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A Serious View on Cultural
Diversity
Opportunities of Virtual Environments to
teach Cultural Awareness and Art History
Josef Froschauer
[email protected]
Electronic Commerce Group
VSEM – The Virtual 3D Social Experience Museum
What I did so far…
REEL
Summer 2008
As a part of my diploma thesis
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January 2009 – April 2010
Operngasse 20B
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Since May 2010
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A Research Exhibition &
Experience Landsacpe
 Virtual Island in Second Life
 Tool for Science Communication
 Exhibits and explains
prototypically implemented
applications of the Itchy Feet
project
Josef Froschauer, Ingo Seidel, Markus Gärtner, Helmut Berger, and Dieter Merkl. New
Directions in Science Communication: A Virtual Research & Experience Landscape. In
Proceedings of the World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare &
Higher Education (E-LEARN 2009), Vancouver, BC Canada, October 26-30 2009.
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A 3D e-Tourism Environment
 Game-like e-Business application that enables interaction
between participants including trading of tourism products.
 Design of 3D Virtual Environment (Torque Game Engine)
 Some additional content...
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Serious Games...
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A mental contest, played with a computer in accordance
with specific rules, that uses entertainment to further
government or corporate training, education, health,
public policy, and strategic communication objectives.
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ICURA
Immersive Cultural Training
 Serious Game that is targeted
at understanding contemporary
Japanese culture and etiquette.
 3D adventure game that
teaches cultural awareness
in a safe environment
 Learner plays an active role
in the learning process
(Constructivist learning theory)
www.itchy-feet.org
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In-game Movie
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Evaluation of ICURA
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How much information does the game communicate?
 Comparison of pre- and post-test results
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Associations with the term „Serious Game“
Does ICURA spark the interest in Japanese culture?
 Questionnaires
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5 Steps: pre-questionnaire,
pre-test, playing ICURA,
post-test, post questionnaire.
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Results
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20 participants, 16 male, 4 female
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Average age: 29, heavy computer users, but only 3.15
hours a week playing computer games.
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9 people have never heard the term Serious Game before,
the rest associates it with learning and education.
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ICURA is „Fun to play“ (4.2 out of 5)
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Did spark interest in the Japanese culture (3.55 out of 5)
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You are going to talk to a senior person
named Shotaro and you want to show high
respect for him. Which salutation is the best to
choose in this situation?
o Shotaro-san
o Shotaro-sensei
o Chan-Shotaro
o Chin-Shotaro
o Cho-Shotaro
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