I've been watching the simulation space for some time, not particularly interested in the closed in-house sims created for military or industrial purposes, but anticipating what Mike Caulfield describes here, an open simulation system. "What if we were to can some of the bells and whistles of simulations and build some simple & open simulations that could be modified? ... Yes, it wouldn't be a million dollar experience. But it would be better than that - modifiable, extendable, customizable to any classroom context."
There's an interesting subtext in this, picked up on in the comments, as Caulfield argues "that by and large what schooling sells (outside certification) is coherence. The professor-as-curator is supposed pull the jarringly separate pieces into something a little more smooth, a little more personalized, and little more respectful of past and present context. Black-box simulations work against that effort, and make wide-scale adoption difficult, despite the many benefits of a simulation based approach"
There's an interesting subtext in this, picked up on in the comments, as Caulfield argues "that by and large what schooling sells (outside certification) is coherence. The professor-as-curator is supposed pull the jarringly separate pieces into something a little more smooth, a little more personalized, and little more respectful of past and present context. Black-box simulations work against that effort, and make wide-scale adoption difficult, despite the many benefits of a simulation based approach"
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