<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Dear Colleagues,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">We would like to invite you to share your creative works in the
Simulation in Education track of the 2025 Winter Simulation Conference
(WSC'25), which will be held December 7-10 in Seattle, Washington. WSC is the
premier modeling and simulation conference providing a high-quality outlet for
papers discussing all aspects related to simulation research, application, and
education. The papers will be published in ACM and IEEE Digital proceedings.
The full description of the Simulation in Education track is provided below
along with the submission deadlines. For more information, please visit the <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmeetings.informs.org%2Fwordpress%2Fwsc2025%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7C1fc3449570fb4298094f08dd3712c888%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638727275992671867%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C60000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=AzzcR92jWpLIIRXBXsKJQXrgIMSD75BppeR6djUkPP8%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://meetings.informs.org/wordpress/wsc2025/" shash="gT1piR0LLSiqG0DiVSRWqXY/rSfOurrv1U+/JD+S416gO82QsHSEgEXCWI5vjMx+QgdpcZnDnIHMegH+Rat/hjhPFArle4XiKXovWRCkWgFtCK9OaNSQdx/tGwA5FBIb+nwLhvi/3eCPcmzNGZYQlJwOhpayV9fMBM40vv5Ccpk=" title="https://meetings.informs.org/wordpress/wsc2025/" style="color:blue">conference website</a>.
Also, please forward this email to your colleagues who may be interested.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">Important Dates:</span></b><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(237,92,87)">April 4, 2025:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Paper submission deadline for contributed
papers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">April 25, 2025:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Paper submission deadline for Invited
papers. Feel free to send an email to the track co-chairs with the abstract of
your paper to assess whether your paper can be included as part of the Invited
Papers.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">Simulation in Education Track Description</span></b><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">The Simulation in Education track aims to share pedagogical,
andragogical, and didactic approaches that employ or promote the use of
simulation in education. These approaches could utilize technology-enhanced
environments (e.g., video games, simulations, mixed reality, pervasive
computing), non-technology environments/approaches (e.g., Lego simulations and
role-play), or a combination of both. The track is focused on educators and
trainers who are interested in incorporating simulations into classrooms and/or
training programs to educate the next generation of scientists, engineers,
healthcare professionals, artists, humanists, and social scientists. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">The track also covers teaching and learning methods for developing
modeling and simulation skills. All learning delivery modes and situations are
of interest, i.e., in-person vs remote learning, formal vs informal learning,
K-12, higher education, professional training, continuing education, adult
learning, etc. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">The track seeks work from all disciplines including but not
limited to engineering, science, medicine, arts, humanities, and social
sciences. The sessions in this track will cover a wide range of topics
including but not limited to:</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">The design and development of simulation methods</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Teaching, learning, and assessment approaches for
simulation education</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Use of technology and immersive environments in
education (virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, video games,
artificial intelligence, etc.)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Best practices and case studies of using simulation in
education</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">New tools and techniques for using simulation in
education</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Challenges in implementing simulation in education</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Hands-on workshops or demonstrations of simulation
software packages</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Simulation-based and experiential learning</li>
</ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Simulation in Education Track co-Chairs</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Ashkan Negahban, Penn State University (<a href="mailto:aun85@psu.edu" style="color:blue">aun85@psu.edu</a>)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Omar Ashour, Penn State University (<a href="mailto:oma110@psu.edu" style="color:blue">oma110@psu.edu</a>)</span></p></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br><br></div></div></div>