Ateneo Laboratory for the Learning Sciences

The ALLS Lecture Series
Thursday7 December 2017, 3:00 to 4:30
Ateneo de Manila University, F-223
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A 3D Modelling System Using Human Hand Gestures to Generate Shapes in Virtual Reality Using a Leap Motion Controller
Fauxtin Marques

Abstract: Traditional 3D modeling and CAD software are generally optimized for designers in the middle-to-late stages of the design process, forcing those in the earlier conceptual stages to make 2D sketches first, or use the unintuitive interfaces of traditional 3D software. This can be harmful to the rapid idea flow that is characteristic of early-stage designing. This study aims to design and develop a system that will help visualize and solidify early ideas through an interface that detects hand gestures and interprets them to generate and manipulate three-dimensional shapes. Past applications that have tried to use hand gestures as an intuitive interaction method for 3D modeling usually have boundaries preventing these from mass use (specialized hardware setups, difficult to set up, fairly expensive, etc.). This study looks into the design process of people with 3D modeling experience and the gestures people commonly make to describe certain shapes in order to determine what gestures should correspond to what application commands and features. This study also hopes to determine whether the developed application is a viable tool for the purpose of rapid 3D idea visualization.

Fauxtin Marques graduated from Ateneo De Manila University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Management Information Systems and a specialization in Interactive Multimedia. He is interested in VR, software and game development, and digital art, and is currently in the process of finishing his Master’s thesis on 3D modeling in VR using hand gestures.

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The ALLS@Mindanao symposium was hosted last October 28, 2017 at the Regis Hall Community Centre in Ateneo de Davao. The event featured presentations by Dr. Didith Rodrigo, as well as by the members of the lab based in different universities across Mindanao.

Some of the presentations are available below:

1. A Behind-the Scenes Look at Research@ALLS [PDF]

2. Intelligent Learning System for Automata (ILSA) and the Learners’ Achievement Goal Orientations, [PDF]

3. Exploratory Analysis of Discourses between Students Engaged in a Debugging Task, [PDF]

4. An Investigation of the Einstellung Effect among Student Computer Programmers [PDF]

5. Characterizing Collaboration Based onPrior Knowledge in a Pair Program Tracing an Debugging Eye-Tracking Experiment [PDF]

6. Modeling the Incubation Effect among Students playing an Educational Game for Physics [PDF]

7. The Effects of MetacognitiveScaffolding to various PriorKnowledge Learners in a Learning by Teaching Environment [PDF]

8. Detecting Student Carefulness in anEducational Game for Physics Using Semi-supervised Learning [PPTX]

The National Conference on Information Technology Education (NCITE 2017) is the 15th edition of the national conference dedicated to the promotion of Information Technology Education which includes Computer Science, Information Technology, and Information Systems. The following papers from ALLS were accepted:

• Zarah Elizabeth Arcega and Ma. Mercedes Rodrigo. Designing UX and UI for the Perceived Credibility of Government Website: A Philippine Case Study
• Michelle Banawan, Ma. Mercedes Rodrigo and Miggy Andres. Predicting Student Carefulness in an Educational Game for Physics Using Semi-supervised Learning
• Cristina Enriquez Dumdumaya, Michelle Banawan and Ma. Mercedes Rodrigo. The Effects of Scaffolding to various Prior Knowledge Learners in a Learning by Teaching Environment
• Jen Agapito and Ma. Mercedes Rodrigo. A Preliminary Analysis of the Impact of Gamification on Novice Programmers Achievement and Learning Experience
• Maureen Mamilic-Villamor. Characterizing Collaboration Based on Prior Knowledge in a Pair Program Tracing and Debugging Eye-Tracking Experiment
• Anna Lorraine Uy and Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo. READMU.TXT: A CASE STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MOBILE LEARNING IN IMPROVING STUDENT LEARNING
• Fauxtin Marques. A 3D Modelling System Using Human Hand Gestures to Generate Shapes in Virtual Reality Using a Leap Motion Controller
• Christine Tablatin. The Relationship of Compilation Behavior Metrics and Student Performance in Introductory Programming Course. Poster presentation.

Congratulations to all the authors!

Call for Papers
Philippine Information Technology Journal Special Issue on Eye Tracking

Data Analysis

Advances in eye tracking technologies, their declining costs, and the increasing number of methods for analysis and visualization have made it possible for researchers to investigate research questions about human attention that were previously inaccessible. Authors are invited to submit original work related to eye tracking as applied to any discipline but with an emphasis on data collection, cleaning, analysis, and interpretation. Topics may include but are not limited to the following:

· Methods for eye tracking data collection, cleaning, and summarization

· Eye tracking metrics

· Eye tracking pattern recognition

· Use of machine learning on eye tracking data

· Modeling of eye tracking data · Visualization methods

· Eye tracking studies within specific domains

The Philippine Information Technology Journal (ISSN 1908-1995) is a peer-reviewed research journal that features computing applications in the area of Information Technology. This is co-published by CSP with the Philippine Society of IT Educators (PSITE).

Submissions should be a maximum of fifteen pages, including an abstract of up to 200 words. All manuscripts must be submitted electronically, in PDF format and formatted using the ACM Master Article template available at https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template. Email submissions to Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo at mrodrigo@ateneo.edu.

Important dates:

· Deadline for paper submission: 16 December 2017

· Release of reviews: 16 January 2018

· Deadline for submission of revisions: 31 January 2018

Guest Editor: Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo, Ph.D., Ateneo de Manila University Reviewers (as of 18 October 2017)

· Henry N. Adorna, University of the Philippines, Diliman

· Rowel Atienza, University of the Philippines, Diliman

· Andrei D. Coronel, Ateneo de Manila University

· Proceso Fernandez, Ateneo de Manila University

· Susan Pancho-Festin, University of the Philippines, Diliman

· Hong-Fa Ho, National Taiwan Normal University

· Paul Inventado, California State University Fullterton

· Prospero Naval, University of the Philippines, Diliman

· Rafael P. Saldana, Ateneo de Manila University