2012 04-19 (educon2012) emadrid urjc hybrid educational worlds - merging virtual worlds and the real world to efficiently create serious games with smartphones

1. Hybrid educational worlds
Examples of hybrid worlds
Experiment
Conclusions
Hybrid Educational Worlds
Merging virtual worlds and the real world to efficiently create
serious games with smartphones
G. Robles, J. Fern´ndez, J. M. Gonz´lez-Barahona, J. Ramiro
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grex@gsyc.urjc.es
GSyC/LibreSoft, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Marrakech, Morocco, April 19th, 2012
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Examples of hybrid worlds
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Examples of hybrid worlds
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1 Hybrid educational worlds
2 Examples of hybrid worlds
3 Experiment
4 Conclusions
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Introduction
Figure: Complete virtual worlds. Source: InsideGoogle
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Introduction (II)
Figure: Parallel Worlds. Source: UC3M
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Introduction (and III)
Figure: Hybrid worlds
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In this presentation... our thesis is that
To achieve learning goals often the creation of
complete virtual worlds is not needed
In some cases, when students are given the necessary means and
information to acquire the knowledge, skills and abilities, less rich
virtual worlds could be sufficient.
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Examples of hybrid worlds
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1 Hybrid educational worlds
2 Examples of hybrid worlds
3 Experiment
4 Conclusions
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Examples of hybrid worlds
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Example #1: LibreSoft Gymkhana
Figure: LibreSoft Gymkhana.
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Example #2: Los Conquistadores
Figure: Conquistadores. Risk-like game.
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Creating a partial virtual world
A preliminary explanation about the game
A smartphone
A social network built by the smartphones
Geo-localization of the smartphones
Monitoring (by the game admin)
Other elements that enrich the experience: QR codes, AR...
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Potential benefits
Lower development costs
Lower hardware requirements
Lower time investment by educators creating the activity
Students have to face a lower complexity
Same (or even major) learning outcomes?
Supports other capabilities? (team work, etc.)
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Technicalities
Figure: General architecture of serious m-learning games developed by
the GSyC/LibreSoft research group that make use of the hybrid world
concept.
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Examples of hybrid worlds
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1 Hybrid educational worlds
2 Examples of hybrid worlds
3 Experiment
4 Conclusions
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Experiment: Learning objectives
Goal: To introduce freshmen into the Campus
1 To gain knowledge of the campus, studies and academia
2 To gain knowledge of the location, structure and services of
the Campus
3 To improve teamwork and foster get to know other teammates
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Three approaches
Approach #1
Hybrid world: 30 students in 5 groups played a m-gymkhana
with mobile phones
Approach #2
Virtual world: 30 students played an adventure game using
eAdventure
Approach #3
Traditional: 15 students in 3 groups guided each by a teacher
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Comparison of effort
Guided tour eAdventure m-gymkhana
Platform development No High Medium
Platform learning No 4h 4h
Creation activity No 40h 1h
Table: Comparison of effort invested in preparing a learning activity.
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Comparison of learning outcomes
Learning outcome Guided tour eAdventure m-gymkhana
Campus knowledge Low High Medium
Location knowlegde Medium Medium High
Teamwork Low Low High
Best choice Guided tour Guided tour Guided tour
Table: Comparison of the outcomes of each learning activity. Best choice
is the answer students gave to the answer ”With which activity do you
think you would have learned more?”
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Examples of hybrid worlds
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1 Hybrid educational worlds
2 Examples of hybrid worlds
3 Experiment
4 Conclusions
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Conclusions
Hybrid worlds can some times meet ambitious learning
objectives, being more simple and faster to design and to
implement.
For certain aspects complete virtual worlds have shown better
results.
Educational scientists should consider the time devoted by
teachers in their virtual world activities.
Students often prefer the usual activity, even if the learning
outcomes are poorer.
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Examples of hybrid worlds
Experiment
Conclusions
Hybrid Educational Worlds
Merging virtual worlds and the real world to efficiently create
serious games with smartphones
G. Robles, J. Fern´ndez, J. M. Gonz´lez-Barahona, J. Ramiro
a a
grex@gsyc.urjc.es
GSyC/LibreSoft, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Marrakech, Morocco, April 19th, 2012
G. Robles, J. Fern´ndez, J. M. Gonz´lez-Barahona, J. Ramiro
a a Hybrid Educational Worlds