Simulations

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Simulations

Open Orchestra: A Hi-Fi Immersive Music Simulator

November 8, 2012 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2012 Annual Conference

Many students have limited opportunities to practice with an orchestra. Open Orchestra is an immersive simulation that allows students to practice with the full ensemble and have an expert conducto…

Learning through Situated Simulations: Exploring Mobile Augmented Reality

January 18, 2011

This ECAR research bulletin illustrates and reports on a series of experiments with situated simulations that have been tested with students in real environments in Norway, Athens, and Rome over…

The Next Best Thing to Recess: Teaching Biology in Second Life

February 18, 2010 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference 2010

This session will discuss a nonmajors genetics class held entirely in world in Second Life. Most of the course content is presented through a guided series of virtual experiments. Students can work…

Simulation Technologies in Higher Education: Uses, Trends, and Implications

February 9, 2010

This ECAR research bulletin focuses on the rapid growth in the use of simulation technologies in higher education and the implications this will have for information technology planning and poli…

Expanding Educational Realities: Exploring Interactive and Immersive Learning Experiences

January 20, 2010 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2010

Today's students are increasingly choosing to move beyond the traditional physical classroom educational model. The Internet has created an educational evolution fostering learner-centered env…

Virtual World Learning Spaces: Developing a Second Life Operating Room Simulation

March 26, 2009

Key Takeaways A real-world approach to virtual learning spaces brings similar constraints on the types of teaching and learning possible in the virtual spaces. An alternative appr…

Virtual Worlds? "Outlook Good"

September 15, 2008

© 2008 AJ Kelton. The text of this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ …

Using Computer-Simulated Case-Based Scenarios to Improve Learning

March 18, 2008 | A session at the ELI 2008 Online Spring Focus Session

An online virtual case-based management system was developed to provide an interactive learning portal using simulated case scenarios, collaborative learning, decision support, and real-time assess…

CyberCIEGE

January 13, 2010

CyberCIEGE enhances cyber security education and training through an extensible resource management video game similar to SimCity™ and RollerCoaster Tycoon®. In the CyberCIEGE virtual world, p…

Serious Games: Incorporating Video Games in the Classroom

January 1, 2006

Serious Games: Incorporating Video Games in the Classroom Games designed using sound pedagogy actively engage the Net Generation in learning By Leonard A. Annetta , Marshall R. Murray …