CNDG Virtual Learning Environments - PRODUCT CATALOGUE
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CNDG Virtual Learning Environments PRODUCT CATALOGUE
Table Of Contents
About CNDG 04
General Spaces 05
Overview: VLEs for Education 10
Courses & Educational spaces 12
Overview: VLEs for Business 22
Business spaces 24
Frequently Asked Questions 26
Analytics and Support 29
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About CNDG
CNDG is a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) developer. We specialize
in creating tailored, user-friendly VLEs where instruction, learning
activities, assignments, and synchronous or asynchronous exercises
are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We have been creating
virtual learning environments for over ten years.
We have offices in New York, Orlando, and London, with consultants
and content creators worldwide, providing continuous client support
in any time zone. Our design and development teams consist of expert
Orientation
programmers, 3D modellers, scenographers, project managers,
trainers, and learning consultants. We can manage projects on any
scale. An interactive, step-by-step Users learn the basics of navigating a virtual space
tour that teaches you how to quickly, practising techniques as they move around the
navigate and interact with the orientation area.
The following pages provide an overview of the types of spaces virtual environment.
available in a virtual world for education and business. We also share
information about our courses and modules.
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Virtual Campus Lecture Halls
A central campus serving Also serves as a communal space for social and Deliver presentations, Instructors and presenters deliver lectures or
as the welcome point when recreational use. lectures, and webinars to a presentations with the help of CNDG Live Tools.
you log into the virtual live, virtual audience.
environment. From here you access your learning activities, teaching, training These include an interactive whiteboard to draw and display
or event spaces. The campus can offer a whole host of leisure diagrams, presentation slide and video capabilities, and the
attractions including avatar customization areas, sandboxes ability to share other media types as you would in a real
and even cafes where you can enjoy a hot cup of virtual coffee! presentation setting.
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Event Spaces Social Spaces
Host a virtual conference or Versatile spaces host a variety of events such as virtual For those times when the work Gather socially at any time to interact, chat with
meeting without needing to conferences, workshops, exhibitions, and product or learning stops. others, play games, or simply relax and enjoy a serene
hire physical space! demonstrations. virtual environment.
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Virtual Environment Types
Learning
Environments
for Education
Simulations Conceptual Environments
Closely emulating real-life experiments and Impossible to experience outside the virtual world.
equipment.
Field Trips Fictional or Narrative-driven Scenarios
Visit and explore existing places that would be Fictionalized elements or narratives enhance
difficult (or even impossible) to visit in real life. learning.
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Biology - Module List
1. Measurements 7. Mitosis
2. Microscope 8. Meiosis
3. Cellular Organelles/Structures 9. Mendelian Genetics I
4. Osmosis and Diffusion 10. Mendelian Genetics II All module breakdowns are
5. Enzymes 11. DNA Synthesis, Transcription, available at our website at:
6. Cellular Respiration and Translation cndg.info/downloadables
Carnival Crime Scene Desert Canyon
Course: Biology With learning games Collect the evidence Visit an alien crash site
Students earn tickets for Students solve a crime Students learn monohybrid/
Students familiarize themselves with the analytical machines and safety equipment they will use in
successfully completing that’s taken place on dihybrid crosses, Punnett
real laboratories, practise core lab skills, and test their theoretical knowledge. The modules include
educational mini games at campus by collecting, squares, sex-linked
simulations of real life experiments, explorations of habitats, and imaginative conceptualizations. They
carnival booths. examining, and identifying inheritance to find a cure for
are delivered both as supervised class sessions and as self-directed exercises that can be accessed at
evidence. the aliens’ sickness.
any time.
