Digital Literacy for St. Cloud State University
How can we best design learning experiences with technology? What are the possibilities of gaming and education?
The Future Trends Forum will explore these questions with professor Karl Kapp of Bloomsburg University.
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Building Games on a Shoestring October 4, 2017 Live Online Event
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Karl Kapp on Death by Powerpoint
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https://www.iste.org/explore/tools-devices-and-apps/create-ar-using-these-5-apps
ARize Free for up to 10 experiences
Arloopa Free for up to 10 experiences
Assemblr Free with the QR code
EyeJack Creator Free
Heather Elizabeth Dodds
https://edtechbooks.org/id_highered/immersive_learning_e
The terms ‘extended reality’ or ‘cross reality’ refer to “technologies and applications that involve combinations of mixed reality (MR), augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and virtual worlds (VWs)” (Ziker, Truman, & Dodds, 2021, p. 56). Immersive learning definitions draw from Milgram and Kishino’s key taxonomy (1994) emphasizing the continuum of experiences that range from where a computer adds to a learner’s reality with overlays of information, or a computer experientially transports a learner to a different place and time by manipulating sight and sound.
three different design models (see Figure 3): the ADDIE Design Model (Branson, 1978), Design Thinking (Brown & Wyatt, 2010) from user experience (UX), and the 3D Learning Experience Design Model (Kapp & O’Driscoll, 2009).
Serrat (2008) defines storytelling as “the vivid description of ideas, beliefs, personal experiences, and life-lessons through stories or narratives that evoke powerful emotions and insights” (p.1).
The foundational theory for most XR experiences is experiential learning theory. In cases where users create within XR, constructivist learning theory also applies.
XR experiences can include a story arc (See Appendix D), a tutorial of user affordances, intentional user actions, and place the user into first or third person experiences (Spillers, 2020).
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Mary Nunaley
Karl Kapp The Gamification of Learning and Instruction
Kevin Werbach, Dan Hunter How Game Thinking Can Revolutionize Your Business
Yu-Kai Chou gamification design. Octalysis. https://www.gish.com/
8 core drives:
Meaning
Accomplishment
Empowerment
Ownership
Social Influence. social media, instagram influencers
Scarcity: scarcity with homework deadlines, coupons at the store
Unpredictability and curiosity. scavenger hunt in courses. careful when teaching.
Avoidance
The Octalysis Framework for Gamification & Behavioral Design
https://www.d2l.com/resources/webinars/
motivation
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https://yukaichou.com/octalysis-tool/
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https://island.octalysisprime.com/
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https://yukaichou.com/
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A new report from Phi Delta Kappa International, a professional association for educators, finds that half of teachers have “seriously considered” leaving teaching in the last few years.
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researchers from Penn State say can be as stress-inducing as an emergency room. Teachers enter such an an environment every day, which sometimes feels like life-or-death.
nonprofit program Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE)
half of the students in schools across America have experienced some form of trauma, violence or chronic stress.
After collecting data on those educators’ well-being, observations of classrooms and student behavioral reports over the course of a year, we found that teachers who received emotional regulation training were more emotionally supportive, demonstrated greater sensitivity to student needs, and provided more positive and productive classroom environments. Furthermore, when assessing teachers’ stress levels, those teachers noted considerably less distress, and an improved ability to manage their emotions.
In the face of stressful situations, I instead used techniques like deep breathing and mindful walking to calm my body and mind, gaining that heightened self-awareness to thoughtfully respond to the issue at hand.
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Amelia Harper April 18, 2019
https://www.educationdive.com/news/washington-district-latest-to-eliminate-librarians/552914/
As school districts prioritize their budget needs for the coming year, there is a temptation to cut school librarian positions or reduce them to part-time status as some school districts are doing. The decision in SPS also comes as President Donald Trump, for a third time, has proposed to cut federal funding for the Institute for Museum and Library Services, which provides grants to both public and school libraries.
Research supports the impact that school librarians make on academic achievement, especially with regard to reading and writing scores. For instance, a Pennsylvania study cited in the Spokesman-Review article notes that 1.6% fewer students tested at the below basic level in reading when they had access to full-time librarians. The difference was even greater for minority students and those with disabilities, averaging at about a 5% improvement for those populations. Other research also supports the academic benefit of school librarians and demonstrates how they contribute to learning gains.
But modern school librarians offer so much more. They also teach digital literacy and digital citizenship in a day of easy access to misleading information and fake news. Many oversee makerspaces in libraries and learning centers that have been updated to meet a host of student needs. And they support teachers and administrators by researching information, helping with lesson plans, culling websites to create links that provide the most relevant information, and assisting with technology needs.
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