The Course: 15150 Functional Programming In my junior year, I became a teaching assistant (TA) of the introductory functional programming (FP) course at CMU 15–150: Functional Programming (150). The Spring 2021 instance of 150 has 2 instructors, 39 TAs, and 335 students with limited in-person lecture and lab options. …

05–418/818 CMU Design Educational Games Prototyping and Playtesting Assignment This article is structured into the following sections & subsections: Ideation (Concrete Educational Goals, Brainstorming Process, 10 Game Ideas), Prototyping (Game 1: Timeline Jigsaw Puzzle, Game 2: Price War), Playtesting (Play-testers, Playtest Procedures, Playtest Sessions, Insights & Potential Changes), Iteration (Iterated…

Game Metadata: Game Name: Notes on Blindness Designer/Developer: ARTE Experience Platform: Oculus Quest, Gear VR, Go Instructional Goal: Cognition, Empathy, Disability Awareness, Social Awareness Link: http://www.notesonblindness.co.uk/vr/ Oculus App Store: https://www.oculus.com/experiences/gear-vr/1015802351839289 Learning Objectives: This VR game experience is built from the audio diary of John Hull…

Game Metadata: Game Name: We Live Here Designer/Developer: Alfrobel Inc. Platform: Oculus Quest Instructional Goal: Documentary & History, Narrative, Social Awareness Link: http://www.rosetroche.com/ Oculus App Store: https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/2537261906377373/ Learning Objectives: This VR game experience is built from a real narrative of Rockey, a homeless woman living in a tent in a park for 3…

Task Description: The final task for participants is a variation of the provided geometry task package, with the easy problems 1–3 (which are a literal application of the theorems provided) and the hard problems 6–7 eliminated. Therefore, for this task, participants will only do problems 4 and 5 (relabel them as Q1…

Game Metadata: Game Name: Anne Frank House VR Designer/Developer: Force Field Platform: Gear VR & Go, Oculus Quest Instructional Goal: Documentary & History Link: https://annefrankhousevr.com/ Oculus App Store: https://www.oculus.com/experiences/go/1596151970428159/ Learning Objectives: The narratives of this game are designed based on Tales from the Secret Annex, the famous diary written by Anne Frank when…

Game Metadata: Game Name: Mission ISS Designer/Developer: Magnopus Platform: Oculus Quest Instructional Goal: Documentary & History, Astronomy, Physics Link: http://missioniss.magnopus.com/ Oculus App Store: https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/2094303753986147/ Learning Objectives: This VR game is built on a really high fidelity model of the International Space Station (ISS) in collaboration…

Game Metadata: Game Name: ecosphere Designer/Developer: PHORIA Platform: Oculus Quest Instructional Goal: Geography & Environment, Documentary & History, Travel Link: https://www.phoria.com.au/projects/ecosphere/ Oculus App Store: https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/2926036530794417/ This VR game is built on 180˚ videos of wild places on earth including the savannahs of Kenya…