Technology is changing more rapidly than most companies can implement it. This chapter presents a digitized Human Resource Development (dHRD) Framework Model that organizational leaders can use to meet the needs of current and future workforces via avatar-mediated learning in 3D virtual learning...

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Mirage in the Desert; How to Read This Book; Section 1 Organizational Leadership and Management; 1 Overview of Online Learning and an (Un)official History; Let's Start With the Basics; Online Learning...

"This book highlights smart learning practices as they are being implemented throughout the world. It also offers guidance to teachers and curriculum developers across the world who are exploring smart learning environments as to what to do, how to do it, and when to do it, both in terms of...

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Education has historically been a core concept in societies. Over the years we have seen founders of educational thought compromise with dated economic and social trends. Locke, Dewey, Piaget, Montessori are only some of the 'contemporary' contributors in the field. It is very difficult for the...