This document discusses the development of immersive learning scenarios (ILS) and explores potential architectures and platforms. It outlines shortcomings in existing platforms, such as being inflexible, not designed for education, difficult to use, and expensive. The author conducted research on various platforms based on criteria like enabling ILS, technical openness, easy authoring, and sustainability. Several options were identified and mapped to a basic proposed architecture blueprint. The goal is to find a solution for flexible, adaptable, and easy to author ILS.

1. Exploring Architectures for Fast and Easy Development of Immersive Learning Scenarios (ILS) Rob Nadolski, Aad Slootmaker, CELSTEC, Open University of the Netherlands Online Educa Berlin 09

6. with Flash (the great flue) with Pulse!!! with EMERGO

9. Exploration for solutions (b) : method + findings

11. Basic Architecture - blueprint

12. Basic Architecture - blueprint

13. Basic Architecture - blueprint

14. Search candidates – some options Active Worlds Second Life Caspian Learning Croquet OpenSim OLIVE City Pixel Cybertown Metaverse IMVU Habbo Hipihi Google Apps MediaMachines MediaGrid moove online Ogoglio e-Adventure Opensimulator Multi-verse Wonderland Protosphere Quakforums tixio Universe Unype Kaneva Whyville Unity EMERGO Pulse!!! Delta3D Dreamspark Unreal-3 Gamemaker DX-studio 3D-gamestudio Torque SAGE-engine RAGE SimQuest OGRE Spring Sauerbraten DX-framework C4-engine Jogre Blender DX-studio

15. First sifting: choose (apply criteria) & Mapping on BA

16. Mapping on BA

17. Mapping on BA

18. Mapping on BA

19. Mapping on BA

20. Mapping on BA

21. Mapping on BA

22. Discussion & Questions

23. Discussion & Questions