… Continue
Posted by John Jamison on September 1, 2009 at 9:30am
One Week to GO!
We are nearing the start of our Fall SLemester Experience, the 4 month learning community about the digital culture, using Second Life as our platform. We do still have a couple of seats open, and we're busy adding new activities and experiences to make this the best SLemester Experience so far!
The SLemester Experience is NOT just for newcomers to SL. Some of our best experiences have been with those who have been in SL for a while...who said the SLemester took them deeper than they ever imagi… Continue
The SLemester Experience is NOT just for newcomers to SL. Some of our best experiences have been with those who have been in SL for a while...who said the SLemester took them deeper than they ever imagi… Continue
Posted by John Jamison on August 30, 2009 at 12:52pm
Things We're Exploring At the Moment
- in the last minute scurry of getting everything ready for the Fall SLemester Experience, then welcoming folks back who are participating in the SLemester II Experience. Exciting times!
- Setting up new courses in the Moodle system on our server. After years of working with some of the "Big" LMS companies, I've pleasingly reminded of just how simple the systems could actually be made...this is so nice. Well done Moodle folks! (http://www.moodle.org)
- Updating the code and documentation on our first major product release into Second Life...the ImagiLearning Logic System. Use the Logic System to create sophisticated, branched, decision-based learning and training activities in-world, with ABSOLUTELY NO SCRIPTING. I have wanted this since I first entered SL, so we finally just created it ourselves.
- Trying to figure out the really best way to use a website, a blog, a Ning community, a "push" newsletter...and about 8 other tools. The biggest challenge I have in living in this digital culture is just figuring out what/who to pay attention to and what/who to ignore. Everyone I meet has expertise in a certain area and has their recommendations for what we do. How the heck do you keep it all clear?
- Setting up new courses in the Moodle system on our server. After years of working with some of the "Big" LMS companies, I've pleasingly reminded of just how simple the systems could actually be made...this is so nice. Well done Moodle folks! (http://www.moodle.org)
- Updating the code and documentation on our first major product release into Second Life...the ImagiLearning Logic System. Use the Logic System to create sophisticated, branched, decision-based learning and training activities in-world, with ABSOLUTELY NO SCRIPTING. I have wanted this since I first entered SL, so we finally just created it ourselves.
- Trying to figure out the really best way to use a website, a blog, a Ning community, a "push" newsletter...and about 8 other tools. The biggest challenge I have in living in this digital culture is just figuring out what/who to pay attention to and what/who to ignore. Everyone I meet has expertise in a certain area and has their recommendations for what we do. How the heck do you keep it all clear?
What I'm Reading Now
Re-reading Fantastic Voyage, by Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman. This is one of the most intriguing books I've read in a very long time, providing some 'hard science' to the whole "eat healthy and take care of yourself" discussion. The one small section about colas has convinced me to make some changes now! If you have read this book, I'd love to hear your comments and thoughts!
About to start reading Transcend, the new one by Ray Kurzweil. He's the first person I've read who can bring up the idea of living forever and actually make it sound somewhat feasible. Not sure I want to go there...but it is fascinating reading.
And re-visiting How We Decide, by Johan Lehrer. Like Csikzentmihaly...each time I read it I find new reasons to smile.
And just to keep some variety, I'm taking some time here and there to visit with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. It's on my iPhone, and just for those brief times when I a few minutes between things.
About to start reading Transcend, the new one by Ray Kurzweil. He's the first person I've read who can bring up the idea of living forever and actually make it sound somewhat feasible. Not sure I want to go there...but it is fascinating reading.
And re-visiting How We Decide, by Johan Lehrer. Like Csikzentmihaly...each time I read it I find new reasons to smile.
And just to keep some variety, I'm taking some time here and there to visit with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. It's on my iPhone, and just for those brief times when I a few minutes between things.
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