PO589: Increasing Teacher-Training Simulation Accessibility Through Branching Scenario-Based eLearning

  • PMD: 2
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Intermediate
  • Poster Session 7: Consultation and Collaboration With Educators and Parents

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. understand the background of literature around scenario-based elearning and simulations in teacher training;
  2. apply a new application-based tool for their consultation with teachers and potentially parents; and
  3. learn about how to use a text-based coding platform to write interactive case studies for training.

Description

Inkle is a free coding tool for writing interactive stories that can be utilized as a teacher-training tool. See its application in school psychology as an alternative to simulation training.

Presenter(s)

Jose Agravante, University of Utah
Aaron J. Fischer, University of Utah

Contributor(s)

Johanna M. deLeyer-Tiarks, Oscar E. Ruiz, EdS, Melissa A. Bray, Chathuri R. Illapperuma

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