1. WalkAbout IPhiram.bollaert@artesis.be
AN APPROACH FOR LEARNING
THROUGH CONTEXTUAL MOBILE
GAMES

2. Overview
What is an IP?
WalkAbout IP 2013, location & teams
Game Example
Potential
GGULIVRR
Contact
hiram.bollaert@artesis.be

3. What is an IP?
An Intensive Programme (IP) is a short programme of
study which brings together students and teaching staff
from higher education institutions of at least three
participating countries. It can last from ten continuous
full days to six weeks of subject related work.
http://ec.europa.eu/education/erasmus/ip_en.htm
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4. WalkAbout IP 2013,
location & teams
Seven interdisciplinary and international teams
were formed of students from teacher training,
applied informatics, tourism, games development
and telecommunications, coming from Belgium,
Finland, Ireland, Poland and Portugal.
Parque Biológico de Gaia is a 35 hectares park
near Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, combining a
botanical garden, a zoo and a nature reserve
aimed at educating the visitor about the
landscape of the region.
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Make IT
Green
Beagle
Dex

5. hiram.bollaert@artesis.be
Click to
startQR codes
are spread
over the park
See how
(un)happy the
park or the
animal is
The park
ranger
explains
Through playing this game you
explore the park and learn more
about the animals living in the park.
Game Example
QR codes
are spread
over the park
See how
(un)happy the
park or the
animal is

6. hiram.bollaert@artesis.be
Make
your
choice
Click the
right
answer
Go to this
building to
find food
Game Example
Sound and
animation is
inbedded

7. Potential
Seven unique contextual mobile games were created during the ten
days of the WalkAbout IP.
Parque Biológico de Gaia asked that two of the seven GGULIVRR
games be commercially deployed. This fantastic result exceeded
even the most optimistic forecast for the project.
The ten days of the WalkAbout IP allowed for only limited game
design and development.
Student teams were created on the first day.
Each team came up with their game idea by the second day.
Given how quickly games were taught up, designed and deployed, it
is reasonable to assume that there is a potentially huge pool of
interesting and useful games and other apps that can be developed
around the GGULIVRR concept.
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8. GGULIVRR?
Generic Game for Ubiquitous Learning in an Interactive
Virtual and Real Reality
Contextual Mobile Learning Games
A suite of digital tools (script editor, game engine, online
community…) that enable (non-technical skilled) users
to create, edit and author new games, rate games,
collaborate and discuss games
WalkAbout is a sub study and the name of the
game-system
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9. GGULIVRR!
http://www.slideshare.net/HiramBollaert/iadis-
ggulivrr20120305
https://github.com/ppossemiers/GGULIVRR
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10. Contact
Hiram Bollaert, GGULIVRR concept, WalkAbout IP
hiram.bollaert@artesis.be
Philippe Possemiers, WalkAbout gamesystem
philippe.possemiers@artesis.be
Get involved
and join us in the endeavour to build more
GGULIVRR games
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