Dynamic generation of dilemmas in virtual learning environments for non-technical skills training

Critical situations are situations where a complementarity between technical and non-technical skills is crucial. Several critical dimensions characterize them. In order to train for such situations, simulation systems have to be able to generate scenarios where these dimensions are present in order to solicit one or several non-technical skills. In this paper we focus on one particular critical dimension which is the “Dilemma”. We present our approach for dynamically generating dilemma-based situations using activity and causality models.