EcoMOBILE (Ecosystems Mobile Outdoor Blended Immersive Learning Environment) - 生態系システムを学ぶためのツール

生態系を学ぶための方法として、AR(拡張現実)とVR(仮想現実)が用いられている。屋外と屋内の両方で体験することで、生徒はより多くのことを学ぶことができるだろう。ここで紹介するのはクアルコム社の技術が採用された事例だ。

EcoMOBILE (Ecosystems Mobile Outdoor Blended Immersive Learning Environment) is an extension of the EcoMUVE curriculum, developed at the Harvard Graduate School of Education with funding from the Institute of Education Sciences. In EcoMUVE, students explore a virtual representation of a pond ecosystem. In EcoMobile, funded by the National Science Foundation and Qualcomm's Wireless Reach initiative, students will use the EcoMUVE software and also extend their learning with mobile technologies through one or more field trips to a local pond environment. Two forms of technology for science education will enhance their experience in the real world.

First, students will be able to access and collect information and clues using a mobile broadband device (a smartphone with Qualcomm technology). Students can capture pictures, video, or voice recordings to serve as evidence in solving an environmental mystery. The MBDs will also allow students to access special features through an Augmented Reality (AR) interface (using Fresh AiR), which will provide students with information that would not otherwise be apparent in the natural environment.

(via & more http://ecomobile.gse.harvard.edu/)

EcoMUVE is a curriculum that was developed at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, with funding from the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. 

The goal of the EcoMUVE project is to help students develop a deeper understanding of ecosystems and causal patterns with a curriculum that uses Multi-User Virtual Environments (MUVEs). EcoMUVE includes two MUVE-based modules, Pond and Forest; each centers around an immersive, simulated ecosystem that represents a complex ecological scenario. Students work individually at their computers and collaborate in teams within the virtual world. The immersive interface allows students to learn science by exploring and solving problems in realistic environments. 

The EcoMUVE Team at Harvard includes Chris Dede, Principal Investigator, Tina Grotzer, Co-Principal Investigator, Shari Metcalf, Project Director, and Amy Kamarainen, Post-Doctoral Fellow. This video was created by Ayelet Ronen.

(via YouTube by Ecomuve Harvard )