• ImREAL

    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. The ImREAL EU FP7 project uses semantic technology and ontology alignment to map and ink the simulated learning experience and real-world job-related experiences.

User and Context Modeling Infrastructure for ImREAL

Within ImREAL, we are concerned with the science and engineering of an augmented learner and context modeling infrastructure. Our research is organized in two main stages:

  • Stage 1: In the first stage, the focus is on (1) the setup of the technical infrastructure for the learner and context modeling infrastructure to be available for the other components and services in the project, and (2) the development and validation of relevant techniques for learner and context modeling. For the development and validation of the modeling techniques, first the state of the art in user modeling is used to create techniques for capturing augmented, real-world knowledge into user models.
  • Stage 2: In the second stage, the research and development is aimed at the experimentation with the techniques from the first stage on real-world knowledge to determine the best possible augmentation for adaptive applications, such as the ImREAL simulators.