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

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 t...

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Autores principales: Kimura, Isabel, Brown Bartneche, Matías, Queiruga, Claudia Alejandra, Díaz, Francisco Javier
Formato: Objeto de conferencia
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2015
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Ciencias Informáticas
Cellular architecture (e.g., mobile)
Android
QR code
indoor positioning
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/50544
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SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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Cellular architecture (e.g., mobile)
Android
QR code
indoor positioning
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Cellular architecture (e.g., mobile)
Android
QR code
indoor positioning
Kimura, Isabel
Brown Bartneche, Matías
Queiruga, Claudia Alejandra
Díaz, Francisco Javier
WhatsINFO: a Gamified Mobile Application Promoting the Integration of Computer Science School Freshmen to the UNLP
topic_facet Ciencias Informáticas
Cellular architecture (e.g., mobile)
Android
QR code
indoor positioning
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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author Kimura, Isabel
Brown Bartneche, Matías
Queiruga, Claudia Alejandra
Díaz, Francisco Javier
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Queiruga, Claudia Alejandra
Díaz, Francisco Javier
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title WhatsINFO: a Gamified Mobile Application Promoting the Integration of Computer Science School Freshmen to the UNLP
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
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