Ibigkas! Filipino Privacy Policy and End-User License Agreement

END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

By downloading, installing, or using Ibigkas! Filipino (referred to herein as the “Game”), you, the end-user (referred to herein by the words “you”, “your”, “yours”, and their derivatives), agree to be bound by this End-User License Agreement. This EULA establishes a legal agreement between you and the Ateneo de Manila University (referred to herein as “ADMU” or with words such as “we”, “us”, “our”, and their derivatives) with regard to the use of the Game and its Content.

Content” means the text, script, 2D assets, interactive features, and other multimedia elements you can view or access through the use of the Game.

If you do not agree with the terms and conditions listed hereof, do not download the Game.

1. Description and Use of the Game

Ibigkas! Filipino is a game for Filipino language learning developed by ADMU, which you may download and use through a compatible electronic device, such as a smart-phone or tablet (“Device”).

At our discretion and without providing you prior notice, we reserve the right to modify the Game, including but not limited to its design, functionalities, and overall Content. Moreover, we may provide you with updates, upgrades, and/or support for the progression of the Game and its Content.

Additionally, you understand and agree that Content available in the Game is provided to you as is and is intended for entertainment and game play. Hence, it is not guaranteed that they are accurate. You, as a concurring user, should exercise judgment in your use of the Game and its Content.

2. License Grant

You are granted a personal, non-commercial license to download, install, and use the Game and to access the Content within for your use.

3. Restrictions and Ownership

Using the Game does not grant you ownership of any intellectual property rights in the Content that you access. Any form of the utilization of Content from the Game is not permitted unless requisite consent is duly obtained from ADMU. These terms do not accord you the right to own or use any distinguishing branding, trademarks, or logos used exclusively within and for the Game.

Unless awarded with a written authorization from ADMU, the provider of the Game’s Content, you shall not:

1. copy, translate, alter in any way, or create any derivative work of the Game, its Content, or any part thereof;

2. redistribute, publish, sell, or in any other way make the Game available to third parties;

3. use the Game and access its Content through any technology or technique other than those provided by default (such as but not limited to bots, automation software, or any form of hacks); or

4. attempt to remove, modify, deface, or circumvent any copyright, trademark, or proprietary notices or labels contained on or within the Game Software;

5. export or re-export the Game Software or any copy or adaptation in violation of any applicable laws or regulations;

Any rights not purposely granted to you herein are herewith reserved by ADMU as the sole and exclusive owner of all rights and titles.

4. Appropriate Conduct

You agree that you are responsible for your own conduct while using the Game and any consequences thereof. You agree to use the Game entirely for its intended purpose and only in accordance with proper and ethical public demeanor.

5. Disclaimer of Warranties

A. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE GAME AND ITS CONTENT SHALL BE AT YOUR OWN RISK. ADMU MAKES NO WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE GAME AND ITS CONTENT.

B. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ADMU, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTOR, MEMBERS, DEVELOPERS, ARTISTS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THE GAME, ITS CONTENT, AND YOUR USE THEREOF.

C. YOU AGREE TO USE YOUR BEST JUDGEMENT AND EXERCISE UTMOST CAUTION WHENEVER APPROPRIATE.

6. Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL ADMU, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTOR, MEMBERS, DEVELOPERS, ARTISTS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS, UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, OR IN ANY CASE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY PERSONAL INJURY OR ACCIDENT, PROPERTY DAMAGE, LOST OR STOLEN PROPERTY (SUCH AS BUT NOT LIMITED TO MOBILE DEVICES AND OTHER PERSONAL BELONGINGS), OR ANY FORM OF PUBLIC MISCONDUCT YOU MAY CONCEIVABLY ORCHESTRATE AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE GAME AND ITS CONTENT WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY OR CONTRACT, AND WHETHER OR NOT ADMU IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE AFORESTATED LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW IN THE APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

FOR AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, BY DOWNLOADING OR USING THE GAME, YOU HEREBY CONSENT TO THE PROCESSING OF ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION OR SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION, AS DEFINED UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10173 OR THE DATA PRIVACY ACT OF 2012, AS MAY BE APPLICABLE.

 


PRIVACY POLICY

Ibigkas! Filipino is a game that supports Filipino language learning. To play the game, you will use your mobile device — phone or tablet.

This policy describes what information we collect and how they are used. As you use the game, we want you to be clear how we’re using your information.

Information We Collect, Why They Are Collected, and How They Are Protected

Collection of Data

The player agrees that ADMU may collect and use the different kinds of information explained in detail below.

