When Worlds Collide - Third Life and Ed-Media 2008
June 17, 2008 9:04 am NewsIn my 3rd life (as a slot for second life is already occupied) I manage to squeeze in some educational technology research. I am currently preparing for a poster demo I will be giving at Ed-Media 2008 in Vienna in a couple of weeks.
When checking out the program, I came across this poster Movement Based Learning: An Analysis of Dance Dance Revolution in the same session! The work to be presented “examines the possibility that dance games such as Dance Dance Revolution or StepMania enhance the cognitive abilities that are critical to academic achievement“.
If you’re interested my research involves the use of 2D barcodes (quick response codes) and is titled In-Class Utility of a Mobile Phone to Deliver Context Specific Audio Information to Students including those with Visual Impairment.
So there you have it, my 1st and 3rd worlds will be colliding at the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications in Vienna in a couple of weeks. I’ll keep you posted.