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An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas withsmartphones
eMadrid Seminar on ”Games, Learning and Mobility”
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez
grex@gsyc.urjc.esGSyC/LibreSoft, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Madrid, Oct 15th, 2010
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
c©2010 Gregorio Robles, Jorge Fernandez Gonzalez.Some rights reserved. This presentation is distributed under the
“Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0” license, by Creative Commons, available athttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
This is joint work
Figure: Authors: Jorge Fernandez and Gregorio Robles.
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
Gymkhanas?
Figure: Gymkhanas are group activities. A challenge has to be solved toobtain the next one.
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
I know them from the Scout movement
Figure: Scouting group.
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
Scenario
Technology cannot only makeorganizing gymkhanas easier, it
offers new possibilities!
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
The Android smartphone
Figure: Device emulator for Android.
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
The Android Market
Figure: Example screenshots of the Android Market as it can be observedin an Android phone.
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
libregeosocial
Figure: libregeosocial: Social network and augmented reality library forAndroid phones.
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
General architecture
Figure: General architecture of the system, including the technologiesthat have been used for its implementation.
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
Administration
Administrating a gymkhana
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
Gymkhana Round-trip
Figure: Example of a scenario of gymkhana with several groups and acircular path for challenges.
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
Geolocalizing groups in real-time
Figure: Mash-up with Google Maps offering geopositioning andinformation of participating groups.
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
Classifications in real-time
Figure: Table with the classification of the participating groups in thegymkhana.
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
Creating a Gymkhana
Figure: Web page for the creation of events (in this case showing aJavascript alert due to the introduction of a wrong format).
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
Introducing a new challenge
Figure: HTML form for the creation of gymkhana challenges.Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
Instant messages
Figure: Instant messages can be sent to participants.
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
Challenges
Types of challenges
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
Text challenges
Figure: Screenshot of a textual response challenge.
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
Geopositioning challenge
Figure: Screenshot of the presentation of a geopositioning challenge andmap with the current position of the participant and the destination.
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
Photo challenge
Figure: Screenshots of a photographic challenge, before and after theuser has selected a picture to be sent as response.
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
Augmented Reality challenge
Figure: Tagging of a new virtual resource by means of the LibreGeoSocialaugmented reality interface.
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
Experiments
The gymkhana application has been tested three times beforebeing released.
Experiment 1: Feb 11 2010 - 8 volunteers
Experiment 2: Mar 25 2010 - 22 volunteers
Experiment 3: Apr 16 2010 - 18 volunteers (San Teleco)
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
“Official” Gymkhanas
“Noche de los investigadores” - 24 Sep 2010
“Semana de la Ciencia” - November 2010 (To be held)
Organized under the umbrella of the eMadrid project!
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
Costs
This is a low-cost activity (given that you have the smartphones).
You need one smartphone per group
Although it seems this is becoming a commodity
Network access: we bought 20 pre-paid cards per phone.With one pre-paid card you can have 50h of gymkhana.
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
Next future
Gymkhana application in the Android market
Create community around the application
Have easy-to-organize (almost ad-hoc) gymkhanas
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
Results
New types of challenges made possible by technology
Reduction of human resources
More control on the participating groups
Permanent, immediate and distance communication
Dynamic real-time modification of a gymkhana
Less time to organize a gymkhana
Reduction in cost
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas withsmartphones
eMadrid Seminar on ”Games, Learning and Mobility”
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez
grex@gsyc.urjc.esGSyC/LibreSoft, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Madrid, Oct 15th, 2010
Gregorio Robles and Jorge Fernandez An experience of m-learning: gymkhanas with smartphones
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