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Chemistry - Module List
1. Intro to the Forensic
Academy, including lab safety 7. Arson & the Chemistry of Fire
2. Gathering evidence 8. Time of death
3. Chemical Basics 9. Weapons and Chemistry
4. Chemical Structure 10. The Biochemistry of Poisons All module breakdowns are
5. Chemical Svidence: Solutions 11. Identifying the suspect: Part 1 available at our website at:
6. Chemical Evidence: Drugs 12. Identifying the suspect: Part 2 cndg.info/downloadables
Virtual Town Crime Scene Autopsy Lab
The site of the murder And investigation Collect further evidence Course: Chemistry
Students explore the Students will solve this Students sit in at an autopsy
Students take on the role of a junior forensic scientist to solve a murder. Ten modules allow students
neighborhood and visit crime by collecting, in the virtual lab, then
to familiarize themselves with the analytical machines and safety equipment used in real laboratories,
the nearby locations of the examining, and identifying conduct an experimental
practice core lab skills, and test their theoretical knowledge. The course is a complete package including
various crime scenes. evidence at two key analysis on the findings.
both lecture and lab elements.
locations.
14 15Economics - Module List
1. Trade Creates Value 8. Monopoly
2. Property Rights 9. Comparative Advantage
3. Supply and Demand 10. Real vs Nominal Values 15. Monetary Policy
4. Production Costs 11. Foreign Exchange
5. Taxes 12. Political vs Market Choice All module breakdowns are
6. Public Goods 13. Broken Window Fallacy available at our website at:
7. Business Regulation 14. Special Interest Effect cndg.info/downloadables
Restaurant Grocery Store Fishing pond
Course: Micro and Macro Economics That travels through time! For shopping and learning What will students catch?
With $20 to spend on a meal students vote on two Students fish at a pond that
Students work through economics experiments that focus on the market system of economic
across various decades, shopping carts that meet switches between common
choice. They analyze how individuals, or relatively small groups of individuals, involved in the market
students experience Real vs basic needs. They then shop and private ownership. This
system make choices, and how society’s economic activities are organized. A virtual town is the
Nominal Values. for the items themselves module demonstrates
backdrop of these experiments and includes a trading floor, restaurant, cinema, bank, barbershop,
to learn Political vs Market property rights.
grocery store, and recreational areas.
Choice.
16 17Environmental Science - Module List
1. Easter Island 7. Frogs and Atrazine
2. Invasive Species 8. Green Building
3. Ice Core
4. Climate Change and Ocean Acidification All module breakdowns are
5. Nutrient Use on a Farm available at our website at:
6. Nutrient runoff: watershed impacts cndg.info/downloadables
Coral Reef Dive Ice Core Drilling Farm Visit
Don’t forget SCUBA gear! In the Antarctic Virtual acres of fertile land Course: Environmental Science
Diving to a coral reef, Students join a scientific Students visit wetlands
A series of modules in which students apply scientific methodologies while studying and assessing
students learn methodological expedition in Antarctica and must determine the
environments. Students explore places they would not have the opportunity to visit as part of a
techniques used to survey and drill for ice core amount of fertilizer required
traditional course, including a scientific facility in Antarctica, Easter Island through the ages, and a
marine biodiversity. samples that provide data to produce a healthy and
marine biology research centre and its surrounding coral reef.
about historic CO2 levels. commercially profitable crop.
18 19Spaces Offered
• Classrooms and lecture halls with • Recreations of real-life buildings and
interactive whiteboards and multimedia recreational spaces.
presentation capabilities. • Teambuilding activities.
• Meeting, mentoring, and counselling • Leisure and gaming spaces.
spaces allowing for private discussion. • Freebie mall featuring branded clothing.
• Scavenger hunt with items related to your • Public gallery where students can submit
institution or course. artworks for display.
Space Station Arcade Mentoring Space
General Learning Spaces Space suits included No need for quarters Private and comfortable
Blast off in a shuttle and arrive A large selection of games Arranged in private areas
The general spaces at our virtual campus provide students with a place to meet and gather online,
at our space-based learning and rides let students relax that restrict access to other
learn, complete activities, and receive mentoring. Educational tools provided make instruction easy.
environments: classrooms, and unwind after sessions. users, students can receive
This large-scale environment also has social spaces, allowing for hours of exploration and fun too!
lecture halls, and social spaces Some give the player a novelty mentoring or counselling in a
with viewes of the stars. item for their avatar to wear! safe environment.
20 21Virtual Environment Types
Environments
for Business
Business to Business Learning & Development
Offer product demonstrations and host exhibitions Offer ways for employees to continue their
without needing to travel. professional development virtually.
