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 * Using Games for Training and Education. **

**What Is It?**
In game-based training, computer-based games and simulations provide instruction for trainees. These games are designed with embedded training strategy to facilitate learning. On the back-end, these simulations provide automated performance assessment tool for trainers and instructors.
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Game and simulation-based training research focuses on the design and development of frameworks for training and assessing complex performance in non-linear, 3D computer-based games and simulations.

Central to these unique frameworks is the incorporation of domain ontologies with Bayesian networks. This combination enables the framework for both 1.) identifying what cognitive constructs need to be taught, and 2.) predicting player competencies based on observed sequences of actions within the game. Current research examines the damage control domain related to firefighting and flooding aboard naval ships. The key constructs being assessed are communication, situational awareness and decision-making.

The Navy’s need for high-quality instruction and reliable assessment of complex performances necessitates the need for consistent and valid methodologies, which often include the use of games and simulations. However, assessing performance in these settings can be difficult—particularly in nonlinear simulations where more than one pathway to success or failure exists. The challenge lies not in capturing the raw data from game-play, but in interpreting what a player’s actions and decisions mean in the broader context of cognitive readiness for a particular job function or task.

The Office of Naval Research is investigating game-based training with the support of the Center for Naval Engineering in Norfolk and San Diego. A third generation damage control game/simulation is being built to assess situational awareness, communication abilities and decision-making skills. This environment challenges the player to manage a main space fire and flood casualty from the perspective of multiple roles aboard a Flight II DDG. It assesses the player’s ability to organize personnel, manage resources, follow established protocols, and coordinate containment actions across multiple events. This next-generation trainer will be used in classroom assessments as well as for practice among damage control teams aboard Navy ships. media type="youtube" key="KpkufFw4NgE" height="315" width="560" align="center"

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3D Fork Lift Training Simulator
3D game-based training simulator enhances forklift training. Developed by Etcetera Edutainment, a company that specializes in applying video game techniques and technologies to education and training situations.

Etcetera in partnership with the National Safety Council (NSC) has released a 3D game-based training simulation program to improve the effectiveness of forklift training. Forklifts are one of the most commonly found types of mobile equipment in industry today, and if not operated properly, they can be one of the most dangerous. Leveraging leading-edge video game technology, this training simulation delivers instruction in OSHA-compliant forklift safety standards and best practices by putting trainees through the paces by completing tasks that they would commonly find in a real work environment.

According to the company, the program delivers an immersive safety training experience suitable for new or experience forklift operators. The simulation helps companies achieve safety objectives and rely less on on-site training as the sole means of applying what has been learned. The lift truck allows trainees to drive in a virtual warehouse environment that is guided by a series of task-based practice lessons focusing on key forklift safety concepts. After completing practice lessons, the driver goes on to complete a final exam where their safety performance is tracked and recorded.

This training simulation is a cost effective and risk-free complement to traditional safety training material. The simulation allows operators to make mistakes without risking the health of employees or damaging property by testing critical operating techniques before driving a real-world forklift.

source: http://forgefx.blogspot.com/2009/04/3d-fork-lift-training-simulator.html
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