DigitalSynergies

DIGITAL SYNERGIES:

VR, AI, and Gamification in Bilingual OER

Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes, Ph.D

Link to the presentation

INCREASE OF STUDENT AGENCYKEY SKILLS (4Cs, Multimedia Literacy)

Student Engagement and Enhancement of LO

LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR STUDENT VARIABILITY, EQUITY AND ACCESSIBILITY

Development of OER across the Spanish Curriculum

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IMMERSIVEMEDIA

ARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCE

GAMIFICATION

• Escape Room
• Board Game
• Card Deck
• VR Gamified Environment

• Coral Reef Learning Unit
• VR Exhibition
• 3D Object Annotation.

• Prompt Crafting
• AI Videos and Interactive Agents

El proyecto

NON-IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL REALITY

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Language Learning Unit on Florida's Coral Reefs

• Identify and define specific terms related to marine life
• Describe the characteristics and habitats of various marine organisms

• Narrate events in the past
• Examine the environmental, socioeconomic, and human impact of the coral reefs in Florida.

Learning Objectives

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• Interactive presentation
• Internet videos
• Immersive component:

Vocabulario del mar Planting corals in Key West

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Materials

• Vocabulario del mar
• Uses of the preterite and the imperfect (self-graded quizzes)
• Composition exercise

Assessment

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Open Access

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https://canvas.unf.edu/courses/60429/modules

Virtual Reality Component

Hola, ¿qué tal? Me llamo Jade Basilius y este módulo es el resultado de la investigación que hice en mi último año para el Departamento de Lenguas, Literaturas y Culturas en la Universidad del Norte de Florida. Estudié Español y Comunicaciones en la UNF. Antes de empezar en la universidad, no tenía ni idea de cómo hablar en español. Sentía toda la frustración y experimentaba los obstáculos de aprendizaje de un segundo idioma, al igual que ustedes. Por eso, cuando se presentó la oportunidad de crear un módulo para estudiantes de español inicial, me sentí emocionada porque yo sabía personalmente lo difícil que era.

¡Conoce a Jade!

Haz clic aquípara escuchar a Jade

Haz clic para ver la experiencia inmersiva relacionada con el vocabulario del mar

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Curation of a VR exhibition:ArtSteps

• Virtual reality exhibition about the works of 16th and 17th-century female authors (ArtSteps)

• The centerpiece of the exhibition is the digital adaptation of Ana Caro's "El conde Partinuplés," using the Easy-to-Read standards to make it accessible.

Visualizing Collaboration and Connections

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Annotation of 3D Objects

• Linguistic and Cultural Learning with Immersive Media (Sketchfab)

• Beginning, Intermediate Spanish courses

Annotation of 3D Objects

Annotation of 3D Objects

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Escape Room for Literary Analysis

• Grotesque: Cervantes's Response to Narrative Challenges.

• Cave of Montesinos (DQ II, chapters 22-23): Don Quixote descends to a cave where he experiences a fantastical vision involving legendary figures.
• SPW4600 ("Don Quixote: Hero or Fool"), Fall 2021.

Elements of the ESCAPE ROOM

STRUCTURE

PUZZLES

MATERIALS

NARRATIVE

In the mysterious Cave of Montesinos, Don Quixote discovers that a spell has transformed his adored Dulcinea into a rustic peasant. Dulcinea needs money to return to her original form, but our good knight does not have enough reales. Can you help him? EARN EIGHT REALES FOR DULCINEA AND BREAK THE CURSE! Only then can Don Quixote escape the cave!

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STRUCTURE

• Film adaptations
• The magical and the divine
• Fantastical geography
• The heart of Durandarte
• Characters
• Quotes
• The grotesque
• Enchanted Dulcinea

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EL CORAZÓN DE DURANDARTE

CONGRATULATIONS! WITH YOUR HELP, DON QUIXOTE CAN NOW GIVE DULCINEA THE EIGHT REALES!

At last I will break the spell and gaze upon the beauty of my lady Dulcinea for the first time!

The light is so blinding that I cannot see her...

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Digital Recreation ofa 16th-century Board Game

• Patronage system and literary production;
• Connections between the 16th-17th centuries and the 21st century: Gamification, visual culture
• SPW3409, Fall 2022

The Game

• "Filosofía cortesana" (Alonso de Barros, 1587)
• Game of the Goose

• 63 spaces that lead to the 'Palm of Victory;'
• The goose spaces are substituted by 'work;'
• Pitfalls include 'well of oblivion,' 'false friendship', 'death of the royal favourite'

English Version of the Game

PDF version of Alonso de Barros’s “Filosofía cortesana” (high resolution, English): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zz0mzA9sPT-ujI1fibzTqrqF7ZyqzDUX/view?usp=sharing Cheat sheet for the game: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rEhbBU339515WyoWbVHu6yb6o8WYLZHWi9W6UVae-mA/edit?usp=sharing

Amor

Familia y amigos

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Card Deck of Female Suffragists

• Study of a number of influential female suffragists within a Pan-American context.
• DL Accelerated Beginning Spanish, Spring 2022.

