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Workshop in Hyderabad

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Winter School Workshop Schedule

Educational Games Track

 

3 Ring Binder Contents

 

Possible Student Projects

 

Day 1: Thursday,  December 10

        General Lectures

8:00am        Breakfast

9:00am        Registration

10:00am    Welcome Message (Prof. Sangal)

10:15am    Overview of Winter School (Prof. Rosé)

10:30am    Guest presentation by Pratham (Dr. Madhuri Pai)

11:30am    Guest presentation by Dell Foundation (to be confirmed)

12:30pm     Lunch with Discussion “What are the biggest challenges to improving education in India, and what is your vision for contributing to this effort?”

2:00pm        Smart Classrooms (Dr. Vasu)

2:30pm        Speech Activities at IIIT-H (Kishore Prahallad)

3:00pm        Panel discussion “What are the biggest challenges for technology supported education in India?  And where do you think its biggest impact will be?” (Kam, Bhiksha, PNJ/Kamal, Vasu and Prahallad; moderator: Rosé)

4:00pm        Announcements (Dr. Rosé)

Homework 1:  Create a profile on our Ning site.  Write a blog post about your personal research goals in educational technology. 

 

Day 2: Friday, December 11

        General Lectures

8:00am        Breakfast

9:00am        Welcome (Dr. Rosé)

9:15am    CMU-IIIT-H Initiatives (Prof. Raj Reddy)

9:30am        Guest presentation by Byrraju Foundation (Dr. Rama Rao)

10:30am    Guest presentation by Beautiful Tree Foundation (Dr. James Tooley)

11:30am    Research versus Development: Questions to ask yourself as you choose your own path (Dr. Rosé)

12:15pm    Announcements (Dr Rosé)

12:30pm    Lunch with Discussion:  “What are your perceptions about research? What are your expectations for the winterschool? How does this fit into your long term plans?”

2:00pm        Intro to CSCL Research (Dr. Rosé)

2:45pm        Intro to Games Research (Dr. Kam)

3:30pm        Intro to Speech Research (Dr. Raj)

4:00pm        Panel discussion “What is the world of research and the life of a researcher really like? What do you wish you had done differently when you were younger?” (Rosé, Kam and Raj;         moderator: Kishore)

5:00pm     Announcements (Dr. Rosé)

Homework 2: Blog post about your long term goals. (optional)

 

Day 3: Saturday, December 12

8:00am        Breakfast

9:00am        Welcome (Dr. Rosé)

9:15am        Intro to doing CSCL research (Dr. Rosé)

10:00am    Intro to doing Games research (Dr. Kam)

10:45am    Intro to doing Speech research (Dr. Raj)

11:30am    Speech Technology at IIIT-H (Prof. Yegnanarayana)

12:15am    Announcements (Rosé)

12:30am    Lunch Discussion “What are your initial project ideas now         that you have heard the track intro lectures? Have your         project ideas changed after yesterday’s NGO lectures?”

2:00pm     Panel discussion “What are the hallmarks of a good         research process?” (Rosé, Kam and Raj)

3:00pm        What we know about how people learn (Dr Kam)

3:45pm        Doing User centered research – Contextual Inquiry and         Cognitive Task Analysis + hands on activity (Rosé)

5:00pm        Wrap-up and Announcements (Dr. Rosé)

 

Evening      J2ME help session (games track only; Manoj Dayaram)

Homework 3: Initial Project Ideas. (optional)

 

Day 4: Sunday, December 13

        Arrivals: Derek Lomas

8:00am        Breakfast

9:00am     Remembering Gino Mancuso (Dr. Kam)

9:02am     Workshop: Defining Educational Objectives for Game         Design (Derek Lomas)

9:30am        Lecture: "Design Research: Learning from the History of         Learning Games" (Derek Lomas)

11:00am    Group Game Activity

12:00pm    Lunch

1:00pm        Lecture: "Using Educational Games in Developing         Contexts" (Dr. Kam and Derek Lomas)

2:00pm        Workshop: Ideation and Storyboarding. Introduced to our         storyboarding process (Derek Lomas)

Homework 4: Game Design Research. Analyze game design elements from mobile games or 8-bit games.

