What's Involved?

This folder contains videos to help illustrate what is involved in participating in various aspects of our research

Wiring Up by Stephen R Campbell — last modified 2006-12-11 20:14

This video illustrates what is involved in preparing participants for the electrophysiological component of our studies. If you are connected via a dial-up modem, you may be in for quite a wait. Basically, the video demonstrates what is involved in wiring participants up with various sensors and electrodes for measuring brain waves, heart rate, respiration, temperature, bloodflow, and so on. We use these data in combination with other psychometric and audiovisual datasets to help research matters of interest to educators, such as learning, comprehension, and instructional design of computer assisted learning environments. Once the video has loaded, it will take 10 minutes to view from beginning to end.

Plugging In by Stephen R Campbell — last modified 2006-12-11 20:21

This video helps demonstrate our preparations for data acquisition once participants have been wired up. If you are connected via a dial-up modem, you may be in for quite a wait. Basically, the video demonstrates what is involved in seating and plugging in participants who have been wired up with various electodes and sensors so that we can proceed with data acquisition. We use these data in combination with other psychometric and audiovisual datasets to help research matters of interest to educators, such as learning, comprehension, and instructional design of computer assisted learning environments. Once the video has loaded, it will take about 7 minutes to view from beginning to end.

Turning On by Stephen R Campbell — last modified 2006-12-11 21:34

This video illustrates what is involved in acquiring data from participants in our research. This is a relatively short video sequence which takes about 1 minute to view. Basically, the video demonstrates data acquisition from a participant wired up and plugged in with various sensors and electrodes for measuring brain waves, heart rate, respiration, temperature, bloodflow, and so on. Here we see a participant working with a "learning kit" from Dr. Phil Winne's gStudy group here at SFU. Please note the very low levels of infrared light flashing from the eye-tracking monitor that are not visible to the naked eye, but are being picked up here by cameras in the observation booth that record both visible and infrared light.