Game-Based Learning and Nontraditional Students - A Report

Who are “nontraditional students?”

For this research, we defined nontraditional students as students who may be returning to school after pausing their education; working and balancing family and parenting responsibilities while going to school; lower income; English as a second language learners, and the first members of their families to attend college. For our focus groups and surveys, we looked for students that met at least two of these criteria.

The Results:

Students expressed a consistent need for mobile first activities and assessments that make productive use of their time and fit into their busy and unpredictable lives, helping them study on all of their devices while juggling the responsibilities of family, work, and school.

There is a clear opportunity to help these students through improved digital materials, and game-based learning can be an important tool in this work.  The composite that emerged from Muzzy Lane’s research suggests five promising directions for game-based approaches:

1. Auto-assessing whether students can apply what they have learned
2. Building employment skills in real-world contexts
3. Providing safe environments where students can learn through trial and error
4. Developing and assessing critical thinking skills
5. Facilitating learning strategies and student success skills

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