This paper describes the current state of a pedagogical immersive 3D story TBI-SIM and the change... more This paper describes the current state of a pedagogical immersive 3D story TBI-SIM and the changes that have been made to it. The system is a narrative simulation in a fully immersive 3D world in which the user controls a character that can interact with non-player characters (NPCs). The users achieve goals and make decisions that have an impact on the course of the story.
... Frank is initially given three choices: prepare the dinner on hisown, prepare it with his fat... more ... Frank is initially given three choices: prepare the dinner on hisown, prepare it with his father Paul or let Paul prepare it. Sophie and Olivia Page 3. Using Highly Interactive Drama to Help Young People Cope with Traumatic Situations 281 ...
Computer-based highly interactive drama involves different authoring approaches, compared to line... more Computer-based highly interactive drama involves different authoring approaches, compared to linear media. Underlying design principles needs to be understood in order to guide the authoring process, to teach authors and to design better systems. This paper identifies a fundamental design principle termed Structural Writing that underlies some of the most generative approaches in interactive drama. A theoretical description of this principle is proposed, which leads to a general architecture for interactive drama that may help authors and researchers to design systems that better exploit the principle of structural writing.
Figure 1: Camera behaviors for a cinematic replay: (a) CU on F rank 3/4backright screenleft and L... more Figure 1: Camera behaviors for a cinematic replay: (a) CU on F rank 3/4backright screenleft and Lili center (b) CU on Lili 3/4backright screenleft and F rank center , (c) POV F rank MCU on Lili screencenter and (d) POV Lili CU on F rank screencenter
In this paper, we will describe a pedagogical immersive 3D story TBI-SIM and how it works. The sy... more In this paper, we will describe a pedagogical immersive 3D story TBI-SIM and how it works. The system is a narrative simulation in a fully immersive 3D world in which the user controls a character that can interact with non-player characters (NPCs) and objects. The users achieve goals and make frequent choices that have an impact on the course of the story, thanks to a AI-based interactive drama engine. The Simula Family is a game that helps teenagers living with a parent suffering from a Traumatic Brain Injury.
From a use case concerning a master level course on pedagogical video games, this article describ... more From a use case concerning a master level course on pedagogical video games, this article describes how Project-Based Learning uses Internet-based services. Initially, Information services have been mostly used to facilitate communication between the students and the teacher, and to provide support in the project management. More recently, Internet has more deeply changed the philosophy of PBL, towards an increased integration into the real world. An innovative approach has emerged, in which products delivered by the students are both disseminated and reused for the course itself, for future classes.
Cet article expose la transposition en modalité à distance d’une activité de prototypage papier p... more Cet article expose la transposition en modalité à distance d’une activité de prototypage papier pour la conception de jeux vidéo se déroulant initialement en présentiel dans le cadre d’un cursus hybride. Le passage dans l’urgence au format numérique de cette activité nous a amenés à médiatiser la collaboration tangible et présentielle vers la modalité distancielle, sans possibilité de re-conception globale du scénario pédagogique. Nous décrivons le dispositif mis en place, le déroulement de l’activité, puis analysons ses succès et limites, à partir de nos analyses et des retours des apprenants.
Dans cette etude, nous investiguons la relation entre la motivation a apprendre et a s’engager da... more Dans cette etude, nous investiguons la relation entre la motivation a apprendre et a s’engager dans une activite d’apprentissage et la qualite de l’experience rapportee par les apprenants apres l’utilisation d’un jeu video en algebre ainsi que la relation entre les facteurs motivationnels et le comportement et la progression dans le jeu. Les resultats montrent que les eleves qui ont, au depart, le plus de plaisir a faire des mathematiques ont egalement le plus de facilite a prendre en main le jeu et a avancer dans les problemes. Seuls ceux qui se sentent peu competents en mathematiques ont le sentiment d’avoir acquis de nouvelles connaissances en lien avec l'algebre. Quant aux eleves qui se rejouissent le plus a s'engager dans l’activite de jeu proposee, ils atteignent plus facilement un etat de flow durant le jeu, ce qui a pu, cependant, entraver leur apprentissage.
