Education and Training in Virtual Environments for Disaster Management

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Tichon, J., Hall, R., Hilgers, M., Leu, M. & Agarwal, S. (2003). Education and Training in Virtual Environments for Disaster Management. In D. Lassner & C. McNaught (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2003 (pp. 1191-1194). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2003
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
2003
  David Lassner & Carmel McNaught
AACE

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Authors

Jennifer Tichon, University of Queensland, Australia; Richard Hall, Michael Hilgers, Ming Leu, Sanjeev Agarwal, University of Missouri-Rolla, USA

Abstract

Virtual Environments (VE) are currently being developed and evaluated as an alternative for educating and training first responder personnel. The methods being developed offer a more realistic alternative to lectures, manuals, and traditional computer-based training and circumvent the logistic and resource requirements of a full-scale field exercise. This presentation will discuss how lessons learned in the application of VR in education, carried out within the University of Queensland will assist to inform a developmental project training first responders to disaster scenes. This large-scale project, just getting underway at the University of Missouri-Rolla's Virtual and Rapid Prototyping Laboratory and sponsored by the United States Army's Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) combining VR and DM will be discussed. The presentation will reflect on and discuss the current and near-future possibilities for applying VR to education and training in the DM field.

Keywords

• Training
• Virtual Environments

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