• DocumentCode
    597437
  • Title

    Simurena — A web portal for open educational simulation

  • Author

    Wagner, Gerd

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Inf., Brandenburg Univ. of Technol., Cottbus, Germany
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    9-12 Dec. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    12
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we first discuss the question why simulation is still not widely used in education today. We identify three inhibitors and four facilitators for the use of simulation in education. In particular, we point out that educational simulations should be created and distributed as Open Educational Resources. Second, we report on the innovative Simurena Portal (Simurena 2012), which is the first simulation portal that satisfies all four requirements for facilitating the use of simulation in education.
  • Keywords
    educational computing; portals; Open Educational Resources; Simurena Portal; Web portal; education simulation; open educational simulation; Adaptation models; Computational modeling; Education; Games; Mathematical model; Portals; User interfaces;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Simulation Conference (WSC), Proceedings of the 2012 Winter
  • Conference_Location
    Berlin
  • ISSN
    0891-7736
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-4779-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0891-7736
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WSC.2012.6465217
  • Filename
    6465217