First Week

This week is the first week of our 2007 e-fellows project. We all met at Core education in Christchurch on Monday for a very busy week... There has been a lot of thinking, writing, rethinking and rewriting going on. The inital focus has been on defining our research questions. When I started at the beginning of the week the question was: "How do you enable students to create their own 3D immersive computer games for their peers, that incorporate a sound educational philosophy with clearly defined educational objectives and content?" and... "How do you measure the effectiveness of learning acquired during game play?" It has morphed a number of times, at present, into: "How does changing the degree of immersion in a 3d game affect effective learning?" The next task is to clarify my thoughts and produce a draft research plan and grid...