[Opensim-users] Looking for help reproducing a user study in OpenSim

[Elizabeth Lowry]

@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 <j.veenvan at gmail.com>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 <emlowry at vt.edu>
> 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
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