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

[Marcus Alexander Link]

Your 'setup' is a backup of a region.
If someone want to support you and repeat your experiment, they will
need to run an OpenSimulator in a network and setting up a region with
your backup file (.oar).

There might be people who would like to support your project,
repeating it, but just don't want the hassle with installing a full
OpenSimulator environment. Maybe you get more response if you provide
a hosted region to repeat your project.

Regards,

Marcus A. Link

On 4/29/10, Elizabeth Lowry <emlowry at vt.edu> wrote:
> @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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