The funded research will include game design, human computer interaction, machine learning, curriculum design, and education assessment. The results will be conducted by integrating STEM+C (computing) curriculum directly into Minecraft.  The researchers hope to integrate this gameplay into educational curriculum, including: Common Core Standards in Mathematics (CCSS-M), Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS-2013), Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA-2017), and California Computer Science Content Standards (CACS-CS 2019).

“Video games provide a technique to engage the next generation of students in a fun and intuitive manner. Games are developed around fundamental activities, or gameplay atoms, which reflect the experiential learning process through a trial and error in-game conveyance/feedback loop.”

This research follows on the groundbreaking research conducted by Clark and BALANCED Media | Technology where we demonstrated Minecraft streamers interacting in-game with data from a chemotherapeutic drug discovery research problem through a special game modification, all the while their viewers could influence the gameplay interactively.

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Popular Video Game Leads to a $1.5M NSF Grant for SMU