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1. Master’s Thesis The Virtual TEAL World An Interactive and Collaborative Virtual World Environment for Physics Education Institute for Information Systems and Computer Media (IICM) Faculty of Informatics – Graz University of Technology, Austria Johanna Pirker Version 14th March, 2013

6. Technology-Enabled Active Learning © 2013 - Johanna Pirker22/05/2014 6 • Approach • Collaborative Learning • Mini lectures • Hands-on experiments • Simulations & Visualizations • Quizzes and discussions • Special Designed Classroom • Small working groups • Shared Computers • Desktop Experiments • $ 1.5 Mio / classroom http://mit.edu/jbelcher/www/categories/education/index.htm

8. TEALsim © 2013 - Johanna Pirker22/05/2014 8 “Make the unseen seen” Belcher • Open Source Simulation Framework (Java) • Development, Presentation, Control of Physical Concepts • Create new simulations with limited programming skills (physics instructor)

9. Virtual TEAL World - Motivation © 2013 - Johanna Pirker22/05/2014 9 • Motivation • On-campus extension to Prepare, re-visit, reflect • Affordable Environment (TEAL classroom $1.5 MIO each) • Distance learning experience for • Geographically dispersed learning groups • Part-time students • Handicapped • MOOC (Massive open online course) extension as Social motivator and Collaboration possibilities • Design • Focus on advantages of VWs in comparison to conventional E-Learning Systems • 3D, Immersion, Collaboration, Presence, Active Participation,… • Reduce issues of VWs by good Design • Technical demands, Technical know-how, User Acceptance

10. Advantages of Virtual Worlds © 2013 - Johanna Pirker22/05/2014 10 • Provision of different communication channels (both verbal and non-verbal) for improved understanding • Activity-based interactions support the motivation and autonomy of the users • Increased social awareness • Feeling of presence in the virtual environment • Awareness of other avatars and the environment • Belonging to a social community that creates a virtual social space and can positively impact learning outcomes • Facilitated collaboration through different tools • Visualizations and simulations of learning content via 2d and 3d artifacts • Personal motivation through active participation and co- creation of the world (De Lucia, Francese, Passero, & Genoveffa Tortora, 2008) (Gütl & Pirker, 2011) (Gütl, 2011)

11. Workflow © 2013 - Johanna Pirker22/05/2014 11 Virtual TEAL Model Implementation of the required components Preparation & Evaluation of a pilot environment Raise the acceptance • Interactivity • Collaboration • Assessability Avoid steep learning curves • Usability • Adaptation and improvement of the existing TEALsim-Module • Creation of the Concept Question- Module • Creation of a Web- Interface as link to the Concept Question-Module • Faraday’s Law course • Two experiments with two stakeholder groups

14. Open Wonderland (OWL) © 2013 - Johanna Pirker22/05/2014 14 • Collaboration and Communication Tools (Whiteboard, Sticky Notes, Drag-and-drop existing content,.. ) • Extensibility Java-based modules and components • Shared Desktop Applications Open Office, Firefox, Netbeans, VNC,.. “Open Wonderland is a 100% Java open source toolkit for creating collaborative 3D virtual worlds.”

21. Evaluation (1/3) Objectives • Usability of VTW and in-world tools • Learning progress within the Faraday‘s Law scenario and it‘s assessability • Motivational aspects of students, such as interactivity and collaboration Setup • 2 experiments with 2 stakeholder groups • 2 physics experts with pedagogical background • 8 students • Pre-questionnaire with demographical data • Experiment (Learning roundtrip) • Post-questionnaire • Experience, usability (SUS), motivation (CES),.. © 2013 - Johanna Pirker22/05/2014 21

22. Evaluation (2/3) Learning Progress • Experiment: Students learned through discussion and learning content • Self-assessment: Faraday‘s law (M=1.625 SD=0.86); 7/8 learned something new Assessability • Both SHGs were satisfied with the assessability (M=2.5; SD=0.92) „It is similar to real life group assignments. You never know who contributed to the assignment“ Interactivity • M=1.6 (SD=0.66) „Such a playful animation can motivate also students, which are not really interested in the topic“ © 2013 - Johanna Pirker22/05/2014 22

23. Evaluation (3/3) Collaborative activities • Students likes „solving questions with other people“ • 3/8 students changes their answer after the discussion Usability • 8/10 SUS score 70+; Avg 73.89 (SD=22.81) • TEALsim-Module M=2. (SD=0.5) Motivation • According to CES © 2013 - Johanna Pirker22/05/2014 23

25. Conclusion & Future Work © 2013 - Johanna Pirker22/05/2014 25 Current and future Work • Further improvements (Performance, Usability, Interactivity,… ) • Integration to LMS such as Moodle • Integration of a game-based approach • Further user studies Conclusions • Motivational and acceptance issues can be minimized • Technical issues will remain the next years http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=2124315

26. Publications Pirker, J., Berger, S., Gütl, C., Belcher, J., & Bailey, P. H. (2012). Understanding Physical Concepts using an Immersive Virtual Learning Environment. European Immersive Education Summit. Paris. Pirker, J. & Gütl, C., (2013). Design and Evaluation of a Learner- Centric Immersive Virtual Learning Environment for Physics Education. SouthChi Conference. Maribor. Pirker, J. (2013). Master’s Thesis - The Virtual TEAL World – An Interactive and Collaborative Virtual World Environment for Physics Education, Supervisor: Univ. Doz. Dipl. Ing. Dr. techn. Christian Gütl (Graz University of Technology) & Professor John Belcher (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) © 2013 - Johanna Pirker22/05/2014 26

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