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  Challenges study

  By Jordana Kerr

  This weekend, I will be launching back into studying what makes a good challenge. Challenges in Looking Glass are designed to inspire story creation. They try to provide a compelling context and...

  • Sep 21, 2012
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  Tag your worlds

  By Jordana Kerr

  Everyone needs to add fun tags to their worlds!!!

  • Sep 26, 2012
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  Building for a new release, and then some

  By Jordana Kerr

  I have reimplemented the ability to add tags via the Share World pane on the IDE side of Looking Glass. Now users can add tags to their worlds without having to use the site. I would like to also...

  • Oct 04, 2012
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  IDE tweaks, and so much more

  By Jordana Kerr

  This week was one of those frustrating weeks where you can't quite point to one singular overarching accomplishment. Aside from preparing for the new software release, I had my attentions split...

  • Oct 11, 2012
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  IRB Submissions, Formative Study Wrap-up

  By Jordana Kerr

  This week was entirely focused on upcoming research papers and write-ups. The challenges study is creeping forward in terms of completion as I wrap up formative studies and start looking to set up...

  • Oct 26, 2012
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  Challenges Study, Magic Sort

  By Jordana Kerr

    This week I prepared the Looking Glass versions that would be used in the challenges study. The participants will be divided into two groups. One group will have access only to challenges,...

  • Nov 01, 2012
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  Fixes, Logs, Tags

  By Jordana Kerr

    There’s a strong indication that being involved or identifying with a subgroup within an online community increases the chances that a member will stay active within that community,...

  • Nov 08, 2012
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  Tutorials, Challenges Study, Following Tags

  By Jordana Kerr

  A few users pointed out that, after migrating to https, others external, unsecure applications like our tutorial videos no longer work. So, with the help of Caitlin, I put together a rough draft of...

  • Nov 15, 2012
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  At last, at last

  By Jordana Kerr

  Since my last post, my IRB was approved and I booked 36 children to participate in the challenges study, which starts this Saturday. I have the specialized IDEs built and ready to go, challenges...

  • Nov 29, 2012
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  Evaluating Data

  By Jordana Kerr

  Over the break, I finished running participants in my challenges study, which looks at how challenges affect first-time users in their overall enjoyment and engagement with the system. I'm looking...

  • Jan 31, 2013
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