[Opensim-users] Looking for help reproducing a user study in OpenSim
Ideia Boa
ideiaboa at gmail.com
Thu Apr 29 18:45:18 UTC 2010
On 29-04-2010 8:31, Ideia Boa wrote:
> Hi Elizabeth
>
> We can build a region free of charge to all volunteers reproduce your
> tests, and can also play one or two tests.
> For other volunteers, you will have to be you to send invitations.
>
> The WorldSimTerra is always ready to host all kinds of initiatives for
> schools and universities, only that, our time is very short so we can
> help more.
>
> The region will have your name "ELIZABETH", so the volunteers will be
> easy to find and may be available on Saturday and Sunday.
> The owner of the region will be one of our mentors "Pato Donald", he
> will have the ability to handle the server if necessary.
>
> Regards
> Ideia Boa
>
> www.worldsimterra.com
>
>
>
> On 29-04-2010 8:06, Elizabeth Lowry wrote:
>> Ideia,
>>
>> Ah, then you can reproduce the study?
>>
>> If so, that's wonderful! Is there anything in the instructions I put
>> up at
>> http://hokiegrid.cs.vt.edu/index.php?&page=smodul&id=34&btn=33&subbtn=34
>> <http://hokiegrid.cs.vt.edu/index.php?&page=smodul&id=34&btn=33&subbtn=34> that
>> I should clarify to help you start?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Elizabeth
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Ideia Boa <ideiaboa at gmail.com
>> <mailto:ideiaboa at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Elizabeth
>>
>> We can build a region within our WorldSimTerra Grid for
>> volunteers who can use it for your scientific work.
>> Therefore all volunteers who are interested in reproducing your
>> tests can do so in this region
>> If there is interest in this region, please send a reply to the
>> list and the call for volunteers.
>>
>> Regards
>> Ideia Boa
>> www.worldsimterra.com <http://www.worldsimterra.com>
>>
>> On 29-04-2010 9:15, 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
>>> <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 <mailto: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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