In this article, we discuss the status of student productions in learning environments and the wa... more In this article, we discuss the status of student productions in learning environments and the ways in which they can be valued as contributions, i.e., reusable resources. Through a review of the literature and case experiences, we characterize the notion of contribution in an educational context. We present a model of the processes and the contexts of their reuse, particularly with respect to the actor's roles and dissemination scope. Our proposition contributes to the implementation of a "circular economy" of learning productions in a context of active pedagogy, mass education, and open education.
Nous decrivons un jeu video pour l’apprentissage de la conjugaison francaise, concu dans une opti... more Nous decrivons un jeu video pour l’apprentissage de la conjugaison francaise, concu dans une optique d’integration du contenu dans la mecanique de jeu. L’evaluation montre une augmentation de 4 points aux tests, sur 20.
This article approaches the question of choice in interactive narratives and presents a multidime... more This article approaches the question of choice in interactive narratives and presents a multidimensional classification model based on a selection and characterization of 31 existing works. The methodology for establishing such a classification is detailed, which considers composing elements, functions, aesthetic considerations, and mechanics for choice presentation. This article uses an observational approach for analyzing interactive narratives based in theoretical considerations.
DEAPEL est un dispositif de realite augmentee spatiale visant a soutenir la comprehension concept... more DEAPEL est un dispositif de realite augmentee spatiale visant a soutenir la comprehension conceptuelle des phenomenes de champs electriques et magnetiques. Nous presentons ici un cadre theorique liant l’etude de la realite augmentee aux recherches en apprentissage multimedia, changement conceptuel et didactique des sciences ainsi que ses implications pour la conception d’EIAH en realite augmentee. Nous presenterons l’artefact issu de cette perspective et discuterons des observations issues de demonstrations publiques du dispositif.
Cet article propose une reflexion sur les enjeux concernant la conception et le developpement d’u... more Cet article propose une reflexion sur les enjeux concernant la conception et le developpement d’un dispositif numerique comme support pour la formation auditive. Nous menerons cette reflexion a partir des points de vue de la pedagogie et de la didactique de la musique, ce qui permettra de poser les bases du developpement d’un environnement informatise pour la creation de melodies. Nous decrirons le dispositif numerique ainsi developpe pour ensuite observer son introduction dans deux classes de solfege2INTRODUCTION. Pour creer une situation didactique reelle, nous proposons une activite du type dictee melodique visant la discrimination de notes. Enfin, les resultats des tests conduits dans ces classes seront presentes et analyses.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2021
Alzheimer Care Trainer (ACT) is an interactive narrative simulation for caregivers of patients wi... more Alzheimer Care Trainer (ACT) is an interactive narrative simulation for caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. It aims to support family caregivers by letting them practice difficult situations of daily life in a training environment. In order to ensure its accessibility to its target audience, which may be unfamiliar with new technologies, we have created a tutorial. The aim of the tutorial is to teach users the main mechanics of the simulation. Considered to be an introductory level to ACT, it is built in 2 parts, a dirigiste first part and an exploratory, second part. Several tutorial elements, such as context-sensitive information or a help page, have been integrated. The evaluation of the tutorial by 14 participants revealed that interaction mechanics were well understood although the state of the visual element remains confusing. Generated positive affects were stronger than the negative ones and most of the participants were confident to play the game after the tuto...
Interactive Digital Storytelling (IDS) enables users to influence the unfolding of a story at the... more Interactive Digital Storytelling (IDS) enables users to influence the unfolding of a story at the plot level using Artificial Intelligence techniques for generating and balancing narrative paths on the fly. Despite their promise, most IDS systems are still unable to consistently deliver engaging user experiences. To further understand the characteristics of this new media, particularly user engagement, we apply the concept of Continuation Desire to an existing Interactive Narrative to dynamically sample engagement during a play session. We use a comparative study to assess the effects of interrupting users during gameplay. This study found no evidence that, if done properly, interrupting the experience spoils it. We find no significant impact on the desire to play again as a result of introducing interruptions either.
