MERITS TRAINING SYSTEM - Using Virtual Worlds for Simulation-based Training

David Chodos, Eleni Stroulia, Pawel Kuras, Michael Carbonaro, Sharla King

2010

Abstract

Virtual worlds offer a new application development platform, and are particularly appealing for creating new types of educational training programs. However, in order to enable the adoption of this platform by in-structors, special-purpose authoring tools are necessary to enable domain experts to create and maintain their lessons plans. In this paper, we propose a framework for virtual world-based training, which uses the BPEL workflow language to organize educational content. The framework uses a web services-based approach to connect the content, workflows, and virtual world, thus avoiding dependence on a particular virtual world. Finally, we present a case study, currently in progress, designed to assess the utility of the framework.

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Chodos D., Stroulia E., Kuras P., Carbonaro M. and King S. (2010). MERITS TRAINING SYSTEM - Using Virtual Worlds for Simulation-based Training . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-674-023-8, pages 54-61. DOI: 10.5220/0002780700540061


in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu10,
author={David Chodos and Eleni Stroulia and Pawel Kuras and Michael Carbonaro and Sharla King},
title={MERITS TRAINING SYSTEM - Using Virtual Worlds for Simulation-based Training},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2010},
pages={54-61},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002780700540061},
isbn={978-989-674-023-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - MERITS TRAINING SYSTEM - Using Virtual Worlds for Simulation-based Training
SN - 978-989-674-023-8
AU - Chodos D.
AU - Stroulia E.
AU - Kuras P.
AU - Carbonaro M.
AU - King S.
PY - 2010
SP - 54
EP - 61
DO - 10.5220/0002780700540061