@Jeroen: Yes, all results will be public, but since no personally identifiable information is collected, I doubt that will pose a problem.
@Everyone: Just to clarify, I'm *not* asking for regions to run the experiment on. I already have one and I'm using it. I'm asking for other people to reproduce the study and see if they get the same results I do - not only is the ability of other researchers to repeat an experiment a fundamental part of the scientific process, just seeing if OpenSim can make reproducing a study like this easier is worth finding out. I've provided a download of my experimental setup and instructions on how to follow my procedure and grab your data for analysis at http://hokiegrid.cs.vt.edu/index.php?&page=smodul&id=34&btn=33&subbtn=34 - anyone, please let me know if you can do this! Thanks, Elizabeth On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 4:24 AM, Jeroen van Veen <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >
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