GeoMoto: An Embodied Learning Approach to Geoscience Education

Geomoto是一个轨道1游戏/学习项目，旨在促进地球科学主题的参与和深入的概念学习。该项目将创建一个数字游戏学习模块，利用嵌入式学习技术，如微软Kinect或SMALLab，跟踪学生的身体运动，并将其整合到一个游戏/模拟体验，旨在发展他们对动态地球科学概念的理解。Geomoto将使常见的误解浮出水面，并为学生提供机会，通过经验和互动来纠正他们的理解。该项目将国家标准与游戏机制，模拟和嵌入式学习互动联系起来，使学生在各个层面上都能清晰地思考，包括概念，程序和条件。通过与这个动态系统的互动，学生将形成一个概念，地球作为一个流动的，多层次的，复杂的和相互关联的动态系统，而不是作为一个静态的，同质的对象。Geomoto项目将GameDesk研究所的评估驱动的游戏学习设计实践与来自加州理工学院构造观测站、波士顿大学、密歇根州立大学、Bill Nye the Science Guy和行星学会以及纽约科学馆的内容专家相结合，以促进对地球科学主题的深度概念学习。该项目包括实验研究，以评估这些模块在产生强大学习成果方面的有效性。

Geomoto is a Track 1 game/learning project, designed to foster engaging and deep conceptual learning of geoscience topics. The project will create a digital game learning module that leverages embodied learning technologies, such as Microsoft Kinect or SMALLab, to track students' physical motions and integrate them into a game/simulation experience designed to develop their understanding of dynamic geoscience concepts. Geomoto will bring common misconceptions to the surface and include opportunities for students to correct their understanding through experience and interaction. This project links state standards to game mechanics, simulations, and embodied-learning interactions that make student thinking explicit at all levels, including conceptual, procedural and conditional. Through interacting with this dynamic system, students will form a conceptualization of the earth as a fluid, multilayered, complex and interrelated dynamic system rather than as a static, homogenous object. The Geomoto project merges the assessment-driven game-learning design practices of the GameDesk Institute with content experts from Caltech's Tectonics Observatory, Boston University, Michigan State University, Bill Nye the Science Guy and the Planetary Society, and the New York Hall of Science to foster deep conceptual learning of geoscience topics. The project includes experimental studies to evaluate the effectiveness of the modules for yielding strong learning outcomes.