To compare online learning tools, looped, branch serious game (SG) and linear text-based scenario... more To compare online learning tools, looped, branch serious game (SG) and linear text-based scenario (TBS), among a sample of Belgian and Swiss pharmacy students. Open randomized controlled study. The lesson was based on the case of a benign cough in a healthy child. A randomized sample of 117 students: only the Swiss students had attended a previous lecture on coughs. Participation rate, pre- and post-experience Likert scales and students' clinical knowledge were measured. Our primary hypothesis was demonstrated: students favored the SG even if navigation was rated as more complex, and students who performed the SG better understood the aim of pharmacist triage in case of cough. The influence of the SG appeared to be linked to the presence of a previous lecture in the curriculum. SG and TBS are effective to teach pharmacist triage. Higher SG complexity should be used to teach the aim of pharmacist triage in the case of a specific disease and could be an alternative to simulated pa...
This work in progress paper presents a story-based approach in a simulation-based learning enviro... more This work in progress paper presents a story-based approach in a simulation-based learning environment in the context of crisis management. We offer a reflexive approach to learning for adults based on the uchronia. Our game design UCHRONIE offers two phases of simulation. During the scenario, the learner will explore several possible worlds. During the debriefing, he may view several possible alternatives to the scenario as a timeline.
Varying learning activities beyond existing LMS's can improve the learning experience [1]. Howeve... more Varying learning activities beyond existing LMS's can improve the learning experience [1]. However, managing student interactions and productions across multiple platforms can be very time consuming. This contribution proposes a novel approach to monitor student productions on varied online platforms, such as social networks, Wiki pages, Google Docs. We rely on a combination of techniques: data is collected through web scraping or web APIs, then synthetic information and varied analysis are applied, and finally the results are presented through a web application. We applied our approach to a course where the students contribute on a private social network, Google Docs, and on a MediaWiki. The pilot is built with the R programming language.
HAL is a multidisciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific re... more HAL is a multidisciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L'archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d'enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés.
This paper describes the current state of a pedagogical immersive 3D story TBI-SIM and the change... more This paper describes the current state of a pedagogical immersive 3D story TBI-SIM and the changes that have been made to it. The system is a narrative simulation in a fully immersive 3D world in which the user controls a character that can interact with non-player characters (NPCs). The users achieve goals and make decisions that have an impact on the course of the story.
... Frank is initially given three choices: prepare the dinner on hisown, prepare it with his fat... more ... Frank is initially given three choices: prepare the dinner on hisown, prepare it with his father Paul or let Paul prepare it. Sophie and Olivia Page 3. Using Highly Interactive Drama to Help Young People Cope with Traumatic Situations 281 ...
Computer-based highly interactive drama involves different authoring approaches, compared to line... more Computer-based highly interactive drama involves different authoring approaches, compared to linear media. Underlying design principles needs to be understood in order to guide the authoring process, to teach authors and to design better systems. This paper identifies a fundamental design principle termed Structural Writing that underlies some of the most generative approaches in interactive drama. A theoretical description of this principle is proposed, which leads to a general architecture for interactive drama that may help authors and researchers to design systems that better exploit the principle of structural writing.
Figure 1: Camera behaviors for a cinematic replay: (a) CU on F rank 3/4backright screenleft and L... more Figure 1: Camera behaviors for a cinematic replay: (a) CU on F rank 3/4backright screenleft and Lili center (b) CU on Lili 3/4backright screenleft and F rank center , (c) POV F rank MCU on Lili screencenter and (d) POV Lili CU on F rank screencenter
In this paper, we will describe a pedagogical immersive 3D story TBI-SIM and how it works. The sy... more In this paper, we will describe a pedagogical immersive 3D story TBI-SIM and how it works. The system is a narrative simulation in a fully immersive 3D world in which the user controls a character that can interact with non-player characters (NPCs) and objects. The users achieve goals and make frequent choices that have an impact on the course of the story, thanks to a AI-based interactive drama engine. The Simula Family is a game that helps teenagers living with a parent suffering from a Traumatic Brain Injury.
