Object Oriented Programming - UNAM

Proyecto de Investigación


Pablo Romero

IIMAS, UNAM

pablor@unam.mx

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Course overview

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Learning what is scientific research by doing scientific
research

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User Experience and Embodied Interaction in the
Kinect

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Lecture/Seminar:

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Monday 10.00 am
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11.30 am

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Wednesday 10.00 am
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11.30 am

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This lecture

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What is the problem (and the task)

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Course structure

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Outline

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Course admin

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Assignments

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Fundamental concepts

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The problem

Gaming

HCI

Human
Attention

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Gaming

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Make games better

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Narrative

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AI

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Gameplay

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“Natural” Interaction

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Graphics

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etc.


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The gaming problem

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The HCI problem

Fun
Engaging
Stimulating

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Human attention problem

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Flow or optimal
experience

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Effortless attention

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Difference between

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Effortless

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Effortful

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Captive

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The task

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Can Kinect games promote flow?

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Develop games

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Evaluate them

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Course outline

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Understand what is scientific research

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Learn about

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HCI

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User Experience

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Embodied Interaction

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Movement Interaction

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Kinect programming

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Empirical studies

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Basic bibliography

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Kölling, M. (2009). Introduction to Programming with
Greenfoot. New Jersey, USA: Pearson Education.

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Salen, K., & Zimmerman, E. (2003). Rules of Play: Game
Design Fundamentals: The MIT Press.

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Sharp, H., Rogers, Y., & Preece, J. (2007). Interaction design:
Beyond human
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computer interaction. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley.

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Csikszentmihalyi, M., & Nakamura, J. (2010). Effortless
Attention in Everyday Life: A Systematic Phenomenology. In
B. Bruya (Ed.), Effortless Attention. Boston: The MIT Press.

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Dourish, P. (2001). Where the Action Is: The Foundations of
Embodied Interaction: The MIT Press.

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Complementary bibliography

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Hassenzahl, M., & Tractinsky, N. (2006). User
Experience
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a Research Agenda. Behaviour and
Information Technology, 25(2), 91
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97.

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Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1997). Finding flow: The
psychology of engagement with everyday life. New
York: Basic Books.

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Jungmann, M., & Fitzpatrick, G. (2009). Sim
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Suite.
Paper presented at the Proceeding of the seventh ACM
conference on Creativity and cognition.

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Carter, C. (2007). Microsoft XNA Unleashed:
Graphics and Game Programming for Xbox 360 and
Windows: Sams Publishing.

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Course Evaluation

No.

Description

Week

% of
mark

Group/Ind
ividual

1

Presentation of design

7

15%

Group

2

Presentation of implementation

14

25%

Group

3

Final

report

16

60%

Individual

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Plan of activities

Week

Class

Work outsid
e class

1

Intro

Play
Kinect

games

2

Kinect

programming

Kinect

programming exercises

3

Kinect

programming?

Kinect

programming

exercises

4

Java introduction

Kinect

programming exercises /
participation in empirical

study

5

Greenfoot

introduction

Participation in empirical study

/ prepare presentation

6

Flow

P
repare presentation

7

Design presentations

Discuss feedback

8

Kinect

in
Greenfoot

Modify design

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Plan of activities (cont.)

Week

Class

Work outsid
e class

9

Gaming and user
experience

Program prototype

10

Empirical studies

Program prototype

11

Presentation of prototypes

Program prototype

12

Embodied Interaction

Program prototype

and write
final report

13

The scientific method

and
report

Discuss feedback and Write

final report

14

Presentation of
implementation

Write

final report

15

Demos of prototypes

Write

final report

16

Submit final report

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What is scientific research?

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1)
Developing an application to promote exercise
for diabetic children in collaboration with doctors
of the National Institute of Diabetes

2)
Finding out the level of air pollution with air
quality measurement stations in strategic parts
of the city

3)
Performing a big
-
brother type of experiment to
find out whether men or women are more likely
to develop aggressive behaviours in those
situations

4)
Trying to find evidence of ghosts in old
haciendas by using video and audio recordings

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The ‘what’ vs the ‘why’ questions

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Everything is up for grabs

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It’s all about generalisations

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Adventure author: an example
research project

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Adventure author: an example
research project

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Generalisation: Children's learning can be
enhanced by creating video games

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Up for grabs: video games cannot be
educational

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What and why questions:

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What can children learn from creating video
games?

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Why do they learn that way?

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A research career

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Why would I like to be a researcher?

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“Beats asda anytime”

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Good life style

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The country needs it

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So how do I become a researcher?

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Learn English!

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MSc, PhD, postdoc, lecturer, etc.