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Virtual Research Navigator (VRN) is a collaboration with the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles that features an animated video series and an interactive avatar named 'Zippy'. VRN was designed and produced
to improve medical research literacy among kids.
You can learn more about VRN here.
Co-Project Director|Writer|Content Designer
ELITE SHARP CTT
The Emergent Leader Immersive Training Environment (ELITE) is an experience that incorporates a virtual human, gaming, classroom response technology and real-time data tracking tools to support the instruction, practice and assessment of interpersonal communication skills. ELITE replaces human role-players with life-sized virtual humans, uses interactive story-based scenarios, and provides an intelligent tutoring system to help create an engaging experience.
You can learn more about ELITE here.
Project Director|Writer|Content Deisgner
How to Train for Disaster Relief: DisasterSim
DisasterSim is a game-based training tool focused on international disaster relief. Players take on the role of a joint task force staff member coordinating the US Department of Defense’s (DoD) humanitarian aid and disaster relief efforts in a foreign country following a natural disaster.
Writer|Content Designer
Virtual Acquisitions Career Guide
The Virtual Acquisition Career Guide provides a digital forum for quickly and accurately obtaining career advice and guidance. Designed for Army Acquisition Workforce members, the web-based system features an integrated, interactive virtual character, known as ELLIE, to serve as a personalized career mentor and a virtual help desk. ELLIE has the ability to answer 20,000 variations of commonly asked questions. Users can either type within the free-text entry box, or click one of the common question buttons to retrieve an answer.
You can learn more about VACG here.
Project Manager|Content Designer|Writer
PAL3: Personal Assistant for Lifelong Learning Video
PAL3 is an application created for delivering engaging and accessible education via mobile devices. Pal” is an interactive agent designed specifically to engage with students and motivate via amusing animations and dialog through natural language processing (voice and text).
Writer|Content Designer
The Synthetic Training Environment (STE): Revolutionizing U.S. Army Training
The Synthetic Training Environment (STE) was developed to create immersive and informative experiences that Warfighters and supporting elements can use to improve performance. You can learn more about it here.
Writer|Content Developer
USC Standard Patient - Informational Promo Video
USC Standard Patient is a free online community where medical students, residents and physicians can improve their interview and diagnostic skills with a Virtual Standardized Patient (VSP). VSPs converse in natural English, understand what you tell them and can express themselves non-verbally through facial expressions and gestures. The system can create patients with a range of personalities including average, sullen, loquacious, uncertain, reserved and neurotic.
Writer|Content Developer
VIANT lets you learn new skills through interactive audio narratives, using your voice to make decisions in fictional training scenarios. You can try it out now using the speech recognition technology built into your web browser by going to: https://dine.ict.usc.edu/viant.html
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