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.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

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