driver’s seat students kelvin wong university of minnesota moblab
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Driver’s Seat Students
Kelvin WongUniversity of Minnesota
MobLab
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What in the world is that title supposed to mean?
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What in the world is that title supposed to mean?What is the difference between the driver of a car, and the passenger?
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What in the world is that title supposed to mean?What is the difference between the driver of a car, and the passenger?
How is this an analogy of what we do as instructors?
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What in the world is that title supposed to mean?What is the difference between the driver of a car, and the passenger?
How is this an analogy of what we do as instructors?
How can we put students in the driver’s seat? …and have them like it?
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Why is it important for students to want to be the driver? • They learn better
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Why is it important for students to want to be the driver? • They learn better
• They come to appreciate the details
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Why is it important for students to want to be the driver? • They learn better
• They come to appreciate the details
• They will want to learn how and why a concept works
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An example: equilibrium in competitive market• How do we get students to understand this?
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An example: equilibrium in competitive market• How do we get students to understand this?
• How often do they get it right away?
• And if they do, would any of them think it’s as interesting as we think it is?
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Using games
• It’s hardwired into our brains that games are fun
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Using games
• It’s hardwired into our brains that games are fun
• But not games like “Do this quiz perfectly and level up!” or “This exam is like a quest, and each question you get right is the same as slaying a monster”
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Using games
• It’s hardwired into our brains that games are fun
• But not games like “Do this quiz perfectly and level up!” or “This exam is like a quest, and each question you get right is the same as slaying a monster”
• Actual games where students have an objective, and getting to that objective is fun
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Using competition
• Competition adds a whole new dimension to any games
• There is a reason to not do silly things and lose intentionally
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Using technology
• Students today are growing up with technology
• Technology provides constant feedback
• Technology makes our jobs a lot easier
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Putting it all together
• Playing competitive games using technology
• Conditional on not changing by much what you are already doing
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One solution: MobLab
• Play games to motivate a topic, or to apply knowledge
• Results generated instantly for discussion with class
• Accommodate classes of any size
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Let’s try this together
• Go to game.moblab.com• Or download MobLab app from Andriod or Apple
App store
• Log in with [email protected]– X is your favorite number from 0 to 50
• Password: moblab123
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Example: Equilibrium
• Why should we expect a market to be in equilibrium?
• How do changes in supply and demand affect this equilibrium?
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You are either a buyer or seller of oranges
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Example: Tragedy of the Commons
• What are the incentives of individuals when a resource is one that is common?
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Example: Defecting is optimal in prisoner’s dilemma• In a round, you can either push $400 or pull $300
• Push means you give the other person $400, pull means you get $300 for yourself
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The other way we could have done it…
Defect
Cooperate
Defect
F gets $400You
Cooperate
R gets $400 R gets $700
R gets $300R gets $0
F gets $700 F gets $300
F gets $0
Me
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Concluding thoughts
• Games are fun
• Academic games can be effective in helping students learn
• Getting hands-on experience with novel concepts
• When students enjoy and can follow, more likely they will take charge of their own learning – driver’s seat students