Supervisors:
Prof. Paul Mc Kevitt (UU)
Dr. Tom Lunney (UU)
External Collaboration:
Dr. Julieta Noguez (ITESM-CCM)
Dr. Luis Neri (ITESM-CCM) |
PlayPhysics:
An emotional games learning environment
for teaching Physics |
| PlayPhysics is focused on the key research problems: |
- Achieve the learning goals and support the curriculum
- Identify the learner's emotional state
- Select and implement pedagogical, motivational and afinity strategies
- Express emotion and select suitable media to communicate the teaching message
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| The aims and objectives of
PlayPhysics are: |
- Creation of affective student model to reason about the learner's emotions
- Select pedagogical, motivational and emotional strategies that maximise learning, understanding or engagament
- Enhance Olympia architecture (Muñoz et al., 2009a,b) to incorporate the affective dimension
- Design, implement and test PlayPhysics, an emotional games learning environment for teaching Physics at undergraduate level
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Hypotheses |
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Methodology and evaluation |
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Olympia architecture |
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