November Project Update

The Sky Oracle

Web Presence:

• All module pages, except for the language module, are complete.

Technical Design:

• Taxi Scenario completed through a scenario involving interaction with the driver (bot) and the ATM machine (to obtain the money necessary for travel)


• Stimuli drafted (with first implementation) for interaction (low and high levels) and immersion (low and high levels).
  
• The Sky Oracle development has started.
  The Sky Oracle is an innovative approach to representing an 'abstract' issue in the 3D environment. An issue is chosen (in this case, Tibet) and a flow chart is developed. The flow chart includes decision blocks and activity blocks. When entering the 3D flowchart, the user chooses a role and a perspective in decision blocks and proceeds throught the flow chart's activity receiving encounterting media that represents the issue as well as external input (the perspective) and internal input (the role).

There is more to come on the Sky Oracle - stay tuned!

Testing

• Blog created for reporting fixes needed in the Second China environment
• Students tasked with continued testing and reporting of necessary fixes

Quiz Development:

• Quiz question writing completed.
• Construction of learning module knowledge assessment quizzes via Adobe Captivate software is nearing completion.
• Entering the final stages of quiz question editing/grouping and the integration of such quizzes into the 2-D web-based earning modules.
• Approximately 25 distinct assessments to be incorporated into the web-based learning modules.

Evaluation Approaches

• Stimuli are being designed for the first scenario, completing the details to effectively manipulate the levels of immersion and interaction for testing purposes. Once these determinations are complete, they will be tested prior to designing parallel manipulations for the other three scenarios.
  
• Development has also begun this month on instruments to test for memory, cultural knowledge, and cultural sensitivity (empathy).