Clase magistral dictada por la profesora Marina Umaschi mostrando diseños tecno-educativos implementados en USA.

1. Mundos virtuales Comunidades Filotecnólogicas para chicos Marina U. Bers, PhD Assistant Professor Eliot-Pearson Dept. of Child Development Adjunct, Computer Science Department Tufts University

2. The DevTech group Laura Beals, PhD student EP Clement Chau, PhD student EP Marcy Hudson, master’s student EP Nauman Khan, PhD student CS Hamid Palo, undergrad CS Cheryl Pederson, undergrad CS Nathan Render, undergrad EP Keiko Satoh, PhD student MSTE Student affiliates: Natalie Rusk; Stephanie Marvel This work and students are supported by the National Science Foundation Career Grant # 044716 and Grant # IIS-0447166

3. The DevTech research agenda Theoretical Design Empirical How to design and implement empowering technological tools to promote positive youth development ? How new technologies can enable new ways of thinking and learning about self and community ? How youth, non-experts and communities use these technologies ?

5. Theoretical Framework “ Positive” Technological Development (Bers, 2005) “ Positive” Youth Development (Applied Development Sciences) (Lerner et al, 2005) Constructionist theory of learning (Constructivism) (Papert, 1980)

6. The “6 by 6 C’s” Model

9. The DevTech Research Program

10. Zora: A 3D Multi-user Constructionist Environment Zora 1999 – MIT Media Lab (Microsoft VW) Zora 2006 – Tufts University (ActiveWorlds)

13. Medical Adherence

17. The study in a nutshell 22 pediatric post-transplant patients at Children’s Hospital Boston (Heart, Kidney, Liver) Using Zora for 8 months from home and hospital. Weekly coordinated on-line activities and access anytime Intense data collection

18. The context Transplant Activity 2006 Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Program and OPO Specific Reports, US Transplant, July 2007 Cost of Transplantation Milliman Research Report. (2005, June). 2005 US Organ and tissue transplant cost estimates and discussion. New York: Ortner, N. J. 6,362 8 Liver 1,401 5 Lung 2,191 10 Heart 10,659 16 Kidney US Children's Hospital Boston $299,000/508,000 Lung $392,800 Liver $210,000 Kidney $478,900 Heart Average Cost for 1 st year Organ Total cost of dealing with issues arising from non-adherence in adults $13.5–16.3 million / year (For adult kidney transplant; Hansen, Seifeldin & Noe, 2007)

22. Zora Log Parser

24. Zora Activity

25. The population Severity Level was measured by physicians using the Transplant Side Effect Severity Scale (TSESS) Version 4 (DeMaso et al., 2004). Physicians rate each patient on a list of 19 different side effects on a 1 (None), 5 (Moderate), or 10 (Severe) scale.

26. Zora activity & time since transplant Zora activity by when transplant received

27. Zora Activity by Age Zora activity by Age =10)

28. Zora activity by gender Zora activity by Gender 9)

34. ClubZora in the World

37. What are youth doing in Zora ?