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From Theory to Design: Exploring the Power & Potential of ‘Connected Learning,’ Part Two

October 9, 2012

One of the more compelling aspects of connected learning is the opportunity for students to create personalized learning pathways that establish important links across the different nodes in their learning ecology. I had a chance to witness the power and potential of connected learning during a three-week summer digital media and design camp that we conducted with students at Texas City High School (TCHS).

Crystle Martin

Information Literacy, Connected Learning, and World of Warcraft

October 4, 2012

World of Warcraft (WoW) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game with a subscribership of 10.2 million¹. The player is offered a variety of options when choosing a character. There are two factions each with six races (and the recently added pandarens which can play either faction), two genders, and there are ten classes and each class can have one of three specializations. There are many choices just to select your character. Then there are professions to choose and play style choices (like whether you want to join a guild), and the list goes on.

Adam Ingram-Goble

A Design to Broaden Creativity: Lessons Learned from LittleBigPlanet2

September 21, 2012

In my previous posts[1] I’ve talked just a bit about some of the design principles that our work with the game designers at MediaMolecule (Mm) revealed. The purpose of this post is to foreground a system of design principles underlying the LittleBigPlanet2 game that are relevant to the design of connected learning environments.

Yong Ming Kow

A Female StarCraft Player’s Entry into the World of Competitive Gaming

September 7, 2012

According to a StarCraft self-reported community survey, only 1.8% of respondents are female.₁ That is a very small number. Why are female gamers nearly absent from the StarCraft community site?

Rachel Cody Pfister

The 2012 Ravellenic Games: Community, Challenges, and Competition

August 23, 2012

July 27, 2012. The countdown on the London 2012 website hit 0, the 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremonies began, and I made a slipknot and slipped it onto my crochet hook. My daughters – sitting with me in their red, white, and blue outfits – curiously picked at the yarn that I’d strategically placed in their laps for this photo opportunity. My husband took a picture that would later be uploaded to my team’s group to document our official entrance into the 2012 Ravellenic Games.

Adam Ingram-Goble

Connecting Workspace Culture to Qualities of Player-Creator Communities

August 9, 2012

As a learning scientist one of the first things I was trained to consider is my underlying epistemology—the theory of knowledge, or what it means to know—and how that relates to the learning environment being studied. Seymor Papert (1980) discussed epistemology as what “reflects and reinforces a particular way of thinking and knowing that is aligned with the norms and principles of a particular community” (Hatfield, 2011).

Yong Ming Kow

When We Played Video Games With Kids

August 2, 2012

Most parents would agree that competitive sports like soccer and football are good for kids. How about competitive video games? In my research, I interviewed kids who not only share video game interests with family members and peers, but they also derive academic and social benefits from their gaming experiences.

Matt Rafalow

Welcome to Sackboy Planet: Learning Among LittleBigPlanet2 Players

July 20, 2012

When I first started playing LittleBigPlanet2, a Playstation 3 game created by the company Media Molecule, I was both excited and frustrated. I was excited because the graphics, characters, and story of the side-scrolling platform were stunning and engaging.

Yong Ming Kow

StarCraft – Where Geeks, Digital Media, and Sports Collide

July 17, 2012

On October 22, 2011, I found myself in a full capacity crowd at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. We eagerly awaited the appearance of two superstars. The stars, with aliases MVP and NesTea, were professional gamers–among the very best in the world. They have team coaches, impressive skills, and fans. About 10,000 fans attended, and 200,000 more watched from home. Most of the crowd was male, white or Asian, dressed in T-shirts and jeans, and short-haired; some sported goatee beards. I sat on the floor in the aisle; the seats were filled.

Rachel Cody Pfister

Knitting Up Hogwarts: A Harry Potter Fiber Craft Community

July 12, 2012

Figure 1. Fiber crafts meet Harry Potter: jen2291, a Hogwarts at Ravelry member, has crocheted the main characters of the Harry Potter stories.

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From Theory to Design: Exploring the Power & Potential of ‘Connected Learning,’ Part Two

Information Literacy, Connected Learning, and World of Warcraft

A Design to Broaden Creativity: Lessons Learned from LittleBigPlanet2

A Female StarCraft Player’s Entry into the World of Competitive Gaming

The 2012 Ravellenic Games: Community, Challenges, and Competition

Connecting Workspace Culture to Qualities of Player-Creator Communities

When We Played Video Games With Kids

Welcome to Sackboy Planet: Learning Among LittleBigPlanet2 Players

StarCraft – Where Geeks, Digital Media, and Sports Collide

Knitting Up Hogwarts: A Harry Potter Fiber Craft Community

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