Simulation Education

Track Coordinator: Anders Skoogh, Chalmers University of Technology

The Simulation Education track includes papers that discuss approaches to teaching simulation at education levels ranging from K-12 to graduate and professional workforce levels. The track also encourages papers that demonstrate the use of models and simulations in teaching subjects other than modeling and simulation. Also welcome are case studies which address practical problems that arise in simulation education or in the use of simulation as a learning tool.

Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Simulation educational initiatives in professional societies (e.g., NMSC, ACM SIGSIM, INFORMS)
• M&S curriculums in K-12, trade schools and academic education
• M&S curriculums in professional education
• M&S initiatives in STEM/K-12
• M&S education in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
• The use of blended learning approaches in M&S education
• Using models and simulations to teach subjects other than M&S
• Approaches and tools for teaching conceptual model development and simulation
• M&S certification for students and teachers
• Game-based learning in M&S
• Concepts for design and improvement of M&S courses