Training Infrastructure to Participate in Real Life Institutions: Learning through Virtual Worlds

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Author(s): Pablo Almajano (University of Barcelona, Spain), Maite Lopez-Sanchez (University of Barcelona, Spain), Inmaculada Rodriguez (University of Barcelona, Spain), Anna Puig (University of Barcelona, Spain), Maria Salamó Llorente (University of Barcelona, Spain)and Mireia Ribera (University of Barcelona, Spain)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 28
Source title: Handbook of Research on 3-D Virtual Environments and Hypermedia for Ubiquitous Learning
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Francisco Milton Mendes Neto (Federal Rural University of the Semiarid Region, Brazil), Rafael de Souza (Federal Rural University of the Semiarid Region, Brazil)and Alex Sandro Gomes (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0125-1.ch008

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / Virtual Learning Environments

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This chapter presents an example of a virtual training scenario that allows trainees to learn the rules of real human institutions before joining them, that is, before having to cope with the consequences of their binding actions in real (serious) settings. The development of the training scenario is based on a combination of Electronic Institutions technology with 3D Virtual Worlds, and is enhanced with tutoring agents that provide assistance services along the training process. The theoretical benefits that result from this approach are demonstrated through an authentic scenario that represents a market (i.e., an institution) devoted to trading water rights. This scenario has been tested with real users, and thus, its benefits have been empirically assessed.

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