Providing Interactive Systems with educational capabilities is essential in order to achieve real effectiveness in simulation based training. However, the development cost of adding intelligence to those systems is huge. In this paper we present OLYMPUS, a generic learning platform that allows integrating Interactive Systems with an Intelligent Learning System. The platform is able to diagnose ...

Background: Simulation teaching means recreating clinical scenario for training / evaluation. Aim: To expose postgraduates to simulation / didactic lecture for postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) management; to assess which method was more effective. Methods: Present prospective study was conducted in Obstetrics Gynecology department of rural tertiary center of Northern India.  Twenty postgraduates wer...

Puzzles play a central role in our everyday lives with exciting potentials. As assessments in education and psychometry, puzzles are among the most frequently used tools (Verguts & Boeck, 2000). A well-known example is the odd one out puzzle of IQ tests (Carter, 2005). There exist dedicated word puzzles to test or improve a wide array of skills including language skills, verbal aptitude, logica...

The goal of procedural modeling is to generate realistic content. The realism of this content is typically assessed by qualitatively evaluating a small number of results, or, less frequently, by conducting a user study. However, there is a lack of systematic treatment and understanding of what is considered realistic, both in procedural modeling and for images in general. We conduct a user stud...

BACKGROUND With recent emphasis placed on workplace based assessment (WBA) as a method of formative performance assessment, there is limited evidence in the current literature regarding the role of feedback in improving the effectiveness of WBA. The aim of this systematic review was to elucidate the impact of feedback on the effectiveness of WBA in postgraduate medical training. METHODS Searc...

BACKGROUND Audit and feedback (A&F) is a strategy that has been used in various disciplines for performance and quality improvement. There is limited research regarding medical professionals' acceptance of clinical-performance feedback and whether feedback impacts clinical practice. The objectives of our research were to (1) investigate aspects of A&F that impact physicians' acceptance of perfo...

this study aimed at investigating the effect of learners’ gender on their preferences for corrective feedback. learners’ prefer- ences which were investigated included the necessity, frequency, timing, type, method, and delivering agent of error treatment. to this end, a questionnaire was administered to a random sample of 100 participants (50 males and 50 females) studying english (efl) at shi...