Towards the Formalisation of Learning in Video Games: Resources and Tools to become Legendary

Presentation at the Irish Game-based Learning conference, Cork, June 2017.

Full abstract: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317617780_Towards_the_Formalisation_of_Learning_in_Video_Games_Resources_and_Tools_to_become_Legendary

Transcript

1. Resources and tools to become legendary Jose Dominguez Maynooth University @josmasflores
2. @josmasflores jose.dominguez@insight-centre.org
3. Resources and tools to become legendary Full version of the Abstract
4. §This talk is NOT about
5. § This talk is NOT about § Using games to learn certain topics or transferable skills
6. § This talk is NOT about § Using games to learn certain topics or transferable skills § Using games to learn about technical topics
7. § This talk is NOT about § Using games to learn certain topics or transferable skills § Using games to learn about technical topics
8. §This talk is about learning to be better at videogames
9. § This talk is about learning to be better at videogames §Particularly in the case of MOBAs such as League of Legends
11. Multiplayer Online Battle Arena
15. §eSports (competitive gaming) is increasingly becoming a career path
18. § eSports are increasingly becoming a career path. § Pro Players: average salary in $75,000 a year. § A minimum of $12,500 per split (two splits a year) § Championship prizes (several tournaments a year) § Sponsorships § Big names make an estimated $1M in a year § Dota2 players get paid more (in average) Source: https://www.lol-smurfs.com/blog/lol-pros-salary/
20. Streamers and amateur player coaches Neace recently announced 1000 Twitch subscriptions, providing a base salary of $2,500. He also coaches ($30/session), and receives once-off donations.
21. § Let’s see some numbers…
22. § Let’s see some Youtube numbers…
23. § Let’s see some Youtube numbers…
24. §Fantastic tools for learning
25. §Fantastic tools for learning §Fantastic tools for practice and reflection
26. §The Practice Tool
27. § The Practice Tool
29. §Replay functionality for analysis and reflection
34. Folkestad (2006) defines formalised learning situations as those that occur within institutional settings, as opposed to those that happen in informal ways. Folkestad, G. (2006) ‘Formal and informal learning situations or practices vs formal and informal ways of learning’, British journal of music education. Cambridge Univ. Press, 23(2), pp. 135–145.
35. How Formal or Informal is a paid coaching session or helper app?
36. 7 Schools that offer eSports Programmes (2017). Available at: https://www.redbull.com/sg-en/7-schools-that- offer-esports-programmes (Accessed: 14 March 2017).
38. In the same way that parents today pay for extra tuition and out of school activities such as coding camps, sports practice, or music classes, will they ever be willing to pay for their children to skill up at playing video games?
39. § In the same way that parents today pay for extra tuition and out of school activities such as coding camps, sports practice, or music classes, will they ever be willing to pay for their children to skill up at playing video games? This idea may sound ridiculous to most. Recent trends, however, seem to indicate that it may not be as absurd as it first appears.
40. § School ain’t cool: Even if we had these tools in schools… would they work? There’s so much about video games (uncertainty, rewards, excitement, and so forth), that we cannot know if these tools would help in school, but there’s a chance they would. § How do these gaming companies that, in principle, don’t worry too much about pedagogy and theories of learning come up with such fantastic tools? § The social environment in which LoL players interact is much more natural than those presented in MOOCs. § LoL is about teamwork and strategy, so there are plenty of transferable skills to learn too. But it is also about mathematics, theorycraft, statistics, APIs and much more.
41. The Shutdown Law (South Korea, 2011) prevented children aged 16 or below from playing online games between 10:30pm and 6:00am. The rules were later amended to allow parents to make their own choices. SAD story of the day: Watch the documentary ‘Love Child’ by Valerie Veatch, 2014. Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32996009
42. § Edutainment: http://caricom.org/images/uploads/images/13904/edutainment.jpg § QBsaic: http://www.chiptape.com/chiptape/image/big%20games/2Gorillas%20Deluxe%20+%20qbasic.jpg § App Inventor logo: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/MIT_App_Inventor_logo.png/768px- MIT_App_Inventor_logo.png § Summoner’s rift tower: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ie-DPqwJ1e0/U5G7- Ty22qI/AAAAAAAARMQ/CsHYFDrmIFU/s1600/ytte.jpg § Summoner’s rift map: https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/5/53/Summoner%27s_Rift_Update_Map.png § Summoner’s rift fight: http://img3.mmo.mmo4arab.com/lol/2015/10/26/srf1640.jpg § Practice tool images: http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/features/practice-purpose § Replay tool: http://media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/feed_manager_auto_publish_494/d345e2926bca27641418e713a9b3157 d § Replay tool 2: https://esportsedition.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Riot-LoL-Replay.jpg § MSI crew: http://riot-web-cdn.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/lolesports/s3fs- public/styles/centered/public/msi17_onair_talent_infographic.jpg