Milton Broome's Virtual Psychology Blog: PIVOTE Open Source Code Released

10 March 2009

PIVOTE Open Source Code Released

Virtual Worlds development company Daden have just released the open source code for PIVOTE (Previously MVP player). PIVOTE is a virtual learning authoring system for virtual worlds based on the Medbiquitous Virtual Patient standard. It was developed as part of the JISC funded PREVIEW project, where it was used to develop training material for Paramedic students at St George's Hospital and Kingston University. We've been using the player at University of Derby to 'rez' teaching objects in the virtual world Second Life for our PREVIEW-Psych project. We've integrated it into our problem-based learning scenarios and the results are fantastic.

Find out more at http://www.pivote.info/.

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This is the personal blog of Milton Broome, the digital avatar of University of Derby Lecturer in Psychology Simon Bignell. The avatar is a proxy for Psychology teaching and research in 3D multi-user virtual environments.

I teach a range of Psychology modules both to campus-based and distance learners. These include my final-year course 'Autism, Asperger's and ADHD' and a range of modules across Developmental and Cognitive Psychology.

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I am currently project leading JISC and HEA-funded projects that are evaluating teaching and research in Second Life. I would be pleased to talk with you if you share these interests. Please feel free to comment, subscribe, forward or quote extracts from this blog. I also welcome relevant guest articles.

Contact: Simon Bignell (SL Avatar: Milton Broome) Lecturer in Psychology, Centre for Psychological Research, University of Derby, UK. Email: s.bignell@derby.ac.uk This is a personal blog and all views expressed here are the opinion of the individual authors at the time of publication and not those of any academic institution.