Use of Data

ADMU reserves the right to use collected information for research and product improvement. ADMU will not disclose this information in a form that personally identifies the player. Identities of the users will remain anonymous.

Device Information

Device information, such as the operating system, model, processor, and memory, are collected to gather data regarding the different types of devices the game has been run on and to determine which kinds of devices are able to run the game.

Only general information about the device used is collected. Any data pertaining to the identity of the user (e.g. name, gender, age, etc.) is not obtained.

Progress / Events in the Game

These are information on the scenes the questions posed to the player, the player’s answers, and the time of each event.

The data sent to the analytics server only describes particular events within the game or the milestones the players were able to achieve. Again, any data pertaining to the identity of the player is not collected.

Information Security

All information collected as mentioned above are only used to maintain, improve, and develop the game, or for scholarly research purposes. None of these are shared publicly with other users through the game or any other medium.

When this Privacy Policy Applies

This Privacy Policy applies upon download and use of the game. It does not cover the information practices of other organizations that may use and advertise the game.

Changes

This Privacy Policy may change from time to time. Any significant changes will be announced accordingly for appropriate transparency and user compliance.

 

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ALLS @ ICCE 2019

 

ALLS participated in the 27th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2019) last December 2-6, 2019, held at the Howard Beach Resort, Kenting, Taiwan. The Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education (APSCE) organizes this annual conference to provide a venue for teachers, students, and researchers to interact and share their research work in computers in education. This year’s conference theme was “Intelligent Computing and Convergent Education”, which highlights the emergence of technological capabilities to support smart education and learning.

Pre-conference events (Early Career Workshop (ECW), Doctoral Student Consortium (DSC), workshops, and tutorials) were conducted on the first two (2) days. The main conference comprised of keynote presentations, parallel paper presentation sessions, and poster presentations began on the third day.

 

 

ALLS participated in both the pre-conference and main conference events. The paper presentations are:

Pre-Conference

  1. The Development of a Teacher’s Guide for English Proficiency Games by Monica Moreno, Dominique Marie Antoinette Manahan, Marika Gianina Fernandez, Jose Isidro Beraquit, Nicole Bugayong & Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo (workshop)

  2. Development and Testing of a Mobile Game for English Proficiency Among Filipino Learners by Monica Moreno, Dominique Marie Antoinette Manahan, Marika Gianina Fernandez, Michelle Banawan, Jose Isidro Beraquit, Marie Rianne M. Caparros, Philip Caceres, Walfrido David Diy, Lean Rimes Sarcilla, Francesco Amante & Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo (workshop)

  3. An Investigation of Affect within Ibigkas!: An Educational Game for English by Michelle P. Banawan, Raul Vincent W. Lumapas, Jaclyn L. Ocumpaugh, & Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo (workshop)

  4. Exploring Common Code Reading Strategies in Debugging by Christine Lourrine Tablatin (ECW)

  5. An Investigation of the Impact of Gamification on Novice Programmers’ Achievement and Learning Experience by Jenilyn L. Agapito (EWC)

  6. Can “Stag-and-Hare Hunt” Behavior be Modeled using Interaction Data from a Mobile-Supported Collaborative Learning Application? by Rex Bringula & Ma. Mercedes Rodrigo (DSC)

 

Main Conference

  1. Leveraging LSTM in the fine-grained analysis of the Incubation Effect in Physics Playground by May Marie P. Talandron-Felipe & Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo (Full Paper)

  2. Drug Defense: A Mobile Game for Prevention of Alcohol Abuse by Divine-kia T. Tan, Rodrigo Emmanuel Roy, Jose Rafael Lasala, Anton Gabriel Yap, Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo, Walfrido David Diy & Ma. Regina M. Hechanova (Short Paper)

  3. Analysis of Student Affect and Behavior while Playing a Mobile Game for English Comprehension by Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo, Jenilyn L. Agapito & Dominique Marie Antoinette B. Manahan (Short Paper)

  4. Designing Pre-test Questions as Phone Notifications: Studying the Effects of a Mobile Learning Intervention by Ingrid Yvonne Herras, Don Romielito N. Abanes, Nico B. Del Rosario & Jonathan DL. Casano (Short Paper)

  5. Investigating Functional Fixedness among Novice Student Programmers by May Marie P. Talandron-felipe & Kent Levi A. Bonifacio (Poster)

  6. The Role of Technology Identity among Students in Rural Areas using a Web-based Tutoring System by May Marie P. Talandron-felipe (Poster)

 

Two amazing recognitions during the final ceremony were received: Dr. Michelle P. Banawan was awarded Best Paper Reviewer and Dr. May Marie P. Talandron-Felipe won Best Overall Paper for her study “Leveraging LSTM in the fine-grained analysis of the Incubation Effect in Physics Playground”. Additionally, Rex Bringula was among the eight (8) Merit Scholarship Awardees.

