i posted a request to the pilot group, if they're interested in participating. Will the results of the research be public?
Jeroen On Thursday 29 April 2010 09:15:26 Elizabeth Lowry wrote: > Hi all, > > I tried telling the individuals who answered my first email back in March > about this, but I haven't gotten any responses yet. > > I'd really like to compare the results I'm getting from my study with > someone else's - I've posted instructions at > http://hokiegrid.cs.vt.edu/index.php?&page=smodul&id=34&btn=33&subbtn=34 > and I'd really like to talk to some of you about reproducing my > experiment. Please? It's for science! > > Thank you, > Elizabeth Lowry > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Elizabeth Lowry <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > My name is Elizabeth Lowry and I'm a Master's Student in the Computer > > Science program at Virginia Tech. > > > > As part of my thesis, I'm going to be running a user study using OpenSim. > > > > I'll be packaging my setup, including the data collection tools, in an > > OAR, > > > > and I'm hoping some of you will be willing to reproduce my experiment > > using that OAR and let me compare your results to mine. > > > > The idea of the experiment is to measure the effect of levels of spatial > > presentation in a virtual environment on that environment's > > effectiveness. > > > > I'll be presenting two lessons -- one on the photoelectric effect, a > > topic > > > > with a level of inherent spatial content, and one on a yet-to-be > > determined topic that isn't inherently spatial, like music or logic -- > > at three levels of spatial presentation -- as a slide show given in the > > virtual world, as a set of posters arranged in space (with the slides > > from the > > previously-mentioned slideshow as the posters), and as a set of full-on > > 3D exhibits (presenting the same information as the slides) taking > > advantage of a virtual environment's ability to present 3D objects. > > Subjects will visit exactly one of the > > topic/level-of-spatial-presentation combinations for a set period of > > time and their learning will be measured by comparing their scores on > > quizzes before and after visiting. > > > > The question I'm hoping to answer is: How much effort is really worth it > > in the construction of a virtual learning environment? And does this > > level of effort vary between topics that are inherently spatial and ones > > that aren't? > > > > If the full-3D versions of the learning environments in the study lead > > to > > > > the greatest improvements in quiz scores, it'll indicate that the greater > > amount of effort required to build such environments pays off in better > > learning. > > > > Obviously, more work would need to be done in the future, whatever the > > results of this study -- but to get solid results on this study, I'd like > > your help. > > > > Is anyone on this list in a position to run a user study in OpenSim with > > 30 or more participants by mid to late April? > > > > Thank you, > > Elizabeth Lowry _______________________________________________ Opensim-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users