From a use case concerning a master level course on pedagogical video games, this article describ... more From a use case concerning a master level course on pedagogical video games, this article describes how Project-Based Learning uses Internet-based services. Initially, Information services have been mostly used to facilitate communication between the students and the teacher, and to provide support in the project management. More recently, Internet has more deeply changed the philosophy of PBL, towards an increased integration into the real world. An innovative approach has emerged, in which products delivered by the students are both disseminated and reused for the course itself, for future classes.
Cet article expose la transposition en modalité à distance d’une activité de prototypage papier p... more Cet article expose la transposition en modalité à distance d’une activité de prototypage papier pour la conception de jeux vidéo se déroulant initialement en présentiel dans le cadre d’un cursus hybride. Le passage dans l’urgence au format numérique de cette activité nous a amenés à médiatiser la collaboration tangible et présentielle vers la modalité distancielle, sans possibilité de re-conception globale du scénario pédagogique. Nous décrivons le dispositif mis en place, le déroulement de l’activité, puis analysons ses succès et limites, à partir de nos analyses et des retours des apprenants.
Dans cette etude, nous investiguons la relation entre la motivation a apprendre et a s’engager da... more Dans cette etude, nous investiguons la relation entre la motivation a apprendre et a s’engager dans une activite d’apprentissage et la qualite de l’experience rapportee par les apprenants apres l’utilisation d’un jeu video en algebre ainsi que la relation entre les facteurs motivationnels et le comportement et la progression dans le jeu. Les resultats montrent que les eleves qui ont, au depart, le plus de plaisir a faire des mathematiques ont egalement le plus de facilite a prendre en main le jeu et a avancer dans les problemes. Seuls ceux qui se sentent peu competents en mathematiques ont le sentiment d’avoir acquis de nouvelles connaissances en lien avec l'algebre. Quant aux eleves qui se rejouissent le plus a s'engager dans l’activite de jeu proposee, ils atteignent plus facilement un etat de flow durant le jeu, ce qui a pu, cependant, entraver leur apprentissage.
In this article, we discuss the status of student productions in learning environments and the wa... more In this article, we discuss the status of student productions in learning environments and the ways in which they can be valued as contributions, i.e., reusable resources. Through a review of the literature and case experiences, we characterize the notion of contribution in an educational context. We present a model of the processes and the contexts of their reuse, particularly with respect to the actor's roles and dissemination scope. Our proposition contributes to the implementation of a "circular economy" of learning productions in a context of active pedagogy, mass education, and open education.
Nous decrivons un jeu video pour l’apprentissage de la conjugaison francaise, concu dans une opti... more Nous decrivons un jeu video pour l’apprentissage de la conjugaison francaise, concu dans une optique d’integration du contenu dans la mecanique de jeu. L’evaluation montre une augmentation de 4 points aux tests, sur 20.
This article approaches the question of choice in interactive narratives and presents a multidime... more This article approaches the question of choice in interactive narratives and presents a multidimensional classification model based on a selection and characterization of 31 existing works. The methodology for establishing such a classification is detailed, which considers composing elements, functions, aesthetic considerations, and mechanics for choice presentation. This article uses an observational approach for analyzing interactive narratives based in theoretical considerations.
DEAPEL est un dispositif de realite augmentee spatiale visant a soutenir la comprehension concept... more DEAPEL est un dispositif de realite augmentee spatiale visant a soutenir la comprehension conceptuelle des phenomenes de champs electriques et magnetiques. Nous presentons ici un cadre theorique liant l’etude de la realite augmentee aux recherches en apprentissage multimedia, changement conceptuel et didactique des sciences ainsi que ses implications pour la conception d’EIAH en realite augmentee. Nous presenterons l’artefact issu de cette perspective et discuterons des observations issues de demonstrations publiques du dispositif.
