"Red Carpet Club" for DrM-Virtual3D-Learning Workshop

As one of the first steps in creating the DrM Virtual 3D Learning Workshop, I created a "Red Carpet Club" for the workshop on LinkedIn.  (Think of the Academy Awards when thinking of a "Red Carpet Club>") 

Members in this club will help design the learning workshop and will be participants in the workshop.  Because of their involvement in the club they will access "behind the scenes" experiences and events during the workshop and their feedback and insights can help improve the workshop and, possibly, the virtual 3D learning environment, created and maintained by Digitell's VirtualU.

One of the suggestions that came out of the Virtual Edge 2010 Summit was the use of "Red Carpet Clubs" to improve content and experience of virtual events. 

This club is a truly unique opportunity because it is open to LinkedIn professionals from many organizations who choose to be involved in creating and experiencing an online, virtual3D, learning workshop.  The workshop will be more than an event because its goals will be more expanded and it may take place over a broader span of time than a typical event.

It will probably combine both synchronous ("live") and "asynchronous" (done alone over a period of time) activities to take full advantage of the learning capabilities offered by the virtual platform.

If you're interested in participating, please sign-up for the group.  At this point in the planning, the learning workshop will be free.  Members of the group will have unique opportunities to develop and expand skills in online learning design and will get to experience their own design and give feedback.

Strategy Map for an Online, Virtual 3D Learning Workshop

What is "A strategy map for an online, virtual 3D learning workshop?"  This is the initial planning document for the creation of this learning workshop to be conducted online in a Virtual 3D environment.

If the learning workshop is being prepared for a single organization it can be preceded by a learning needs survey.  If the learning workshop is for multiple organizations, one of the initial steps is to invite ideas for learning needs for the workshop from these organizations.  For this workshop, LinkedIn will be used to contact many of the professionals who may be interested in participating in the free workshop.

Another part of the initial strategy is to explore with Digitell and VirtualU to learn the capabilities available for learning activities on the VirtualU platform.