May
3
It was a pleasure to attend Naidex 2018, the disability event of the year at the NEC, Birmingham.
Keynote speakers on assistive technology, disability and inclusion within work and school sectors, along with the most innovative products for those with physical, visual and learning impairments.
Naidex provided a platform to discuss Beaconing with a range of disability providers in a range of sectors and compare our assistive technology innovation with the most cutting-edge development in the market.
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May
1
Two major trends leading from 2017 onto 2018 to innovative STEM programs and personalized learning is data analytics and creating access to AR/VR. What does this equate to…?
To date the holy grail of digital learning remains transitioning towards an immersive learning experience. But we have failed miserably by not providing a way for Blended, Personalized and Competency-Based Learning that transfer to real world skills. Sure, the concepts of gamification can be a driver but would collecting a bunch of stars connect to and with ‘real world’ conditions?
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Apr
25
During the last 6 months a multi-disciplinary team with German speaking reasearchers, game developers and other interested stakeholders have been working on a new specification on SG Meta data Format. The objective is to improve the standardisation in how SG are described and thereby support the reuse of existing games.
Today the final version was agreed upon in Berlin. The process was initated by Stefan Göbel from TU Darmstadt and managed by So-Jin Kim from DIN (Deutsche Industrie Norm) . DIN is the German standardisation body. The specification will have the number DIN SPEC 91380 Serious Games Meta Data Format. It will be published in July. BIBA (Represented by Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge) as Beaconing partner has been involved in the development of the specification. This is only a first step and the collaboration among the involved researchers and industry will continue. A pre-version of the SPEC will be presented on June, 8 at the GameDays in Darmstadt.
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Apr
23
UCM researchers Baltasar Fernández Manjón and Antonio Calvo Morata participated in the 4th #AprendeINTEF live web marathon, organized by INTEF, the National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training, the unit of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport responsible for the integration of ICT in non-university educational stages.
The 4th web marathon #AprendeINTEF comprised four sessions were different teachers and researchers were selected to present their educational experiences with a focus from and within the development of the competence areas of the Common Reference Framework for Digital Teaching Competence. As part of the Session IV, live on April 22nd from 16:30 to 19:30, Baltasar Fernández Manjón and Antonio Calvo Morata presented their experience with the videogame Conectado.
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Apr
20
While young people distract more and more easily because of the large quantity of screens at their disposal, the video game appears today as a better way to learn for students. However, create an educational game in agreement with the objectives of the teacher is a real challenge because of its form which is naturally different from plans of classic and linear learnings.
Consequently, how combine the game with traditional learning process equally ? Through precise cases, we take scientific stock of some existing solutions.
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