Simulations: Bridging From Thwarted Innovation to Disruptive Technology

Gartner Research dubbed simulation the new "killer application" in e-learning (Lundy et al., 2002) but even assuming the best estimates for the adoption of simulations, they represent a tiny proportion of  the annual spend in training and education. Considerable research has been done to evaluate the effectiveness of simulations and, by and large, the results suggest that  simulations are effective but there are doubts about even the most fundamental claims of the efficacy of simulations (Feinstein and Cannon, 2002) partly because there isn’t a clear, acceptable methodology, partly because there is no real agreement on definitions, and partly because there is little agreement on what should be evaluated. This paper begins to answer the problem...