Ken Hudson

Current

Managing Director at Virtual World Design Centre • Loyalist College

Past

Senior Fellow at Strategic Innovation Lab, Ontario College of Art and Design
E-Learning Facilitator at Loyalist College
Strategic Media and Communications Consultant (Sole Proprietorship)

Creative Director and Designer at Luke Arts
Theatre Arts Professional at Human Motion Machine

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Education

Harvard University
University of Florida
University of Toronto

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Industry

Online Media

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Ken Hudson’s Summary

As Managing Director of the Virtual World Design Centre I oversee a team of designers and developers building 3D virtual world environments for business, government, and education. I speak frequently on the successful application of virtual worlds for applied learning and training. I am also the author of several publications defining the best practices for using virtual worlds.

Ken Hudson’s Specialties:

Environmental and experiential design of 3D virtual environments. Public speaker and author on the applications of virtual worlds for education and business.

Ken Hudson’s Experience

Managing Director

Virtual World Design Centre • Loyalist College

(Online Media industry)

January 2008 — Present (2 years )
Senior Fellow

Strategic Innovation Lab, Ontario College of Art and Design

(Think Tanks industry)

January 2008 — May 2009 (1 year 5 months)

Senior Fellow, Strategic Innovation Lab, sLAB, Beal Centre, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto.
E-Learning Facilitator

Loyalist College

(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; E-Learning industry)

August 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 5 months)

My role at Loyalist College is to revivify e-Learning department by engaging, training, and supporting faculty with cutting edge technological solutions for the extended classroom. My task is to transform the negative perceptions of technology and to engage the college in a new wave of innovative ideas and platforms. Loyalist College became the first Canadian school to teach in the virtual world, which garnered the college significant national publicity.The success of the Second Life project placed me in the role of ambassador for the college, welcoming interest from all over the world in our work and partnering in strategic alliances to cast the college in a positive light.As the central developer of the Second Life Loyalist College properties, I have been able to share our expertise with our larger educational communities. Supporting Links:
http://cbc.ca/canadanow/ram/20070130secondlife.ram
http://slcn.tv/bpe-kenny-hubble
Strategic Media and Communications Consultant
Sole Proprietorship

(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Management Consulting industry)

January 1999 — November 2007 (8 years 11 months)

Freelance consultation specializing in the analysis of media effects, trends and market adoption. Strategic reporting and recommendations with a current focus on virtual world presence, content, media, design and development.
Creative Director and Designer

Luke Arts

(Graphic Design industry)

August 1999 — August 2006 (7 years 1 month)
Theatre Arts Professional

Human Motion Machine

(Entertainment industry)

September 1996 — August 2006 (10 years )

Ken Hudson’s Education

Harvard University

Harvard Law CyberOne - At Large Student 2006 — 2006

I participated with the CyberOne course at Harvard Law School as an at-large student in Second Life.

Activities and Societies:

I worked on the slACR (Second Life Adult Content Reminder) Campaign with extension students from Harvard Law's CyberOne Course.
University of Florida

Applied Psychoanalysis 1993 — 1994

Graduate coursework IPSA Institute for the Psychological Study of the Arts.
University of Toronto

Bachelor of Arts, with distinction , Humanities and Psychoanalytic Thought, Literary Studies, Religious Studies , 1988 — 1993

Studied with noted Canadian scholars Northrop Frye and Phyllis Grosskurth.

Activities and Societies:

Founding member, Humanities and Psychoanalytic Thought Student Association.
Myrtle V. McCullough Prize in Renaissance Studies, 1992.