 

Day 5: Monday, December 14

        Arrivals: Anuj Kumar

8:00am     Breakfast

9:00am        Homework Review

9:30pm        Lecture: "Learning Game Theory: The State of the         Art" (Derek Lomas)

10:30am    Group Project Reviews

12:00pm    Group Lunches

1:00pm        Hardware Platform Review

2:00pm        Ideation and Storyboarding

5:00pm        Informal Project Group Presentations

6:00pm        Deadline for setting up development tools

Homework 5: Idea-sheets and Storyboards. Post to Google Docs and then to Ning.

 

Day 6: Tuesday, December 15

8:00am        Breakfast

9:00am     Playpower: Guest Workshop with Don Miller.

        Millee: J2ME Instruction with Anuj Kumar

10:30am    Assignment Work    

        Homework Review

12-1pm        Lunch

2:00pm        Finalize Projects:  Develop Group Project Plan with         deliverables, milestones, and plan. Describe hypothetical         plans for post-Winter School follow-up.

3:00pm        Break

3:30pm        Work Session: Pair Programming and Rapid Prototyping         with group reviews with mentors       

8:00pm     Pizza Dinner

Homework 6:  Post Project Plan

 

Day 7: Wednesday, December 16

8:00am        Breakfast

9:00am        Playpower Guest Workshop: Noah Vawter

        Millee: J2ME Instruction with Anuj Kumar

10:30am    Assignment work

        Homework Review

12:00pm    Lunch

1:00pm        Lecture: "Open-Authorship and Open-Source Development" 

1:30pm        Work Session: Finalize Storyboards 

3:00pm        Work Session: Pair Programming and Rapid Prototyping

Homework 7:  Post Revised Storyboards

 

Day 8: Thursday, December 17

8:00am     Breakfast

9:00am     Playpower Guest Workshop:  Brian Parker

        Millee: J2ME Instruction with Anuj Kumar

10:30am    Work Session: Pair Programming and Rapid Prototyping

        Homework Review

12-1pm        Lunch

1:00pm        Discussion: "How to Make Your Game Design Project into a         Research Project"

1:30pm        Work Session: Pair Programming and Rapid Prototyping

Homework 8: Post Revised Group Project Plan

 

Day 9: Friday, December 18

8:00am        Breakfast

9:00am        Workshop:  Usability Testing

9:30pm     Work Session: Pair Programming and Research     Writing

        Homework Review

12:00pm    Lunch

1:00pm        5 Minute Group Presentations

2:30pm        Workshop: "Presenting Your Work"

3:00pm        Work Session: Research Writing

Homework 9: First Draft of Research Poster

 

Day 10: Saturday, December 19

Group Presentations and Review Panels

8:00am        Breakfast

9:00am     Formal 10 Minute Group Presentations

12:00pm    Lunch

1:00pm        Presentation and Poster Review Panels

2:30pm        Work Session: Pair Programming and Research     Writing

 

Day 11: Sunday, December 20

Departures: Derek Lomas

8:00am     Breakfast

9:00am     Work Session

12:00pm    Lunch

1:00pm        Work Session

Homework 11: Demo of project due tomorrow along with final draft of research poster. 

 

Day 12: Monday, December 21

Demo Day

8:00am     Breakfast

9:00am     Final Preparations

12:00pm    Lunch

1:00pm        Demos

 

Day 13: Tuesday, December 22

Reviews and Wrap-up

8:00am     Breakfast

9:00am        Final Day Discussion:  Research Opportunities

11:00am     Individual Writing:  Lessons Learned

12:00pm    Lunch

 

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