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rd12 1/12/2010 10:23:06

General Session - Conference Presentation Only (no formal paper)

//Michael Fimian, Kaplan University, Chicago, Illinois, USA, mfimian@Kaplan.edu//
 * Simulations 101: Finding, Building, and Using Sims in Online Coursework**

Simulations and games have been around for years, so much so that we may have seen them and not realized what they were.

Using them is easy-- though if you're older than thirty and don't have an Xbox 360, you might be hard pressed to recognize how much the gaming industry has pushed the development of computer graphics, processors and memory-- while developing them is another story.

For those of us that don't have multi-million dollar budgets, a staff of 500 developers, and development cycles measured in years, there's still hope. We can utilize the lessons learned from the industry and applyi them to the use of relatively new and inexpensive tools Articulate's Presenter, Engage and Quizmaker, PowerPoint, Raptivity, and Rapid Intake's ProForm templates. Such tools make it possible to develop quality scenarios, simulations, and games, often in just a matter of hours. In addition, with off-the-shelf quiz-development products, instructors and developers can quickly prepare an assessment component to the simulations.

This nuts-and-bolts presentation will address the following: Principles of simulation development Sims Basics Sims in eLearning Sims examples (high-end and low-end) Tools for building simulations Web resources: commercial sites, tool sites, freebies and university- and college-produced simulations, templates for sale

Novice, Intermediate eLearning, simulation, game, developing simulations, online delivery

Approx time: 60 minutes

Prototype presentation: http://kaplanschoolofbusiness.com/KSB/Ch_15_Simulations_Games/Simulations/player.html