WoWiWe Instruction Co. ::

The World Wide Web Instructional Committee

The World Wide Web Instructional Committee (WWWIC) is an ad hoc group of North Dakota State University faculty dedicated to developing internet-based educational software.

Current projects include visual educational research in computer science, biology, geology, and anthropology.

GeoEd Research Website
http://geoed.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu

The Geology Explorer 3D (GeoEd) is an immersive, role-based educational game where the participant assumes the role of a Geologist while exploring Planet Oit, a newly discovered planet.

The Geology Explorer is implemented as a multi-user virtual environment and hosted on the Internet. The players visit Planet Oit, a simulated world, and compete for points by undertaking goal directed exploration where they perform simple experiments in order to, perform water quality tests, identify rocks and minerals, and then continue to more advanced topics, such as geological mapping and site interpretation.

Project funding is provided in part by:

The National Science Foundation:

Pilot Project: Research on Serious Games for Geoscience Education. 2 years, $149,984, National Science Foundation (Geo-Ed) No. GEO-0608082, Aug 2006 - Aug 2008; Dr. Brian M. Slator, PI, Dr. Lisa M. Daniels, Dr. Bernhardt Saini-Eidukat, Dr. Donald P. Schwert, and Dr. Jeff Terpstra.

VCell Research Website
http://vcell.ndsu.edu

Project funding is provided in part by:

The National Science Foundation:

Systems for Learning Science and Assessing Student Learning. Five years, $1.94 Million, National Science Foundation (NSF-ITR) No. EIA-0086142, Sep. 2000 - Aug. 2005; Dr. Brian M. Slator, PI, Dr. Phil McClean, Dr. Bernhardt Saini-Eidukat, Dr. Donald Schwert, Dr. Alan White.
A Shared Developmental Environment for Science-based Courseware. $155,000. National Science Foundation. DUE-#9752548, Feb. 1998 - Jan. 2000. Dr. Phil McClean, PI, Dr. Paul Juell, Dr. Donald Schwert, Dr. Bernhardt Saini-Eidukat, Dr. Brian Slator.

The U.S Department of Education:

Virtual Cell Dissemination. Three years, $495,000; US. Department of Education (FIPSE) # P116B030120, Oct. 2003 - Sept. 2006; Dr. Alan White, PI, Dr. Lisa Daniels, Dr. Phil McClean, and Dr. Brian Slator.
Training Future Scientists with a Virtual Cell. Three years, $366,006, US. Department of Education (FIPSE) # P116B000734, Oct. 2000 - Sep. 2003; Dr. Alan White, PI, Dr. Phil McClean, and Dr. Brian Slator.

Oit Research Website
http://oit.ndsu.edu

The Geology Explorer is an immersive, role-based educational game where the participant assumes the role of a Geologist while exploring Planet Oit, a newly discovered planet.

The Geology Explorer is implemented as a multi-user virtual environment and hosted on the Internet. The players visit Planet Oit, a simulated world, and compete for points by undertaking goal directed exploration where they perform simple experiments in order to identify rocks and minerals, and then continue to more advanced topics, such as geological mapping and site interpretation.

Project funding is provided in part by:

The National Science Foundation:

Instructional Materials for Teaching Science through Virtual Environments. Three years, $727,282, National Science Foundation (IMD) No. ESI-0454767, Mar 2005 - Feb. 2008; Dr. Lisa M. Daniels, PI, Jeffrey T. Clark, Donald P. Schwert, Bernhardt Saini-Eidukat, Brian M. Slator, and Jeff Terpstra.
Systems for Learning Science and Assessing Student Learning. Five years, $1.94 Million, National Science Foundation (NSF-ITR) No. EIA-0086142, Sep. 2000 - Aug. 2005; Dr. Brian M. Slator, PI, Dr. Phil McClean, Dr. Bernhardt Saini-Eidukat, Dr. Donald Schwert, Dr. Alan White.
New Directions in Virtual Geosciences Education. One year, $74,192, National Science Foundation CCLI (#9981094), Apr. 2000 - Mar. 2001; Dr. Brian Slator, PI, Dr. Donald Schwert, Dr. Bernhardt Saini-Eidukat.
Learning by Doing Physical Geology in a Virtual Laboratory/Virtual Field Trip Computer Environment. One year, $49,981, National Science Foundation (#9809761), Sept. 1998 - Aug. 1999; Dr. Brian Slator, PI, Dr. Donald Schwert, Dr. Bernhardt Saini-Eidukat.
A Shared Developmental Environment for Science-based Courseware. $155,000. National Science Foundation. DUE-#9752548, Feb. 1998 - Jan. 2000. Dr. Phil McClean, PI, Dr. Paul Juell, Dr. Donald Schwert, Dr. Bernhardt Saini-Eidukat, Dr. Brian Slator.

The U.S Department of Education:

A Virtual Planet to Train Future Earth Scientists. Three years, $292,549; US. Department of Education (FIPSE) # P116B011528, Oct. 2001 - Sep. 2004; Dr. Donald Schwert, PI, Dr. Brian Slator, Dr. Bernhardt Saini-Eidukat.