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Card Deck of Female Suffragists

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AI-Generated Image Prompts for Language Learning

• Prompt Crafting for Vocabulary-Building Skills.
• Beginning and Intermediate Spanish, Fall 2023 and Spring 2024.

AI Prompts (Ekphrasis): "Your personal paradise"

Tool: Skybox AI BLockade Labs

Descripción del tema principal: Cueva submarina con bioluminiscencia. Características particulares: Hay cascadas y bancos de peces, corales, calamares y medusas. Paleta de colores: Contrastan los tonos azules del fondo del mar con las luces bioluminiscentes. Estilo: Realista Subject Description: Underwater cave with bioluminiscenceUnique Features: There are waterfalls and numerous animals such as fishes, corals, squids, jellyfishes. Color Palette: Dark green foliage, pristine snow, sunset light Style: Realism

Writing of AI-Generated-Images Prompts

Descripción del tema principal: Montañas nevadas rodeadas de un bosque nevado de pinos. Características particulares: Hay un lago que refleja el cielo azul. Paleta de colores: Domina el follaje verde oscuro, el blanco de la nieve y la luz del sol al atardecer. Estilo: Acuarela Subject Description: Pine forest encircling snow-capped peakUnique Features: Lake reflecting clear blue skies Color Palette: Dark green foliage, pristine snow, sunset light Estilo: Watercolor

Writing of AI-Generated-Images Prompts

Descripción del tema principal: Globos de luces con efecto bioluminisciente en un bosque. Características particulares: Es de noche; hay mucha vegetación. Paleta de colores: Las luces son brillantes y multicolores Estilo: Dibujo digital Subject Description: Glowing orbs with bioluminiscence lights in a forest. Unique Features: Verdant forest foliage, nighttime Color Palette: Multicolored glowing lights Style: Digital Painting

Writing of AI-Generated-Images Prompts

Descripción del tema principal: Majestuoso castillo medieval con pináculos a orillas del mar. Características particulares: Atardecer, cielo parcialmente nublado. Paleta de colores: Luz del Mediterráneo Estilo: Hiperrealista Subject Description: Majestic medieval castle with intricate pinnacles enveloped by serene seas Unique Features: Cloudy sunset sky Color Palette: Warm Mediterranean light Style: Photo Real

Prompt for generating an AI avatar of Cervantes (Shutterstock)

Cervantes's self-description in the prologue of "The Exemplary Novels" (1613)

​​"Create an image of a man with an oval-shaped face, viewed frontally. He has chestnut hair graying at the temples and a silvery beard with large mustaches. His nose is hooked but well-proportioned, and he has lively eyes. The man's forehead is wide and he has a small mouth. His complexion is vivid and rather fair than dark. He is wearing a large, white ruff around his neck, typical of 17th-century European fashion."

"This person whom you see here, with an oval visage, chestnut hair, smooth open forehead, lively eyes, a hooked but well-proportioned nose, & silvery beard that twenty years ago was golden, large moustaches, a small mouth, teeth not much to speak of, for he has but six, in bad condition and worse placed [...] a figure midway between the two extremes, neither tall nor short, a vivid complexion, rather fair than dark [...] this, I say, is the author of 'Galatea,' 'Don Quixote de la Mancha

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AI-Generated Videos for Language, Literature and Culture Learning

• Listening and Writing Competencies in Spanish.
• Intermediate Spanish, Spring 2024.

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AI Videos / Interactive Agents

Avatars

Script

Languages / Voices

21 regional variations of Spanish (Colombian Spanish)

My last vacation

D-ID Creative Reality Studio

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AI Agents for Engagement, Accessibility, and Equity

Isabel de Saavedra (Cervantes's daughter)

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

AI Agents for Engagement, Accessibility, and Equity

Isabel de Cervantes Saavedra

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Multimedia Adaptation of "El conde Partinuplés" (PressBooks)

• AI-Generated Videos
• AI-Generated Images / AI interactive agents
• Audio
• Gamified immersive experiences
• Interactive exercises (H5P)

Conclusions

OER as platforms for student agency, learning objectives enhancement, critical engagement and community involvement

Thank you!

Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes, Ph.D