Project description Technology-Enhanced LearningImmersive simulated environments for experiential learning are growing in popularity and will play a key role in tomorrow’s technologies for adult training. The major challenge is to effectively align the learning experience in the virtual environment with the ‘real-world’ context and ‘day-to-day’ job practice.ImREAL provides a new class of cost effective adaptive systems adjusted to adult learners' needs:pioneering a new psychologically and instructionally sound technological approach to seamlessly link the simulated learning experience and ‘real-world’ job-related experiences ; developing a novel conceptual framework - augmented simulated experiential learning - where innovative adaptive services extend virtual environments by making a connection with the ‘real-world’; and, delivering a new open framework of intelligent services which can be plugged into virtual environments to enhance self-regulated learning. The ImREAL framework exploits and significantly extends advances in distributed architectures, context modelling, dialogic systems, semantic web, and ontological reasoning, and follows pedagogical models of adult self-regulated learning to deliver:an evolving model of ‘real-world’ job activities, linked to storytelling and semantic content augmentation; an extended model of the learner and context, aligning experiences in the simulated environment and the ‘real-world’; and, affective meta-cognitive scaffolding to motivate and engage learners and promote self-reflection, self-evaluation and self-awareness. In order to validate the conceptual framework, and examine the instructional value of the new technological solutions, ImREAL will implement an adaptive services demonstrator which will be trialled in a representative domain with high societal and economical importance:Interpersonal Communication focusing on Multi-cultural Awareness.User trials will examine how ImREAL improves the learners’ and trainers’ experiences. Specifically, learners can improve their interpersonal skills and abilities in order to set learning strategies and goals, while trainers can become aware of ‘real-world’ job practice and training needs. Show the project objective Hide the project objective The popularity of immersive simulated environments for experiential learning is growing; they will be part of tomorrow's learning technologies in the key area of adult training. The major challenge is to effectively align the learning experience in the simulated environment with the real world context and day-to-day job practice. ImREAL provides a new class of cost effective adaptive systems adjusted to adult learners' needs: pioneering a new psycho-pedagogically sound technological approach to seamlessly link the simulated learning experience and real-world job-related experiences; developing a novel conceptual framework -augmented simulated experiential learning- enabling adaptive services to augment simulated learning by leveraging the connection with the real world; delivering a new open framework of intelligent services which can be plugged in to simulated environments to enhance self-regulated learning.The ImREAL framework exploits and significantly extends advances in distributed architectures, context modelling, dialogic systems, semantic web, and ontological reasoning, and follows pedagogical models of adult self-regulated learning to deliver: evolving model of real world job activities, linked to storytelling and semantic content augmentation; extended model of the learner and context, aligning experiences in the simulated environment and the real-world; affective meta-cognitive scaffolding to motivate and engage learners and promote self reflection, self evaluation and self awareness.Framework validation will be in the high-impact domain of interpersonal communication with multi-cultural awareness, linked to key skills increasingly required in organisations & businesses. User trials will examine how ImREAL augments learners' and trainers' experiences by improving the learners' interpersonal skills and abilities to set learning strategies and goals, and by enhancing trainers' awareness of real job practice & training needs. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternetsemantic web Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2009.4.2 - Technology-Enhanced Learning Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2009-5 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS EU contribution € 839 002,00 Address WOODHOUSE LANE LS2 9JT Leeds United Kingdom See on map Region Yorkshire and the Humber West Yorkshire Leeds Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Karen Steenson (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET GRAZ Austria EU contribution € 323 330,00 Address RECHBAUERSTRASSE 12 8010 Graz See on map Region Südösterreich Steiermark Graz Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Erwin Duschnig (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAET ERLANGEN-NUERNBERG Germany EU contribution € 351 930,00 Address SCHLOSSPLATZ 4 91054 Erlangen See on map Region Bayern Mittelfranken Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Angela Koechel (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS & THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN Ireland EU contribution € 449 718,00 Address COLLEGE GREEN TRINITY COLLEGE D02 CX56 DUBLIN 2 See on map Region Ireland Eastern and Midland Dublin Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Deirdre Savage (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data EmpowerTheUser Ltd Ireland EU contribution € 410 630,00 Address Castlemartin Avenue Meath See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Declan Dagger (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data IMAGINARY SRL Italy EU contribution € 382 562,00 Address VIA MAURO MACCHI 50 20124 Milano See on map Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Milano Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Lucia Pannese (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT Netherlands EU contribution € 462 824,00 Address STEVINWEG 1 2628 CN Delft See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Delft en Westland Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Marco Emons (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data