In 2007-08, the SGDI completed the grant funded "Virtual Workplace Training" online multiplayer game using 3DVIA Virtools multiplayer technology and the Moodle learning management system.

The Virtual Workplace Training game project was funded by the Economic and Workforce Development Program of the California Community Colleges.

This grant funded project enabled the SGDI to pioneer an alternative to traditional training modes through the use of customized digital game-based management training simulations situated in a multiplayer online environment.  This training solution incorporated scenario-based simulations of management problem-solving situated in the context of the workplace. 

Prior to the grant award, SGDI was already experimenting with development on the use of digital game-based learning in a multiplayer online game environment as an ideal combination of technology and pedagogy for engaging learners. This fully developed solution arose from that initial research and realized the potential that multiplayer online game-based training had to serve companies across California with, responsive, real-time, uniquely effective, customized management training.