2010-04-14 EDUCON eMadrid UAM Mariano Rico
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Automatic guidance tools for enhancing the educative
experience in non-Immersive Virtual Worlds
Preliminary results from project V-LeaF
The V-LeaF project
• Funding: Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation – EXPLORA Program
• Project Coordinator: Estrella Pulido• Researchers
– David Camacho– Xavier Alamán– Gonzalo Martínez
• Site: http://this.ii.uam.es/vleaf
Target
• Spanish high-school students – Agreement with 4 spanish high schools
• Enhance the students programming experience– Not expertisement but subjective
perception of technical subjects learning• Simple for teachers
– They can contribute• New tools• Extend/Enhance existing tools
Better than reality (1/2)
• Virtual tools to enhance technical teaching and learning – Previous studies
• J.N. Bailenson 2008 (immersive virtual reality environments)– Teachers eye-gaze. The more the better.– Students location.
» The closer the better » The more in front the better
– Students interaction» The less distractive students the better
• Steptoe 2009 (immersive Collaborative Virtual Environments, typically CAVEs)
– Eye-Gaze is very important
• H. Harris 2009 (Second Life)– Behavior in virtual environments mimics real social behavior
Immersive
Non-Immersive
Better than reality (2/2)
• Virtual tools to enhance technical teaching and learning – Benefits
• Cheaper than real hardware• Easy to create (Linden Scripting Language)
– Our tools• Students monitor• Recommender system for students
– Experimental results• Students are enthusiastic• Teachers want more
V-LeaF ArchitectureData Bases
Virtual World (V-LeaF)
Web Server(Tomcat)
SecondLife client
Teacher
StudentInternet
V-LeaF Web PortalWeb Site
documents(tutorials,
guides)
Groups info(teachers, students)Logs,
computed info(teachers,students)
VW objects(teachers, students)
Other softwareData mining,
statistical software
Scientist
Access to V-LeaF data
Internet
V-LeaF monitoring
InternetOperating System
OpenSimulator
LSL
logs
Virtual World Server Monitor System
RecommenderSystem
(1)
(2)
Client
OpenSim Viewer
V-LeaF Monitoring Tools (1/3)
• Interactive blackboard– Logs teacher activity and students
attention– Teacher configures
• Slides content (images)• Who can turn pages
– Teacher can point out positions in the blackboard (laser pointer)
V-LeaF Monitoring Tools (2/3)
• Students monitor– Object attached to the teacher view– Students must wear a bracelet
V-LeaF Monitoring Tools (3/3)• Virtual recommendations for students
and teachers
Future work• Tests tools with real users• New tools based in results
– Questionnaires • to check
– The quality of the teacher lecture– The attention level of students
• Simple to create by teachers (web application)
– Improve recommender system• We encourage you to participate!!
Thanks for your attentionhttp://this.ii.uam.es/vleafhttp://this.ii.uam.es/vleaf