Dr. Rodrigo Attends ICIET 2019

Dr. Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo presented the paper entitled “Exploring Active Learning for Student Behavior Classification,” co-written by Cristina E. Dumdumaya and Yancy Vance M. Paredes, at the 2019 7th International Conference on Information and Education Technology. The conference was held from March 29 to 30, 2019 at the University of
Aizu in Aizuwakamatsu City, Japan.

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Drug Defense Privacy Policy and End User License Agreement

End User License Agreement

By downloading, installing, or using Drug Defense (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, 3D assets, interactive features, and other multimedia elements you can view or access through the use of the hüpfburg 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

Drug Defense is a 3D mobile tower defense game that aims to raise awareness regarding drug use and its effects. You may download the game 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 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

The nature of Drug Defense does not require the developers to collect or share any personal information from the Game’s users. Personal information refers to any information referring to an identifiable or identified human person. No such information will thus be asked of the product’s users.

 

 

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ALLS and ACED host “Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension”

On Saturday, February 2, 2019, over 200 public school teachers attended the workshop entitled, “Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension” hosted by the Ateneo Laboratory for the Learning Sciences (ACED) and the Ateneo Center for Educational Development (ACED).

In the morning, Ms. Anne Shiela Choi of the College of Education of castillos hinchables UP Diliman gave a talk entitled, “Using Think Alouds to Develop Reading Comprehension.”  She was followed by Ms. Erika Jenny M. Rocena who gave her talk entitled, “Communicative Language Teaching Strategies.”

In the afternoon, a team from ALLS led by Dr. Didith Rodrigo, Marika Fernandez, and Dominique Manahan introduced participants to Ibigkas!, a drill-and-practice game for phonemic awareness, synonyms, and antonyms.  Ibigkas! comes as a mobile phone app and a deck of cards. Participants were able to download the app and were given copies of the cards for them to use in their classes.

The slides of Ms. Choi are downloadable here.  Ibigkas! is available free of charge from the Google Play Store and the App Store.  The printable version of the Ibigkas! card sets can be downloadable from the ALLS website.

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ALLS @ LAK2019

On March 4-8, 2019, Michelle Banawan attended the 9th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK) Conference in Tempe, Arizona. LAK gathers esteemed researchers and experts in the field of Learning Analytics like Dragan Gasevic, Ryan Baker, Ken Koedinger, Ulrich Hoppe and a lot more.  This year’s LAK was hosted by the Arizona State University.  Michelle presented her paper entitled “An Investigation of Academic Performance, Mindless Reading and its Indicators” in one of the pre-conference workshops, i.e. Predicting Performance Based on the Analysis of Reading Behavior: A Data Challenge. The PDF version of the paper is published in LAK’s companion proceedings and in the workshop website : https://sites.google.com/view/lak19datachallenge

She also met and discussed grouping experiments, deployment of affective studies and other publication outputs for the JOLLY project for both Ibigkas ang Learning Likha with Dr. Jaclyn Ocumpaugh of the University of Pennsylvania. She would like to acknowledge the Commission on Higher Education, the JOLLY research grant and the Ateneo de Davao University for the funding support.

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ALLS Summer School 2019

 

ALLS Summer School 2019
Advanced Learning Theories, Technologies, Applications, and Impacts Public Lecture and Workshop
Register at: http://bit.ly/ALLSSummerSchool2019

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