Connected Learning Summit 2019

Current technology allows researchers to collect gameplay data with an unprecedented level of resolution. Mouse clicks, state transitions, and other user interactions (both inside and outside of the game) can be recorded, stored, and analyzed. With access to this wealth of data it is important to determine which data are useful, and how to make use of this data in ways that will ultimately inform and improve student learning? This symposium explores three approaches used to collect, visualize, and interpret telemetry produced by students playing a game created for Hero Elementary, an upcoming educational television show and suite of educational activities developed by Twin Cities PBS’s (TPT) Ready to Learn program. This session will be comprised of three parts during which the authors will summarize their role in the project, and their approach to collecting or analyzing gameplay data.