Cyberscouts: A model for scaling-up afterschool educational gaming

Jacob Dayan, Yael Kali

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Abstract

The research goal is to design an effective model to bring serious educational computer games to afterschool youth communities. This model, which we call the Cyberscouts model, suggests engaging teens in mentoring younger kids in playing virtual educational games. Following the design based research methodology, a pilot study of the proposed model was conducted and analyzed for the next iteration. We find that the teens' ability to view the process "like a 10 year old" had a strong impact on the refinement of the model. More confirming outcomes and challenging outcomes emerged towards the next iteration of the research.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationConnecting Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning to Policy and Practice
Subtitle of host publicationCSCL 2011 Conf. Proc. - Community Events Proceedings, 9th International Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conf.
Pages1209-1213
Number of pages5
StatePublished - 2011
Event9th International Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference: Connecting Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning to Policy and Practice, CSCL 2011 - Hong Kong, China
Duration: 4 Jul 20118 Jul 2011

Publication series

NameConnecting Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning to Policy and Practice: CSCL 2011 Conf. Proc. - Community Events Proceedings, 9th International Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conf.

Conference

Conference9th International Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference: Connecting Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning to Policy and Practice, CSCL 2011
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHong Kong
Period4/07/118/07/11

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computer Science Applications

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