TY - JOUR AU - Lala, Raja AU - Jeuring, Johan AU - van Dortmont, Jordy AU - van Geest, Marcell PY - 2017 DA - 2017/05/11 TI - Scenarios in virtual learning environments for one-to-one communication skills training JO - International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education SP - 17 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - A scenario is a description of a series of interactions between a player and a virtual character for one-to-one communication skills training, where at each step the player is faced with a choice between statements. In this paper, we analyse the characteristics of scenarios and provide a classification to represent such scenarios. The analysis is performed through a literature review and by comparing virtual learning environments for scenario based training. Using this analysis we specify requirements for describing communication scenarios related to their: structure (linear, branching, interleaving), properties (static information stored per scenario like situation, background, which virtual character to show), and parameters (characteristics of a scenario that can be modified per statement like a score on a learning goal and an emotional effect in a virtual character). We define a schema for representing such communication scenarios and present an authoring tool to create a scenario. SN - 2365-9440 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-017-0054-1 DO - 10.1186/s41239-017-0054-1 ID - Lala2017 ER -