Corporate Training E-congress
Virtual spaces offer risk-free environments for Virtual conferences can host an infinite number of
training. guests and sessions.
22 23Spaces Offered
• Conference hall with multimedia • Cinema space for longer videos. While
presentation capabilities. The hall allows visitors watch together, streaming content
for up to 120 concurrent visitors. is viewed individually allowing viewers to
• Breakout rooms for smaller watch at their own pace.
presentations or discussion. • A selection of spaces to gather socially
• Exhibition area to present materials to between sessions.
your guests.
Meeting Spaces Exhibition Spaces Social Spaces
Corporate Training Spaces Continue the conversation Show, share, sell! Relax between sessions
Our selection of stylish Within our multi-floor Grab a cup of virtual coffee,
Our corporate spaces allow large groups of guests or delegates to meet virtually to attend conferences,
breakout and meeting rooms exhibition center, your network during fun group
continue their professional development, train with their colleagues, and attend B2B product
give space for discussion with materials are presented in activities, or simply sit back
demonstrations in our exhibition center.
smaller groups. style. and enjoy the scenery.
24 25Frequently Asked Questions Can I chat privately in Second Life?
Yes. There are private chat channels and group chat
What are VLEs? Can Second Life run on a tablet or a available for both text and voice.
VLE stands for Virtual Learning Environment. VLEs mobile device?
are infinitely flexible and can closely replicate The SL Viewer is only available on Mac, Windows Can I restrict access to my students/employees
real-world scenarios and environments or take and Linux computers. to certain areas within Second Life?
students to places they would never be able Yes. You can choose to restrict access to certain
to visit. They are accessible 24/7, regardless of What are the system requirements? areas or allow them to roam freely. There will also
geographical location. You can read the most up to date system be no unexpected visitors able to access your
requirements for Second Life at their website. spaces, only the people you choose.
How do users install and access VLEs?
First, they’ll need to download Second Life’s Are the environments available offline? Can I see what others are doing? E.g. Could I look
software, known as the SL Viewer. It’s free and No. A cable or DSL internet connection is over my student’s shoulder and see what part of
can be downloaded at the Second Life website. required to access our environments. their experiment they are working on?
Alternatively, users can log on from any networked Yes. You’ll be able to see what others are doing in
public computer on which the viewer has been Would I be able to access these environments the environment in real time and communicate with
installed. After creating an account and avatar on if we have a company firewall? them while they work if you wish.
Second Life, onscreen instructions direct users to Yes. You can ask your IT department to whitelist
their assigned activities. Second Life. Are the courses synchronous or asynchronous
learning?
Is Second Life easy to use? What support is available? Both. You can set lesson times with a limitless
Yes. We include orientation as part of our Please see our support page (page 27) for more number of students at one time or allow students to
environments, which teaches the simple controls information about the support we offer. work on their modules in their own time. Students
for walking and moving the camera within the will be able to access their course at any time and
environment. repeat experiments should they wish to.
26 27FAQ (Continued...) Analytics
Our web-based management and data platform, my.cndg,
Can usage statistics/analytics be tracked in supports all of our environments running on Second Life. It
virtual environments? registers users, and encompasses features such as enrollment,
We can provide a backend LMS or web-based data export, environment access and permissions management
interface that records and tracks the usage and other configuration functionality.
statistics for any of our virtual regions or
environments. This includes usage time stamps, Making use of the HUDs, my.cndg forms the link between
usage duration, activity completion data, and student activity, transferring this to appropriate grading features
more. See overleaf (page 27) for more details. in on-premise learning management systems.
Can I customise my avatar?
Yes. You can choose from a selection of default
avatars and customise them by visiting one of Support
our easy-to-use stores that provide (free) clothing
In terms of end-user support, tech support is available in our
and accessories, hairstyles, and other add-ons for
environments, and via phone and email to provide immediate
personalization. .
assistance during your event, between the start and end time
of each event day. Outside of these times, 24-hour email and
phone support are available.
We will also work with you to schedule and provide guided
orientation sessions for organizers and presenters in
preparation for your event.
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