Cet article propose une reflexion sur les enjeux concernant la conception et le developpement d’u... more Cet article propose une reflexion sur les enjeux concernant la conception et le developpement d’un dispositif numerique comme support pour la formation auditive. Nous menerons cette reflexion a partir des points de vue de la pedagogie et de la didactique de la musique, ce qui permettra de poser les bases du developpement d’un environnement informatise pour la creation de melodies. Nous decrirons le dispositif numerique ainsi developpe pour ensuite observer son introduction dans deux classes de solfege2INTRODUCTION. Pour creer une situation didactique reelle, nous proposons une activite du type dictee melodique visant la discrimination de notes. Enfin, les resultats des tests conduits dans ces classes seront presentes et analyses.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2021
Alzheimer Care Trainer (ACT) is an interactive narrative simulation for caregivers of patients wi... more Alzheimer Care Trainer (ACT) is an interactive narrative simulation for caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. It aims to support family caregivers by letting them practice difficult situations of daily life in a training environment. In order to ensure its accessibility to its target audience, which may be unfamiliar with new technologies, we have created a tutorial. The aim of the tutorial is to teach users the main mechanics of the simulation. Considered to be an introductory level to ACT, it is built in 2 parts, a dirigiste first part and an exploratory, second part. Several tutorial elements, such as context-sensitive information or a help page, have been integrated. The evaluation of the tutorial by 14 participants revealed that interaction mechanics were well understood although the state of the visual element remains confusing. Generated positive affects were stronger than the negative ones and most of the participants were confident to play the game after the tuto...
Interactive Digital Storytelling (IDS) enables users to influence the unfolding of a story at the... more Interactive Digital Storytelling (IDS) enables users to influence the unfolding of a story at the plot level using Artificial Intelligence techniques for generating and balancing narrative paths on the fly. Despite their promise, most IDS systems are still unable to consistently deliver engaging user experiences. To further understand the characteristics of this new media, particularly user engagement, we apply the concept of Continuation Desire to an existing Interactive Narrative to dynamically sample engagement during a play session. We use a comparative study to assess the effects of interrupting users during gameplay. This study found no evidence that, if done properly, interrupting the experience spoils it. We find no significant impact on the desire to play again as a result of introducing interruptions either.
To compare online learning tools, looped, branch serious game (SG) and linear text-based scenario... more To compare online learning tools, looped, branch serious game (SG) and linear text-based scenario (TBS), among a sample of Belgian and Swiss pharmacy students. Open randomized controlled study. The lesson was based on the case of a benign cough in a healthy child. A randomized sample of 117 students: only the Swiss students had attended a previous lecture on coughs. Participation rate, pre- and post-experience Likert scales and students' clinical knowledge were measured. Our primary hypothesis was demonstrated: students favored the SG even if navigation was rated as more complex, and students who performed the SG better understood the aim of pharmacist triage in case of cough. The influence of the SG appeared to be linked to the presence of a previous lecture in the curriculum. SG and TBS are effective to teach pharmacist triage. Higher SG complexity should be used to teach the aim of pharmacist triage in the case of a specific disease and could be an alternative to simulated pa...
This work in progress paper presents a story-based approach in a simulation-based learning enviro... more This work in progress paper presents a story-based approach in a simulation-based learning environment in the context of crisis management. We offer a reflexive approach to learning for adults based on the uchronia. Our game design UCHRONIE offers two phases of simulation. During the scenario, the learner will explore several possible worlds. During the debriefing, he may view several possible alternatives to the scenario as a timeline.
Varying learning activities beyond existing LMS's can improve the learning experience [1]. Howeve... more Varying learning activities beyond existing LMS's can improve the learning experience [1]. However, managing student interactions and productions across multiple platforms can be very time consuming. This contribution proposes a novel approach to monitor student productions on varied online platforms, such as social networks, Wiki pages, Google Docs. We rely on a combination of techniques: data is collected through web scraping or web APIs, then synthetic information and varied analysis are applied, and finally the results are presented through a web application. We applied our approach to a course where the students contribute on a private social network, Google Docs, and on a MediaWiki. The pilot is built with the R programming language.
HAL is a multidisciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific re... more HAL is a multidisciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L'archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d'enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés.
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