emergo platform

We have hosted the application emergo platform in order to run this application in our online workstations with Wine or directly.

Quick description about emergo platform:

A generic platform for fast and flexible development and delivery of a wide variety of immersive scenario-based games that enable professional skills acquisition. For further information see http: //emergo.ou.nl/emergo/community/EN/emergo.htm. The platform is based on ZK framework (http: //www.zkoss.org, ZK ZOL license: https: //www.zkoss.org/license#peee) and Spring framework (http: //www.springsource.org/spring-framework).

Features:

• Web-based development and delivery
• Five platform roles: 1. admin, 2. game developer, 3. game run manager, 4. tutor and 5. student
• 1. User and Emergo components management
• 1.1 Dozens of reusable and adaptable Emergo components
• 1.2 Game script component for entering game rules, no programming required
• 1.3 Peer feedback components
• 1.4 Adding Emergo components is rather easy
• 1.5 Import/export Emergo components for migration
• 1.6 User support during runs
• 2. User-friendly game authoring environment
• 2.1 Preview games and game components separately
• 2.2 Test games starting from multiple points within the game script
• 2.3 Import/export games and game components for migration
• 2.4 Import/export game content for editing or translation
• 2.5 Multiple game roles supported
• 3. Game run management
• 3.1 Configure runs for different experimental conditions
• 4. Monitor progress of students
• 4.1 Interfere in a running game
• 4.2 Export progress of students for monitoring, evaluation or research
• 5. Immersive player environment
• 5.1 All student actions are saved for evaluation or research
• 5.2 Embedded streaming video, using JW player
• 5.3 Multiple languages
• 5.4 Multiple skins for player environment

Audience: Information Technology, Science/Research, Education, Developers.
User interface: Other toolkit, XUL.
Programming Language: Java.
Database Environment: MySQL.

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