Developing courses with HoloRena, a framework for scenario- and game based e-learning environments

TL;DR

This paper introduces HoloRena, a framework designed to simplify the development of scenario- and game-based e-learning environments, addressing challenges like reusability, teamwork, and LMS independence.

Contribution

It presents a low-level, thick-client framework that facilitates creating rich, interactive educational resources more efficiently and flexibly.

Findings

Framework supports reusable components

Enables teamwork in development

LMS-independent courseware architecture

Abstract

However utilizing rich, interactive solutions can make learning more effective and attractive, scenario- and game-based educational resources on the web are not widely used. Creating these applications is a complex, expensive and challenging process. Development frameworks and authoring tools hardly support reusable components, teamwork and learning management system-independent courseware architecture. In this article we initiate the concept of a low-level, thick-client solution addressing these problems. With some example applications we try to demonstrate, how a framework, based on this concept can be useful for developing scenario- and game-based e-learning environments.