Experiential Learning in Large Enrollment Courses: Designing an Augmented Reality, Geospatial, Gamified Experience in First Year Sociology & Geography

TitleExperiential Learning in Large Enrollment Courses: Designing an Augmented Reality, Geospatial, Gamified Experience in First Year Sociology & Geography
Faculty/College/UnitArts
StatusCompleted
Duration2 Year
Initiation04/01/2018
Completion03/31/2020
Project Summary

This project promotes blended, gamified experiential learning by developing a process to help instructors construct geospatial tours to augment student learning ‘in the field’ in large enrollment Arts courses. Leveraging UBC’s licence for the Motive geospatial platform, we will create content for a location-based experiential learning tool for mobile devices to be used in SOCI 102 and GEOG 122. This project builds on existing geospatial work at UBC by adding gamification and augmented reality components shown to enhance student learning outcomes.

As we populate and pilot an asynchronous geospatial tour in these two courses, we will build faculty and student capacity by developing a manual with steps, instructions and templates for geospatial content creation and assessment for wider use. This innovative project is a multidisciplinary collaboration between faculty and students in the Department of Sociology, Department of Geography, Vantage College, the Emerging Media Lab and UBC Studios.

Funding Details
Year 1: Project YearYear 1
Year 1: Funding Year2018/2019
Year 1: Project TypeSmall TLEF
Year 1: Principal InvestigatorKatherine Lyon
Year 1: Funded Amount33,975
Year 1: Team Members

Katherine Lyon, Lecturer, Sociology, Faculty of Arts
Siobhán McPhee, Instructor 1, Geography, Faculty of Arts
Brian Wilson, Curriculum Manager, Vantage College / Lab Supervisor, Emerging Media Lab
Saeed Dyanatkar, Executive Producer, UBC Studios

Faculty Advisory:

Kerry Greer, Instructor 1 / Undergraduate Chair, Sociology, Faculty of Arts
Catherine Corrigall-Brown, Associate Professor, Sociology, Faculty of Arts
Neil Guppy, Professor, Sociology, Faculty of Arts / Acting Principal, Vantage College / Senior Advisor to the Provosts, Academic Freedom
Trevor J. Barnes, Professor, Geography, Faculty of Arts
James Francis Glassman, Professor, Geography, Faculty of Arts
Ray Hsu, Sessional Lecturer, Arts Studies in Research and Writing, Vantage College

Student Advisory:

Theresa Kikuchi, VP External, AMS Game Development Association, Alma Mater Society
Janice Wu, Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Vantage College
Nonie Sudhakar, Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Vantage College
Angela Ho, Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Vantage College
River Sun, Undergraduate Human Geography Student (former Vantage College Student)
Torey White, Undergraduate Student, Sociology, Faculty of Arts
Angelica Laron, Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Sociology, Faculty of Arts
Mabel Ho, Graduate Student, Sociology, Faculty of Arts
Emily Truong Cheung, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Sociology, Faculty of Arts
Stella Zhou, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Geography, Faculty of Arts
Sara Chitsaz, Undergraduate Student, Sociology, Faculty of Arts
Jessica Wang, Undergraduate Student, Sociology, Faculty of Arts
Jorge Porter, Undergraduate Student, Sociology, Faculty of Arts
Natalie Armendariz, Undergraduate Student, Sociology, Faculty of Arts

Year 1: TLEF ShowcaseYear 1: TLEF Showcase
Year 2: Project YearYear 2
Year 2: Funding Year2019/2020
Year 2: Project TypeSmall TLEF
Year 2: Principal InvestigatorKatherine Lyon
Year 2: Funded Amount15,983
Year 2: Team Members

Katherine Lyon, Instructor, Sociology, Faculty of Arts
Siobhán McPhee, Instructor 1, Geography, Faculty of Arts
Brian Wilson, Curriculum Manager, Vantage College / Lab Supervisor, Emerging Media Lab
Saeed Dyanatkar, Executive Producer, UBC Studios