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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