Benjamin Lok, Richard E. Ferdig, Andrew Raij, Kyle Johnsen, Robert Dickerson, Jade Coutts, ...
The purpose of this paper is to summarize a theoretical perspective toward the development of a virtual reality innovation in education. Next, we will describe a virtual character project that is...
The validity of a virtual human experience for interpersonal skills education (2007)
Kyle Johnsen, Andrew Raij, Amy Stevens, D. Scott Lind, Benjamin Lok, Ph. D
Any new tool introduced for education needs to be validated. We developed a virtual human experience called the Virtual Objective Structured Clinical Examination (VOSCE). In the VOSCE, a medical...
S.: Comparing Interpersonal Interactions with a Virtual Human to those with a Real Human (2006)
Andrew B. Raij, Kyle Johnsen, Robert F. Dickerson, Student Member, Benjamin C. Lok, Marc S. Cohen, ...
Abstract—This paper provides key insights into the construction and evaluation of interpersonal simulators—systems that enable interpersonal interaction with virtual humans. Using an...
Virtual patients: Assessment of synthesized versus recorded speech (2005)
Robert Dickerson, Kyle Johnsen, Andrew Raij, Benjamin Lok, Amy Stevens, Thomas Bernard, ...
Abstract. Virtual patients have great potential for training patient-doctor communication skills. There are two approaches to producing the virtual human speech: synthesized speech or recorded...
and communication skills (2005)
Amy Stevens, Jonathan Hern, Kyle Johnsen, Robert Dickerson, Andrew Raij B, Cyrus Harrison, ...
use of virtual patients to teach medical students history taking
Experiences in Using Immersive Virtual Characters to Educate Medical Communication Skills (2005)
Kyle Johnsen, Robert Dickerson, Andrew Raij, Benjamin Lok, Jonathan Jackson, Min Shin, ...
University of Florida This paper presents a system which allows medical students to experience the interaction between a patient and a medical doctor using natural methods of interaction with a high...