Open Wonderland For Education

Using Open WonderlandIn Education

Nicole YankelovichExecutive DirectorOpen Wonderland [email protected]

2Copyright 2011, Open Wonderland Foundation

What is Open Wonderland?100% Java, free, open-source toolkit for

creating 3D immersive virtual worlds


Design Goals

• Enable real work / real learning• Share applications• Foster communities of practice


Vision• 3D Web

> Federated, specializedvirtual worlds

> Common way to express behavior across platforms(Java mobile code)


Wonderland Core Features

• Application Sharing> Unmodified X11 apps> Collaboration-aware Java apps

• Immersive Audio> Includes mix of recorded and live audio,

range of audio fidelities, individual volume control, audio recording, and audio applications such as the virtualmicrophone and cone-of-silence

• Telephone Integration> Includes dial-in, dial out, and connecting

avatars with telephone audio


Build Worlds for...

Collaboration with Live DocsCollaboration with Live Docs

3D Data Visualization and Analysis3D Data Visualization and Analysis

SimulationSimulation

Mixed-Reality InteractionsMixed-Reality Interactions

Integrating with Real WorldIntegrating with Real World


MiRTLE – University of Essex

Mixed-reality teachingand learningenvironment


MiRTLE – South HS, Minneapolis, MN

Virtual classroom display

Presentation Board

PresentationBoard

Virtual Classroom

DisplayCeiling Webcam

Roofmounted

Projectors

Instructor'sDesk

Instructor's Workstation

Wonderland Client Machine

Internet Connection to WL Serverat St. Paul College

Classroom Layout


SIMiLLE – University of Essex

Foreign language learning


+ Spaces – University of EssexUsing virtual worlds toengage the public ingovernment and policymaking


Spanish Learning – Carlos III de Madrid


ShangAI Lectures – U of ZurichStudents in Zurich and Shanghailearning artificial intelligence collaboratively


iSocial – U of Missouri Delivering services remotelyto children with autism


Bicycle Game – U of Alberta

3D bicycle-controlled game to motivate children with cerebral palsy to exercise


COMSLIVE – Birmingham City U

Communicationskills trainingfor nurses andmedical students


Medical Training – IAVANTESimulating emergencies

Simulating medical facilities


– Sun Labs

Teaching simple physics concepts


TEALSim Physics - MITGames and visualizationsfor teaching electricityand magnetism


Bending Experiment – U of Graz


Gouy Experiment – U of West Indies

Chemistry simulation


Microscopic World - WonderBuilders

Viewing images through a remote microscope


Music Browser – U of Aizu

Collaborative exploration of world music


Virtual Academy - VEGA

Training application for aircraftmaintenance


Virtual Warehouse – Ngee Ann Poly

Accounting students practice audits in a virtual warehouse


Alice Integration – Stanford / CMU / Sun

Program animation in Alice3 Drop into WL and interact


WonderSchoolEnvironment to teach children to program remotely


Sorting - WonderBuildersComputersciencelearningenvironment


Subsnapshots – OWL Community

Learning to program collaborativelyin weekly Wonderland Wednesdaysessions


Open Wonderland Resources• Open Source Project Site

> http://OpenWonderland.org> FAQ, download code, find documentation and discussion forum

• WonderBlog - Ofcial Wonderland Blog> http://blogs.openwonderland.org

• Facebook and Twitter> http://facebook.com/openwonderland> http://twitter.com/openwonderland - use hashtag: #openwonderland

• Workshops> “Learn to Build an Open Wonderland Virtual World”

http://www.eventbrite.com/s/3sUB> “Basics of Open Wonderland Development”

http://www.eventbrite.com/s/3sXd

http://blogs.openwonderland.org/

http://twitter.com/openwonderland

Technology

Open Wonderland For Education