The Development of a User- Friendly Authoring Tool (OPAL) used by Teachers and Students in Schools to Create User- Generated Contexts for Learning in a Virtual World Setting . Kevin Burden (The University of Hull) David Burden (Daden Ltd) Christopher Bonfield (KTP Associate, Academy360, Sunderland)
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The Development of a User-Friendly Authoring Tool (OPAL) used by Teachers and Students in Schools to Create User-Generated
Contexts for Learning in a Virtual World Setting
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Kevin Burden (The University of Hull)
David Burden (Daden Ltd)
Christopher Bonfield (KTP Associate, Academy360, Sunderland)
31/10/11
Academy360, Sunderland‘Re-thinking the art of learning’
Problems associated with Immersive World Environments in School Contexts
• Access issues in school – LA filters
• Suitability of some environments for young people
• Difficulty in constructing environments which are bespoke
• Unstructured nature of activity and learning
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Solutions
• Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with the University of Hull
• Partnership between Daden Ltd and Academy360 to develop an authoring tool
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Research questions:
Why Immersive 3-D learning in schools?
What has restricted Immersive learning in schools
What learning gains can we anticipate in schools?
OPAL Principles:
Based on Daden's PIVOTE system
The Goal: Make exercise development simple!
For use by teachers and school children
Drag-Drop-Configure from a library of props and actors