Advancing Simulations and Experiential Learning with InterPLAY: How Theory Informs Design and Design Informs Theory

• In Event: D&D - Virtual Environments and Multimedia

Short Description

Design research and the development of a Virtual Patient (VP) simulation titled NERVE, highlight the role of theory in informing design, and the role of design in refining theory. The InterPLAY instructional theory integrates story, play, and game with experiential learning principles, and serves as the pedagogical foundation for NERVE. This presentation describes how theory informed design and how design informed theory through a series of design research studies during the last year of development.

Author

• Atsusi Hirumi, University of Central Florida