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Subject:    [Opensim-users] Looking for help reproducing a user study inOpenSim
From:       dirk.krause () pixelpark ! com (Dirk Krause)
Date:       2010-04-30 6:08:45
Message-ID: 6C2AFDB53CBC0D4A8637CF3C7B63B2B8099F98 () postbox ! bitlab ! de
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On a side note:  this is a perfect use case for an opensim-in-a-box (i.e. a cloud based temporary OpenSimulator with prdefined environment).

just wanted to mention it.

best,
  dirk

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Von: opensim-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de im Auftrag von Elizabeth Lowry
Gesendet: Do 29.04.2010 21:25
An: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
Cc: Staff WorldSimTerra
Betreff: Re: [Opensim-users] Looking for help reproducing a user study inOpenSim

I can't personally run a reproduction of the study with participants I can't
meet in person - I'm required to get consent forms from anyone who
participates in *my* study.  That's why I'm looking for *other* people to
run *reproductions* of my study, not for other places for myself to run my
study.

I don't need my own region, I already have my own grid!

- Elizabeth

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Ideia Boa <ideiaboa at gmail.com> wrote:

>  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 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> 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
>>
>> 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 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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