redefining learning spaces

Pamela Rutledge, PhD, MBA Fielding Graduate University @pamelarutledge Jerri Lynn Hogg, PhD Fielding Graduate University @hoggjl #mediapsych 2015 APA Annual Convention AUGUST 6-9, 2015 TORONTO, ONTARIO

2015 APA Annual Convention AUGUST 6-9, 2015 TORONTO, ONTARIO

2015 APA Annual Convention AUGUST 6-9, 2015 TORONTO, ONTARIO

Two New Learning Spaces Enabled by

Networked Technologies: Online Education

Transmedia Education

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The Bar is High for Educators

Mobile devices create personalizable, on-demand, real time ‘results-only’ learning environments with no boundaries of time or geography

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New Expectations •  Relationships = authenticity •  78% trust peers; 14% trust

institutional authorities •  Content is co-authored •  Less tolerance for

hierarchies •  New understanding of

time and space = fast

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“What can you teach me

that I can’t teach myself?”

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•  Collaborative •  Participatory •  Challenging •  Relevant •  Responsive •  Inclusive •  Respectful •  Deliver Value

Teaching Style

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Strategies for Breaking Boundaries •  Online education

–  Building and managing an online environment

•  Transmedia strategies –  East Los High –  Legends of

Orkney

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Best Practice Online Education •  New forms of interaction

–  Revalues introverts

•  Information in multiple media –  Supports multiple learning

styles •  Delivering material with

redundancy –  Details, clarity; lack of

leverage from F2F

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Virtual Communication •  Nuances of netiquette

–  Attribution errors

•  The hidden meaning in process –  Usability and tech support –  Speed speaks volumes

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•  A picture is worth a thousand words •  Creating mentors •  Connecting over ideas •  Team projects

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Transmedia Strategies

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Whole is less than sum of the parts. Media becomes redundant and less satisfying.

Whole is more than sum of the parts by creating a larger ‘storyworld,’ enhancing sense of immersion and motivating audience to seek out other parts.

Traditional vs. Transmedia Models

Source: http://www.tstoryteller.com/transmedia-storytelling

Anchor: Hulu Videos

Website

@eastloshighshow Facebook

Transmedia Story: East Lost High

Character Vlogs

School Newspaper

Instagram

Tumblr

Links to Resources

Dance Videos

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•  Prosocial message •  Strong story based on Sabido Methodology

–  Dramatic theory for characters and structure (Brewer) –  Emotional and realistic content –  Archetypal characters (Jung) –  Social Learning Theory: Transitional characters model realistic

change (Bandura) –  Frequency allows creation of parasocial relationships (intimacy

at a distance, Horton & Wohl)

•  Narrative stays true across media –  Enhances suspension of disbelief (Bruner)

The Theory of Edu-Entertainment Media

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Addressing Social Issues

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Multiple Platforms Expand Story

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Case Study: Legends of Orkney

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Gamers Are Raising Gamers

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Playing in the Flow Zone Pamela Rutledge, PhD, MBA Fielding Graduate University August 6, 2015 @pamelarutledge

53% of 4th graders admitted to reading recreationally “almost every day,”

Only 20% of 8th graders could say the same.

Book Series

@battlekasters

Facebook

Legends of Orkney

Book Readings

Website Links to Resources

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Literacy Bridge •  Collaboration

–  Author Alane Adams & Artifact Technologies

•  Target –  Young adult non-readers who love

games •  Goal

–  Create entry point to reading –  Link storyworld to mobile game –  Allow players to join book’s characters in story-

consistent quests that motivate exploration

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Location-Based Game Using Beacons Technology •  Bluetooth-enabled sensors deliver

content as players pass by

•  Encourage a range of social interactions in specific locations

•  Recognizes players via mobile devices

•  Players collect virtual cards, solve quests and cast spells

•  Activities link with action in books

•  MixbyTM Technology allows live enhancement

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Game Play •  Each quest is at a new

location in Orkney storyworld

•  Quests teach about native people and creatures

•  Goal: collect all wisdom cards and learn secrets to cast Stonefire spell

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•  Target core psychological needs (Self-Determination Theory) •  Autonomy: Increase Player

Control •  Mastery: Enhance feedback •  Connectedness:

Responsive game play and social interaction

Breaking Boundaries

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Integrating User Feedback •  Highlight audience-character resonance for

better identification and narrative immersion •  Who doesn’t love a bear with a sword?

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Goal Achieved: Young Players Can’t Wait to Read the Rest of the Story

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•  Multiple pathways –  Reaches broader audience –  Gives fans places to explore, i..e. “rabbit holes” –  Provides additional content –  Teaches socially relevant skills, such as reciprocity,

collaboration –  Integrates learning and messaging in context of storylines –  Allows fans to connect and interact –  Highly social component reinforces positive peer behaviors

•  Immersion enhances narrative experience –  Increases persuasiveness of messages –  Creates intrinsic motivation to change

How Does Transmedia Contribute?

redefining learning spaces

Pamela Rutledge, PhD, MBA Fielding Graduate University @pamelarutledge Jerri Lynn Hogg, PhD Fielding Graduate University @hoggjl #mediapsych 2015 APA Annual Convention AUGUST 6-9, 2015 TORONTO, ONTARIO

thank you