Play2Train presentation at Games for Health pre-conference event

The Play2Train Framework Lowering barriers for access to virtual training environments Rameshsharma (Ramesh) Ramloll [email_address] Virtual Worlds & Health Day @ Games for Health May 7 2008

What stakeholders care about Developers Users Communication Plasticity Interoperability Ease of use Culture What will users prefer to do if they have ‘free’ time available? 1. Use their disposable time to develop virtual content they ‘need’ 2. Use their disposable time to ‘do’ what they have always wanted to do in their own domain of expertise Reuse Community But to claim that such a line does not exist or will disappear is disingenuous Cost Caution: The line between developers and users is neither bright nor well-defined … Features

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Play2Train stakeholders Play2Train Custom virtual content developers Subject matter experts Students Technical assistants Administration

P2T knowledge networking (early 2008)

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