i3D EDUCATORS’ SYMPOSIUM
April 9 – 11, 2008
Florence, South Carolina
The high-tech IDC Consortium invites you to a program on interactive 3D Simulation Based Learning – one you can’t afford to miss!
Registration Fee $395, Early Bird Registration Fee $295
The i3D Educators’ Symposium is the only opportunity of its kind in the United States – specifically devoted to assisting educators learn about i3D (interactive 3D) Simulation Based Learning (SBL) and ways to integrate these technology solutions into learning environments. For example:
- SBL uses real-time, interactive, photorealistic visualizations to present subject content to any learner.
- The learner interacts with the visualization to accomplish a learning task by seeing or literally going inside a real-time visualization of the subject, i.e. a car engine or something like the body's cardiovascular system.
- i3D may be described as a method for visualizing procedural information that is hard to describe textually, describing the different phases of a process in a way that the learner can control and/or navigate between them; such interactions greatly stimulate or engage the interest of the learner and accomplishes up to 40% greater retention of the subject content with the learner.
The unique part of this program is visiting an exciting new, one-of-a-kind facility – the 3D/Virtual Reality Interactive Digital Center – where you will observe the latest 3D interactive technologies and see how today’s learner can become immersed in the learning environment. You will experience how this technology truly changes the way learning takes place!
This Symposium program is designed so that participants have an opportunity to hear from a global team of 3D/Virtual Reality leaders and experts and to learn how to integrate i3D technologies across the curriculum. You will be exposed to the latest i3D hardware and software solutions and to successful strategies used to create self-sustaining environments for the learner. The i3D Educators’ Symposium is designed for faculty, administrators, curriculum designers, media and technology specialists and educators of disciplines preparing tomorrow’s workforce from doctors and nurses to engineers, auto techs and graphic designers. Registration is required and complimentary meals are provided. (Registration fee = $395, early bird registration = $295.)
SYMPOSIUM LOCATION:
The Symposium is in Florence, South Carolina at the Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing and Technology (SiMT) on the grounds of the Florence-Darlington Technical College campus located at 2175 West Lucas Street. The SiMT is a new state-of-the-art facility where interactive 3D technology solutions have been designed to provide a showcase of new 3D technologies, enhance content development for educators and industry partners for education/training, and to provide industry with new ways for enhancing sales, marketing, maintenance, and operations.
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PLEASE NOTE: For your convenience, this Symposium was scheduled to immediately follow the American Association of Community Colleges Conference in Philadelphia so that you could connect the two while on the East Coast!
REGISTRATIONS may now be entered on-line. EDUCATORS may register early to receive discount.
ACCOMMODATIONS in Florence, South Carolina. Florence is the seventh largest city is SC – a historic, southern belle of a city with an interesting selection of attractions.
DESTINATION RESORTS – MAKE THIS A LEARN / VACATION!!!
- Myrtle Beach and The Grand Strand (approximately 67 miles from Florence)
- Historic Charleston and Resort Beaches (approximately 134 miles from Florence)
- Lowcountry and Resort Islands (approximately 151 to 178 miles from Florence)
IDC CONSORTIUM: The global Interactive Digital Center (IDC) Consortium is a collaborative effort between EON Reality, NVIDIA, Hewlett-Packard and Christie Digital, with Microsoft serving as a technical provider. The IDC Consortium provides leadership in the development of sophisticated interactive 3D visualization solutions to promote simulation based learning and workforce development in a repeatable and cost-effective manner.
Please click i3D SYMPOSIUM if you would like to learn more about this program. Thank you for considering this unique opportunity to participate in an exciting Symposium. We hope to see you in Florence! Please feel free to reply to this email if you have any questions or you may call Marly Bergerud at 949-460-2000, extn. 226.