I-Corps: Virtual Reality technology for teacher-driven development of classroom-based assessment

I-Corps项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力是开发技术，使游戏化方法进入虚拟现实（VR）世界。目前的教育VR项目专注于通过360度视频或简单的互动提供体验，让学生探索虚拟世界。正在开发的技术的进步是将以学生为中心的体验式学习与易于访问的教师驱动的评估管理系统联系起来。通过降低在课堂上创建和使用VR技术所需的编程经验门槛，教师将能够微调VR资源以满足学生的课程需求。这将使VR能够大规模地无缝集成到教室中。这个I-Corps项目旨在利用多平台（VR， PC, Mac）游戏化工具来评估技术的商业化潜力。教师将能够通过一个易于使用的网络界面创建评估，然后自动放置在游戏门户网站中供学生完成。在完成作业或测验后，学生将获得短暂的游戏时间奖励，在此期间，他/她可以根据游戏评估部分的表现进行晋级。教师将能够使用网络界面来跟踪学生的进度和结果。创建的新评估可以与其他教师共享，创建一个评估库，以便教师有效地开发新课程。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is to develop technology to enable a gamified approach to the world of virtual reality (VR). Current educational VR programs are focused on providing an experience through 360 degree videos or simple interactions allowing students to explore a virtual world. The advancement of the technology under development is the connection between student-centered experiential learning and an easy-access, teacher-driven assessment management system. By lowering the threshold of programming experience required to create and use VR technology in the classroom, teachers will be able to fine-tune VR resources to meet the student curricular needs. This will allow VR to seamlessly integrate into classrooms on a large scale.This I-Corps project aims to evaluate the commercialization potential of technology using a multi-platform (VR, PC, Mac) gamification tool for student assessment. Teachers will be able to create assessments via an easy-to-use web interface that are then automatically placed inside the game portal for students to complete. After completing the assignment or quiz, a student will be rewarded with a short gameplay session where s/he can advance based on the performance during the assessment portion of the game. Teachers will be able to use the web interface to track student progress and results. The novel assessments created can be shared with other teachers to create a library of assessments, so that teachers can develop a new course efficiently.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.