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The FAS Learning Technologies Program focuses on ways to use technology to improve how people teach and learn. To meet the nation’s education and training challenges, new and affordable means of training highly diverse populations will be required. Advanced technologies, including computer games and simulations, can make learning more productive for students of all ages and backgrounds. Creating these tools in a scientifically rigorous and affor dable manner demands new approaches in curriculum development, collaboration and research. To promote the use of advanced technologies in learning, the Learning Technologies Program: • builds constituencies to support increased research and development funding for learning science and technology; • creates superior learning games and simulations to generate research findings, works with scientists and teachers, and collect data to demonstrate how and what games teach; • holds conferences and summits and wr ites policy briefs and reports. Our Educational Games Summit report (www.fas.org/gamesummit Current FAS projects include the following: ) guides our research and development and is widely cited by the press, educational professionals and decision makers. Immune Attack: a three dimensional, immersive video game in which the player aids the body in the fi ght against bacteria. Explicitly designed to integrate the laws of molecular science into its game mechanics, Immune Attack is designed to demonstrate that a video game can effectively teach advanced concepts in molecular science and cell biology to a wide selection of the American public. fas.org/immuneattack Discover Babylon: a three dimensional, immersive game in which players interact with artifacts from the Walter s Art Museum and ancient texts f rom the Cuneiform Digital Library I nitiative. Discover Babylon reassembles cultural material that is currently spread across the world’s museums. Discover Babylon contributes research in information management and encourages interdisciplinary collaboration. fas.org/babylon Multi Casualty Incident Responder: a training game that combines realistic simulations with advanced training technologies to teach teams of firefighters. The training simulations and instructional materials developed by the project will are available to individual fire training departments throughout the US, and are customizable to meet local training needs. fas.org/programs/ltp/games/mci_responder.html Medulla: an open source collaborative toolset that enables users to manage research and learning in virtual worlds. Medulla brings together an easy-to- use set of tools and services that will make it possible for subject matter experts, educators and learners to contribute, use and repurpose digital content. www.youtube.com/user/FAScientists
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