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Virtual Laboratory for the Training of Health Workers in Italy

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Virtual immersive laboratory for the training of health workers helps in the learning process of Italian as a second language for the foreign learners. Knowledge of the language is important for health workers because only through communication it is possible to build relationships between carer and user. We propose a persistent virtual environment under controlled conditions within the private network of the classroom, shared between teacher and students, which can be implemented at low cost with in a realistic situation. Few example scenarios and use cases are shown.We also introduced a frequently asked question chat-bot avatar as a language training tool to increase the attention of the learner in order to improve her/his second language skill.

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  1. Pedagogist, Alessandria, Italy

    Antonella Gorrino

  2. Department of Information Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

    Giovanni De Gasperis

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  1. Dept. Computer Science &, Intelligent Systems, Osaka Prefecture University, Gakuen-chu 1-1, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8531, Japan

    Sigeru Omatu

  2. , Department of Computing Science, University of Salamanca, Plaza de la Merced S/N, Salamanca, 37008, Spain

    Juan F. De Paz Santana

  3. , Department of Computing Science, University of Salamanca, Plaza de la Merced S/N, Salamanca, 37008, Spain

    Sara Rodríguez González

  4. Escuela Politécnica Superior (EPS), Depto. Informática, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Avenida de la Universidad Carloss III 22, Madrid, 28270, Spain

    Jose M. Molina

  5. , Data Processing and Simulation Group, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Calle de Ramiro de Maeztu, 7, Madrid, 28040, Spain

    Ana M. Bernardos

  6. Faculty of Science, Department of Computing Science, University of Salamanca, Plaza de la Merced S/N, Salamanca, 37008, Spain

    Juan M. Corchado Rodríguez

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Gorrino, A., De Gasperis, G. (2012). Virtual Laboratory for the Training of Health Workers in Italy. In: Omatu, S., De Paz Santana, J., González, S., Molina, J., Bernardos, A., Rodríguez, J. (eds) Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence. Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol 151. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28765-7_6

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