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SimPLE: Simulation-Based Learning Environment for Effective Training

SimPLE is an authoring tool that combines the power and flexibility of a generic simulation engine with a custom front end, creating simulation-based learning environments. It encourages exploration and provides cost-effective training mechanisms. A pilot study comparing SimPLE with VisSim demonstrated that students preferred SimPLE and were more engaged with it. SimPLE includes a gauge experiment that uses high-accuracy gauges to show direction and speed of change, as well as specific ranges. Future work includes exploring other application domains and enhancing the authoring tool.

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SimPLE: Simulation-Based Learning Environment for Effective Training

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  1. Simulated Processes in a Learning Environment (SimPLE)Anne Rose, David Eckard, Gary Rubloff, Catherine Plaisant, Yatin Sankholkar, Ben Shneiderman, George ZietsSymposium and Open HouseMay 29, 1998

  2. Overview • Simulation environments are powerful learning tools • encourage exploration • cost effective training mechanisms • SimPLE is an authoring tool for creating simulation-based learning environments • Couples power and flexibility of a generic simulation engine with a custom front end

  3. Simulation Engine (VisSim)

  4. VacTechSim

  5. ClusterSim

  6. NileSim

  7. Pilot Study • SimPLE (GUI + VisSim) vs. VisSim only • 10 students • Observations: • all students preferred SimPLE • more engaged with SimPLE • found controls in VisSim confusing

  8. Gauge Experiment • Wide range (1015), high accuracy gauges that show: • direction of change (up/down) • speed of change (fast, slow, stopped) • specific ranges (low, operating, high) Demo in Zoology-Psychology Building, Rm 3111

  9. Future Work and Conclusions • select other application domains • investigate use of other simulation engines • continue to enhance authoring tool • learning historian to capture and playback histories Authoring tools, like SimPLE, are a key step toward the wide spread use of simulation-based learning environments

  10. Supported by NSF under grant EEC 96-96212 Technical report and video in handout materials http://www.isr.umd.edu/SimPLE/ Demos in A.V. Williams Building, Room 3174 Additional Information

  11. Separates user interface from simulation engine Allows independent contributions of education content and software development Software Architecture

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