CRASH COURSE OR COURSE CRASH - Hochschule Anhalt FH · 2015-08-09 · CRASH COURSE OR COURSE CRASH:...
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CRASH COURSE OR COURSE CRASH:Gaming, VR and a Pedagogical Approach
Dr. Brent ChamberlainLandscape Architecture & Regional and Community PlanningKansas State University
DLA Conference 2015June 6, 2015
BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT
• Geospatially-focused course
• Graduate and undergraduate Mix
• Little GIS knowledge, none for City Engine and Unity
QUESTION
How might I augment existing curriculum to grow spatial thinking, improve spatial design, and solidify fundamental landscape planning concepts (using new and fun techniques)?
TASK(S)
Develop a City
• Using a design process
• Learning about data needs
• Real-time interaction & feedback
Develop our City
• City of Manhattan, KS
• Implement CityEngine“wireframe”
• Aggieville representation
• Unity Migration
METHODSsimcity
• Game-based pedagogy(with no game training)
• Team-based
• Objectives: budget, approval rating, population size, creativity
• Unlimited funds
• Trial edition (4 hour limit)
WATER
AIR POLLUTION
EDUCATION FIRE RISK
WIND POTENTIAL
RESOURCES (IRON ORE)
RESULTSsimcity
Mix residential,
Isolated industrial (down wind);
Transit-oriented development,
Rapid transit on loop, to:
maximize happiness
METHODScityengine
Develop our City• City of Manhattan, KS
• Implement City Engine “wireframe”
• Aggieville representation
• Unity Migration
RESULTScityengine
• Completed development of GIS dataset
• Infastructure representation
• CityEngine wireframe and Unity Integration
DISCUSSIONsimcity
• Excellent learning opportunity
• Need to (slightly) modify game conditions
How enjoyable was the experience working with SimCity in class? (4.8, +0.4 of 5.0)
How useful was the SimCity exercise for understanding the
use of geospatial information for decision making and/or suitability analyses (4.4, +0.6 of 5.0)
DISCUSSIONcityengine
How enjoyable was the experience working with CityEngine in
class (3.5, +1.1 of 5)?
Would you have like to spend more time working with
CityEngine (4.1, +0.9 or 5.0)?
CONCLUSION
• Continued use of SimCity
• Excellent tool for data-informed design
• CityEngine integration requires course overhaul
• Useful tool for visualization
• Students are interested, but lose attention quickly
• Requires new set of tutorials and training
• A qualitative improvement in spatial thinking, design, and understanding of fundamental landscape planning concepts.
Dr. Brent ChamberlainLandscape Architecture & Regional and Community Planning
Kansas State Universityhttp://brentchamberlain.org
DLA Conference 2015June 6, 2015