Experiencing Evolution: Integrating Mobile Gaming And Multimedia To Extend Informal Evolution Education

体验进化：整合移动游戏和多媒体以扩展非正式进化教育

• 批准号: 1111627
• 负责人: David Reznick
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: University of California-Riverside
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-10-01 至 2014-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1111627&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Experiencing; Evolution; Integrating; Mobile; Gaming

This CRPA project will develop a game for mobile devices called the "RapidGuppy". It provides users (students 12-21 years of age) with an interesting and fun way to learn details about biological adaptation and genetic change. The game teaches users about the environmental factors that lead to adaptation. More than 30 years of research on the Trinidadian Guppy that "rapidly" evolves (over 3-5 years) is the basis for the game. The research, databases, and mini-documentaries that support the "RapidGuppy" game are linked to allow users to easily delve deeper into these materials. An extensive social media campaign will be used to market the game and the public facing website. Partners in this endeavor include: University of California-Riverside, Habitat Seven, Magmic Inc., and Edu, Inc.In this project, the mobile device game will be backed by a sophisticated website that contains detailed research results from the field and mini-documentaries showing real fish and the actual research processes as well as researchers and scientists to promote role model development. Interested individuals may also directly access the videos and research results via the website. The target audiences are youth who are prone to play electronic games and the general public. The comprehensive evaluation plan will assess the learning outcomes resulting from the mini-documentaries, in-game content, and website, as well as the playability of the game and website functionality. Impacts resulting from the social media campaign and outreach to underserved audiences will also be measured. Because of the major social media campaign, this project may increase the level of interest in the science of evolution and genetic change, and raise awareness of STEM careers. If the user groups become excited about the game and the inherent messages, it is anticipated that the public will gain a better understanding of the factors responsible for genetic change.

这个CRPA项目将开发一款适用于移动设备的游戏，名为《RapidGuppy》。它为用户(12-21岁的学生)提供了一种有趣而有趣的方式来了解生物适应和基因变化的细节。这款游戏向用户传授导致适应的环境因素。30多年来对特里尼迪亚古比的研究表明，它进化得很快(超过3-5年)，这是这款游戏的基础。支持“RapidGuppy”游戏的研究、数据库和迷你纪录片都被链接起来，让用户可以轻松地更深入地挖掘这些材料。将使用广泛的社交媒体活动来营销游戏和面向公众的网站。这一努力的合作伙伴包括：加州大学河滨分校、人居七公司、Magic Inc.和EDU公司。在这个项目中，移动设备游戏将得到一个复杂的网站的支持，该网站包含来自该领域的详细研究结果，以及展示真实鱼类和实际研究过程的迷你纪录片，以及促进榜样开发的研究人员和科学家。感兴趣的个人也可以通过网站直接获取视频和研究成果。目标受众是喜欢玩电子游戏的年轻人和普通大众。综合评估计划将评估迷你纪录片、游戏中内容和网站产生的学习结果，以及游戏和网站功能的可玩性。还将衡量社交媒体运动和接触服务不足的受众所产生的影响。由于主要的社交媒体活动，这个项目可能会提高人们对进化和基因变化科学的兴趣，并提高对STEM职业的认识。如果用户群体对这款游戏和内在的信息感到兴奋，预计公众将更好地了解导致基因变化的因素。