 

ALLS would like to thank the Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education (APSCE) for this opportunity and we look forward to participating again next year!

 

 

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ALLS @ PELS ICE

ALLS participated in The Philippine eLearning Society’s 4th International Congress on eLearning last September 12-14, 2019. The Philippine eLearning Society (PeLS) is the country’s leading organization in promoting and advancing eLearning in corporate, academic, government and non-profit institutions. This community serves as an avenue for sharing eLearning experiences and best practices among stakeholders, and promoting public awareness and appreciation of the nature and uses of eLearning.

Through the International Congress on eLearning (ICE), PeLS aims to actively promote eLearning among educators, school administrators, practitioners, and lifelong learners in the ASEAN region and beyond. With this year’s theme, “Empowering the future workforce in the era of disruption”, the congress focused on the discourse on preparing learners as the digital workforce of tomorrow. ALLS participated in the parallel presentations for this year’s ICE. The presentations include: Augmented Reality Applications for Museum Learning, Ibigkas! Mobile Game, and Learning Likha: Music for the Fiesta.

During the awarding ceremony, the Augmented Reality Applications for Museum Learning was awarded with the Best Paper Presentation award. The presenter, Kevin Arnel C. Mora, was then awarded with the Best Presenter award.

ALLS would like to thank The Philippine eLearning Society for this opportunity and we look forward to participating in more events to share further insights and discoveries in the near future.

 

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ALLS @ CSP ICE

ALLS participated in The Computing Society of the Philippines’s 2nd Information and Computing Education Conference (ICE 2019) last October 3-5, 2019. The Special Interest Group in Information and Computing Education of CSP (CSP-SpICE) in cooperation with the Computer Studies cluster of the Ateneo de Davao University organized this three (3) day conference to provide a relevant platform for information and computing professionals, teachers, graduate school and undergraduate students, and researchers alike to interact and share their expertise and research work in computing, computer science, computer engineering, computational science, information science, information technology and computing education. The event also featured special lectures from prominent researchers and educators in the ICT field as well as peer-reviewed research papers on computing and ICT. The aforementioned special lectures were presented by ALLS alumni, namely Michelle Banawan, Cristina Dumdumaya, May Marie Talandron-Felipe, and Maureen Villamor.

The ALLS’ papers were all nominated for Best Paper for this year’s conference and all presenters were featured during the Plenary Session. The papers featured are as follows:

  1. A Method for Automatically Estimating Areas of Interest Boundaries for Text Areas by Ezekiel Adriel Lagmay and Ma. Mercedes Rodrigo

  2. Exploring the Relationship between Self-efficacy and In-game  Behavior within Crystal Island by Arnel Ocay and Ma. Mercedes Rodrigo

  3. Development and Testing of a Mobile Game for Arithmetic Using a Reusable Framework of Mobile-Based Drills by Ma. Mercedes Rodrigo, Dominique Marie Manahan, Johanna Marion Torres, Kevin Arnel Mora, Jose Isidro Beraquit and Jenilyn Agapito

After much deliberation, Ezekiel Adriel Lagmay and Ma. Mercedes Rodrigo’s paper entitled A Method for Automatically Estimating Areas of Interest Boundaries for Text Areas was awarded as the Best Paper for this year’s Information and Computing Education Conference.

ALLS would like to thank The Special Interest Group in Information and Computing Education of CSP (CSP-SpICE) for this event and we hope to produce more relevant research papers in order to contribute to this community.

 

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ALLS Participates in ADB’s 8th International Skills Forum

Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo presented a summary of the paper entitled”Teacher Professional Development @ Scale: Review of Emerging Technologies to Address Personalization, Support, and Assessment” at the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB’s) 8th International Skills Forum held at the ADB from 27-29 August 2019.  The paper is currently still in draft form and is being co-written by Dr. Jenilyn Agapito, Dr. May Marie Talandron-Felipe, and Mr. Jonathan Casano.  The paper was commissioned by the TPD@Scale Coalition for the Global South (https://tpdatscalecoalition.org), of which ALLS is a member.
The paper should be released to the public within 2019.

The other speakers on stage were Kirsty Newman of ADB, Prof. Cher PingLim of the Education University of Hong Kong, and Justin Modesto of the Foundation for Information Technology Education and Development.

 

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