Projects

CTL1608H Discussion Design: Pepper LMS

The discussion incorporates a creative approach based on the Community of Inquiry framework. Review the project highlights below. Then, click the picture to watch a walkthrough of Pepper Discussion.

CTL1606H English Language Vocabulary Game

This game is for ESL students to practice Food Vocabulary in a fun way. It was developed in Scratch and includes text recognition and drag & drop activities.

CTL1606H Micro-Teaching Lesson: Gamification

The purpose of the lesson was to introduce some gamification tips and tricks to keep in mind when designing gamification experiences geared towards deep learning. The lesson was created in H5P and VideoScribe apps. It includes interactive video, drag & drop, true/false, and matching exercises, poll, and many more features. The lesson itself incorporates some gamification principles. Can you find them all?

KMD2200H Workshop Series

The workshops equipped me with web development and visual thinking tools for effective communication. Data visualization and human-computer interaction design strategies helped me convey complex data and make my message stick in the context of diverse media. The website and its content incorporate some concepts I learned in the workshops.

KMD1001H PEST Analysis: Online Course Design

Online education has been around for a little more than 20 years, which is still brand new. Of course, some trends are emerging, but there is no one "right" way to design an online course because the context in which online learning occurs is constantly changing. The course design is also never neutral. We always incorporate what matters to us into our design decisions. The PEST analysis explores how some political, economic, socio-cultural, and technological factors can affect online course development.

KMD1002H The Virtual Campus

The virtual campus provides a safe place for students to learn and experiment as a part of a learning community. Its affordances enable students to participate in interactive learning through multiple spatial perspectives on- and off-campus. The presentation introduces the features of existing Virtual Reality platforms that mimic real-life campuses and justifies how the usability of the Future Virtual Campus targeting higher education can be enhanced.

Ph.D. Thesis: The Exploration of Low- and High-Immersive VR for Willingness to Communicate in English as a Second Language

A collaborative specialization in Knowledge Media Design allowed me to investigate the virtual reality affordances from a human-centred design and pedagogy perspective to bridge the gap between technology, pedagogy, and plurilingual/pluricultural factors to inform the design of virtual environments for more inclusive, diverse, and effective second language learning.

Click the links below to read articles based on my thesis.

Article 1: Yudintseva, A. (2023). Virtual reality affordances for oral communication in English as a second language classroom: A literature review. Computers & Education: X Reality, 2, 100018
Article 2: Yudintseva, A. (submitted). The Effects of low- and high-immersive virtual reality modalities on willingness to communicate in English as a second language. Computers & Education: X Reality.