WhatsINFO: a Gamified Mobile Application Promoting the Integration of Computer Science School Freshmen to the UNLP

Autores
Kimura, Isabel; Brown Bartneche, Matías; Queiruga, Claudia Alejandra; Díaz, Francisco Javier
Año de publicación
2015
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inglés
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This paper presents the issue facing university freshmen due to the complexity implied in acquiring new discourses, contents and habits of the institutional culture of which they aim at becoming a part. Online gaming and socializing through digital media are common among young people – they engage their interest and define new ways of expression and communication. Ubiquity is another requirement of the new generations, with smartphones being the most chosen mobile devices for communication and socialization. In this context, we present the WhatsINFO mobile application, whose goal is to mitigate the divide existing between new students and university culture through a technological tool that is close to teenage culture. WhatsINFO is a gamified mobile application that accompanies and encourages communication and participation of National University of La Plata (UNLP) Computer Science School freshmen during their entry course. WhatsINFO was tested during the 2014 entry course of the Computer Science School of the UNLP with over a hundred students. This field test yielded encouraging results regarding its incorporation as a complementary device promoting a new learning space.
VII Workshop Innovación en Sistemas de Software (WISS)
Red de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI)
Materia
Ciencias Informáticas
Cellular architecture (e.g., mobile)
Android
QR code
indoor positioning
Nivel de accesibilidad
acceso abierto
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
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Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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title WhatsINFO: a Gamified Mobile Application Promoting the Integration of Computer Science School Freshmen to the UNLP
spellingShingle WhatsINFO: a Gamified Mobile Application Promoting the Integration of Computer Science School Freshmen to the UNLP
Kimura, Isabel
Ciencias Informáticas
Cellular architecture (e.g., mobile)
Android
QR code
indoor positioning
title_short WhatsINFO: a Gamified Mobile Application Promoting the Integration of Computer Science School Freshmen to the UNLP
title_full WhatsINFO: a Gamified Mobile Application Promoting the Integration of Computer Science School Freshmen to the UNLP
title_fullStr WhatsINFO: a Gamified Mobile Application Promoting the Integration of Computer Science School Freshmen to the UNLP
title_full_unstemmed WhatsINFO: a Gamified Mobile Application Promoting the Integration of Computer Science School Freshmen to the UNLP
title_sort WhatsINFO: a Gamified Mobile Application Promoting the Integration of Computer Science School Freshmen to the UNLP
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Kimura, Isabel
Brown Bartneche, Matías
Queiruga, Claudia Alejandra
Díaz, Francisco Javier
author Kimura, Isabel
author_facet Kimura, Isabel
Brown Bartneche, Matías
Queiruga, Claudia Alejandra
Díaz, Francisco Javier
author_role author
author2 Brown Bartneche, Matías
Queiruga, Claudia Alejandra
Díaz, Francisco Javier
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Informáticas
Cellular architecture (e.g., mobile)
Android
QR code
indoor positioning
topic Ciencias Informáticas
Cellular architecture (e.g., mobile)
Android
QR code
indoor positioning
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This paper presents the issue facing university freshmen due to the complexity implied in acquiring new discourses, contents and habits of the institutional culture of which they aim at becoming a part. Online gaming and socializing through digital media are common among young people – they engage their interest and define new ways of expression and communication. Ubiquity is another requirement of the new generations, with smartphones being the most chosen mobile devices for communication and socialization. In this context, we present the WhatsINFO mobile application, whose goal is to mitigate the divide existing between new students and university culture through a technological tool that is close to teenage culture. WhatsINFO is a gamified mobile application that accompanies and encourages communication and participation of National University of La Plata (UNLP) Computer Science School freshmen during their entry course. WhatsINFO was tested during the 2014 entry course of the Computer Science School of the UNLP with over a hundred students. This field test yielded encouraging results regarding its incorporation as a complementary device promoting a new learning space.
VII Workshop Innovación en Sistemas de Software (WISS)
Red de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI)
description This paper presents the issue facing university freshmen due to the complexity implied in acquiring new discourses, contents and habits of the institutional culture of which they aim at becoming a part. Online gaming and socializing through digital media are common among young people – they engage their interest and define new ways of expression and communication. Ubiquity is another requirement of the new generations, with smartphones being the most chosen mobile devices for communication and socialization. In this context, we present the WhatsINFO mobile application, whose goal is to mitigate the divide existing between new students and university culture through a technological tool that is close to teenage culture. WhatsINFO is a gamified mobile application that accompanies and encourages communication and participation of National University of La Plata (UNLP) Computer Science School freshmen during their entry course. WhatsINFO was tested during the 2014 entry course of the Computer Science School of the UNLP with over a hundred students. This field test yielded encouraging results regarding its incorporation as a complementary device promoting a new learning space.
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