Jean Baptiste Huynh's presentation from CounterPlay '14.

1. Norway Algebra Challenge
Who said school can´t change?

2. The game I am playing
Improve math
learning

3. How to improve learning?
The learner is
KING

4. We need tools!
Interactive
engaging
pedagogical
resources

5. Games are part of the solution!

6. Usage as important as the tool!

7. From game design to
learning XP design

8. Learning XP Design
Learning party!!!!!

9. What happened?
Prime minister opening the
challenge
And Everything went out of
control…..

12. What is Norway Algebra Challenge
Flash learning event
13-17 january 2014
36,000 kids – k-12
1,000s of teachers
8,000,000 equations solved
Super successful event!

13. Results
93% mastery for all students that
participated for 1.5 hours
63% achieved mastery = 23,000
kids
We measure mastery without
disturbing kids! Fomative
assessment holy grail!

14. The good news
We can create powerful learning
resources
We can design learning events
We can implement them
These events are extremely
efficient
We can improve both resources
and events and results

15. Design the task is fondmanental
TRUST THE KIDS!
They ll find out!

16. Students learn/do anything if right setting
Tap into kid s
engagement
and passion

17. Same error as pedagogy
We don t give kids
the right reasons
to learn!

18. Social and competitive setting paramount
CLANS
TOGETHERNESS
INDIVIDUAL GOALS
ALIGNED

19. Meaning
Giving meaning

20. Learning by age group suboptimal

21. Learning XP design principles
Meaningful
Respectful
Natural

22. What´s next
LEARNING
BATTLE
Norway vs
Denmark

23. Next step for research
Explore
learning human
interaction
at big scale