TR99-30

Build, Launch, Convene: Sketches for Constructive-Dialogic Learning Environments

    •  Edith Ackermann, Carol Strohecker, "Build, Launch, Convene: Sketches for Constructive-Dialogic Learning Environments", Tech. Rep. TR99-30, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, April 1999.
      BibTeX TR99-30 PDF
      • @techreport{MERL_TR99-30,
      • author = {Edith Ackermann, Carol Strohecker},
      • title = {Build, Launch, Convene: Sketches for Constructive-Dialogic Learning Environments},
      • institution = {MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories},
      • address = {Cambridge, MA 02139},
      • number = {TR99-30},
      • month = apr,
      • year = 1999,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR99-30/}
      • }
Abstract:

We present design principles and prototypical instantiations of a series of game-like learning environments. The \"Magix\" series supports learning through playful exploration. Extending the engaging nature of constructionist-style tools, Magix play kits foster a constructive-dialogic style of interaction. In the course of creating colorful, animated objects that interact with clones or similar objects, learners can explore emergent phenomena in realms such as geometry and sociodynamic systems. Learners\' moves alternate with automatic moves of the computational device so that the interactions resemble turn-taking in a dialog. This report pertains to WP96-09, TR97-24, WP98-02, and TR98-13.