Team 1 aka the Extendables is composed of Corie Houldsworth, Paula Insell, Katia Maxwell and Zac MacDonald. We all have diverse contexts and found ourselves struggling initially to find a topic that was both broad enough to be applicable in our practices and specific enough to help control scope and allow us focus on a key concept. We narrowed down our delivery technology and learning event by discovering an application called Jigspace. Jigspace is a relatively new Augmented-Reality (AR) application (Jigspace, n.d.) The seeds of JigSpace were planted in 2014, when co-founders Zac and Numa met while teaching game development at a college in Australia. Jigspace can be used to project 3D objects for prototyping, design, marketing, presentations and training. It has free and paid subscriptions and has worked with various well known organizations such as Apple, Berkeley University, F1 Racing and more. We will be exploring one of the Jigspace case studies examples as our learning event.
So far we have explored various Jigspace related tutorials, videos, blog posts and academic articles specifically mentioning Jigspace. At this time, the “Jigs” created by using Jigspace are limited to those available on the free version of the app. Custom Jigs can be uploaded and created with the paid version. Some of the research available noted that Jigspace has potential in English as a Second Language (ESL) applications (Huertas-Abril, et al., 2021), as well as teaching processes (Bambury, 2017). With so many interesting lenses to examine Jigspace we as a team plan to better understand how the four E’s of EdTech apply to Jigspace. This has lead us to some targeted questions such as what real value can Jigspace bring and what are potential problems?
One of the case studies we explored was with Alfa Romeo, a Formula 1 racing team. This case was based on using the AR experience to engage fans of Formula 1 racing by using Jigspace to introduce fans to a car called (Orlen) C42. The goal was to celebrate the C42 as a champion on innovation. F1 unveilings use attention getting, fast paced, and highly edited videos, but the Alfa Romeo team is a smaller Romeo outfit, so budgetwas an issue. Jigspace provided the affordable and innovative solution. Using a Jig model, an epic cinematic reveal was still able to be created (Granleese, 2022). In addition to the reveal, the C42 team also used Jig to create a model that fans could interact with.
Other case studies include showing how JigSpace could help you see how that piece of furniture may fit into the Fung Shui of your home, re-imaging the manufacturing process by allowing you to move machinery around, or helping UNICEF figure out how to deliver vaccines to remote islands in the South Pacific via drone.
To our classmates – do you see JipSpace possibilities in your context or organization? As we’ve read and discussed we each individually have found some specific areas we will be exploring more.
Zac – want to focus on privacy, data usage, funding/private equity, and terms of services agreements.
Corie – want to focus on privacy, cost issues (related to access?), utility (Jig is very CAD focused), and potential for gamification/diversity in application.
Paula – wanting to explore possibilities of “key turn operation” vs required customization that may require an investment on the part of the sponsor organization. Also wanting to explore efficacy of AR/VR in industrial settings vs hands on / tools on exposure. Also interested in the learning curve to design meaningful experiences – can a non technical designer pick up the skills relatively easy, or is there a certification process that maybe required?
Katia – would like to explore Jigs ability to go where traditional tech has failed to go. What kind of impact could Jigspace have on quality of life, quality of experiences, quality of education in higher learning, training, messaging.
References:
Bambury, S. (2017, November 14). Animated diagrams in AR using JigSpace. Virtualiteach. https://www.virtualiteach.com/post/2017/11/14/animated-diagrams-in-ar-using-jigspace
Granleese, S. (2022, April 7). Case Studies. Alfa Romeo F1 Team Orlen C42 in Augmented Reality. https://www.jig.space/case-studies/alfa-romeo-f1-team-orlen-c42-in-augmented-reality
Huertas-Abril, C. A., Figueroa-Flores, J. F., Gómez-Parra, M. E., Rosa-Dávila, E., & Huffman, L. F. (2021). Augmented reality for ESL/EFL and bilingual education: An international comparison. Educación XX1, 24(2). https://doi.org/10.5944/educxx1.28103
Software for the next dimension: About JigSpace | JigSpace. (n.d.). Retrieved April 16, 2022, from https://www.jig.space/team
Hello Extendables, your topic of AR/VR technology in education reminds me of the 2020 and 2021 Educause Horizons reports from LRNT 523. The reports dive into possible future scenarios of tech integration: growth, constraint, collapse, and transformation. I think these would be interesting areas to consider in terms of using AR and VR as edtech and potential implications of its use. Looking forward to how each of your perspectives connect!
Hi Zac,
I’m really excited about your team topic. I never heard of Jigspace before so it’ll fun to learn about another technology. Beside its potential with ESL, it will be interesting to see what other educational potential Jigspace has. As it relates to your question regarding JigSpace possibilities in my context, I believe that it could be a great tool for virtual onboarding of new employees into organizations. Hillman (2010) stated that “a deliberate onboarding process that considers available research and emulates best practices can make all the difference in attracting new employees and keeping the good ones for a long time” (para. 19). Leveraging best practices is an efficient way to accelerate learning such as understanding the communication structure of organizational information in a virtual context (Driscoll & Watkins, 2020). I think your selected technology can simulate a positive onboarding experience for new employees, particularly when joining a virtual team.
As for your critical issue, our team is exploring TikTok and its implications such as privacy, terms of service, ethics, etc. I’ll be interesting to see how much the outcomes of your research correlate with our findings on the same issues.
Good luck with your project!
Stephanie
My references from my previous comment in case you’re interested in exploring further. 🙂
Hillman, J. (2010). Planning for employee onboarding: finding ways to increase new employee success and long-term retention(ED536856). ERIC. https://eric.ed.gov/? id=ED536856
Driscoll, M., & Watkins, M. D. (2020). Onboarding a New Leader – Remotely. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2020/05/onboarding-a-new-leader-remotely