Kaleidoscope JEIRP on Learning Patterns for the Design and Deployment of Mathematical Games: Final Report

Dave Pratt (1) , Niall Winters (2) , Efi Alexopoulou (3) , James Bligh (4) , Staffan Björk (5) , Michele Cerulli (6) , Mark Childs (1) , Augusto Chioccariello (6) , Vincent Jonker (7) , Chronis Kynigos (3) , Berner Lindström (5) , Yishay Mor (2) , Fionnuala O'Donnell (4) , Brendan Tangney (4) , Monica Wijers (7)

1 CeNTRE - Centre for New Technologies Reseach in Education
2 LKL - London Knowledge Lab
3 ETL - Educational Technology Lab
4 CRITE - Centre for Research in IT in Education
5 Department of Education
6 ITD - Institute for Educational Technology = The Istituto per le Tecnologie Didattiche
7 Freudenthal institute

Over the last few years have witnessed a growing recognition of the educational potential of computer games. However, it is generally agreed that the process of designing and deploying TEL resources generally and games for mathematical learning specifically is a difficult task. The Kaleidoscope project, "Learning patterns for the design and deployment of mathematical games", aims to investigate this problem. We work from the premise that designing and deploying games for mathematical learning requires the assimilation and integration of deep knowledge from diverse domains of expertise including mathematics, games development, software engineering, learning and teaching. We promote the use of a design patterns approach to address this problem. This deliverable reports on the project by presenting both a connected account of the prior deliverables and also a detailed description of the methodology involved in producing those deliverables. In terms of conducting the future work which this report envisages, the setting out of our methodology is seen by us as very significant. The central deliverable includes reference to a large set of learning patterns for use by educators, researchers, practitioners, designers and software developers when designing and deploying TEL-based mathematical games. Our pattern language is suggested as an enabling tool for good practice, by facilitating pattern-specific communication and knowledge sharing between participants. We provide a set of trails as a "way-in" to using the learning pattern language. We report in this methodology how the project has enabled the synergistic collaboration of what started out as two distinct strands: design and deployment, even to the extent that it is now difficult to identify those strands within the processes and deliverables of the project. The tools and outcomes from the project can be found at: http://lp.noe-kaleidoscope.org/

Mots clés: design patterns

Domaines: Environnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain

Dave Pratt, Niall Winters, Efi Alexopoulou, James Bligh, Staffan Björk, et al.. Kaleidoscope JEIRP on Learning Patterns for the Design and Deployment of Mathematical Games: Final Report. 2006. ⟨hal-00190430⟩