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Introduction to RoadEthos
Introduction to RoadEthos
Introduction to RoadEthos
Purpose
RoadEthos is a game based learning environment to sensitize students from middle school on the ethical decisions to be made on road with empathy. This game is a car simulation designed and developed using 3 affordable technologies - Scratch programming, Arduino and Lego bricks.
The broad goal is to build empathy within students. Empathy is one of the primary stages in design thinking. The following figure 1 is an overview of 5 stages in design thinking model proposed by Hasso-Plattner institute of design at Stanford(d.school). (Plattner,2009; Plattner, 2010). Scholars (Baeck, & Gremett, 2012) also emphasize on empathy as a characteristic of design thinking.
Figure 1: Model of five stages in the Design thinking process
The game environment simulates real-life scenarios of driving a car using a Scratch interface. It enables the students to control and respond to those scenarios using steering and brake/acceleration made out of Lego bricks, connected via Arduino.
Demo of scenarios in RoadEthos:
Project Team:
Ulfa Khwaja
Herold PC
Aastha Patel
Ashutosh Raina
Urfa Chamanshaikh
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