What's New at IDI
 

• DARPA Expert Knowledge Series (Demo video)
• Mayo Clinic Brain Injury Survivor Experiment
• Georgetown Hospital Breast Cancer Experiment
• University of Miami Master Teacher Experiment

Demo Video of Our Expert Knowledge Series Is Up...

The Virtual Conversations® programs in the series include dialogues with Nobel laureate Joshua Lederberg about biological warfare; U.S. Congressman Major Owens about the "digital divide" in K-12 education; Director of the National Library of Medicine Donald A. B. Lindberg, and former astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn.  These and other programs will allow students and others, now and in the future, to “meet” and conduct a "face-to-face" dialogue with each of these inspiring individuals of our time.

Click on the expert's picture to view a demo of the program in action:

Preliminary research has shown the method to be highly effective.  Field study participants have demonstrated accelerated and profound learning gain through a virtual dialogue with an expert.  When the program development and experiments are complete, the Knowledge Expert Series will be distributed to colleges and universities, libraries, and other educational institutions. for more information please read our article, Virtual Conversations: An Interface to Knowledge, from the IEEE Journal September/October 2003 edition.