Use virtual-world tasks to track learners' application and transfer of skills¶

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Description¶

SPICE develops the Center's back end to track learners' application of skills, which Hughes calls a critical step in developing learners' confidence to teach their children, and something she says SPICE is only able to do because of technology. One method is a "Do Not Enter" room: after learning to teleport, students encounter a room they were told not to enter, and their choices are "recorded as evidence of skill transfer or lack thereof" — teleporting out shows they transferred knowledge to a new situation.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

Back-end technology capable of recording learner choices in the virtual world

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

adult learners in the virtual learning center

Target Learning Goals¶

transfer of digital skills to new situations and individualized instructional follow-up

Address staff technology reluctance by building an empowerment mindset that educators model daily for learners

Examples¶

Key Sources¶

Technology and Family Literacy Case Study: SPICE. (2012). Digital Promise. https://www.digitalpromise.org

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`title`	`Use virtual-world tasks to track learners' application and transfer of skills`
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