Multi use level workbench. DynaLearn, EC FP7 STREP project 231526, Deliverable D3.1

The DynaLearn software allows learners to capture their ideas and investigate their logical consequences. By building causal models and simulating these, students develop an understanding of how systems behave. DynaLearn introduces 6 use levels at which the software can be used. Furthermore, by working at a particular use level, teachers can emphasise particular aspects of modelling a system (e.g. causality, conditional knowledge). The DynaLearn software is based on the Garp3 qualitative modelling and simulation workbench, but integrates the interface into a single screen, adds use levels, and incorporates significant improvements such as allowing multiple simulations, storing selections in state graphs, and saving simulations to a model.