This document proposes using gamification and digital collaboration to improve student career counseling. It suggests applying game mechanics and design techniques to engage students and motivate career exploration. Popular games and social media could deliver career-related messages and connect students with professionals. Simulations using virtual reality games and gadgets could help students experience different careers to discover their interests. The approach aims to address limitations like limited counselor availability and student engagement by making career counseling more interactive and experiential.
5. 81%High school graduation rate
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6.33 yearsAverage time to get a bachelor’s degree
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59%College graduation rate
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1: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics
6. Significance of Career
Counseling
Counselors, when
consistently and frequently
available and allowed to
provide direct services to
students and parents, can
have a positive impact on
students’ aspirations and
achievements1
1: Dr. Patricia McDonough, professor of education at UCLA (2004)
8. Limitations Of Existing Techniques
◎Student-to-counselor ratio: 3961
◎Less student engagement
◎Inadequate exposure to careers
◎Digital solutions consume time
1: Info for state of WI from National Center for Education Statistics within the U.S. Department of Education (2006-2007)
10. Popularity of video games
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Overall Boys Girls Age (13-14) Age (15-17)
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Source: Pew Research Center’s Teens Relationships Survey, Sept. 25-Oct. 9, 2014 and Feb. 10 – Mar 16, 2015
11. Stats on social networking
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Instagram Snapchat Pinterest
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Girls
Source: Pew Research Center’s Teens Relationships Survey, Sept. 25-Oct. 9, 2014 and Feb. 10 – Mar 16, 2015 (Age: 13-17)
12. 28% (5.8 million)High school students took at least one online
education course in Fall 2014
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71.4%Academic leaders rate learning outcomes in online
education as the same or superior to those in
face‐to‐face instruction
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1: 2015 Survey of Online Learning conducted by the Babson Survey Research Group
16. Improve Retention
Students recall…
just 10% of what they read
20% of what they hear
30% with accompanying visuals
50% if observing doing while explaining it
90% if they do it, even if only as a simulation
Source: Report from the 2006 Summit on Educational Games by the Federation of American Scientists
22. Increase awareness
◎Popular games are mechanical
◎Don’t distract
◎Deliver messages
> Stats on choice to success
> Tips on career exploration
> Links to get more
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26. Example: Scavenger hunt
◎Observe professions
◎Capture responsibilities
◎Record feelings on a BOTG
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Behavior Over Time Graph (BOTG)
27. Psychological Immersion1
◎ Immersion into a game
heightens influence from
(health) messages
implanted within them
◎ Influence is greatest
among those who would be
prone to counter-argue
(health) messages
1: “Using Video Games to Communicate Health Messages: The Role of Psychological Immersion”, Christopher Burrows, U of Connecticut
28. Deliver details
◎Pick a popular game
◎Positive role models as personas
◎Provide career themed tracks
◎Display messages at level start
◎Display benefits at level end
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29. Example: Color Switch
◎75M downloads in 3 months
◎Has 12 different modes
◎Uses rewarded video & ads
◎One mode per career choice
◎Game levels -> careel levels
◎Inter-level progression messages
◎Short videos for more detail
33. Instagram as a source
◎Identify popular career role models
◎Offer social branding on Instagram
◎Demo profession through videos
◎Highlight lifestyle with pictures
◎Benefit from sharing
36. Virtual reality games
◎Fun + Simulation
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◎Keep the fun
◎Include key career aspects
◎Add like/dislike voting
◎Report out
37. “ A game is an opportunity to focus our
energy, with relentless optimism, at something
we’re good at (or getting better at) and enjoy.
In other words, gameplay is the direct
emotional opposite of depression ”
― Jane McGonigal
38. “ The world needs more love and Twitter just
figured out a way to send ‘hearts all over the
world’ ”
― Germany Kent
Research consolidated by Dr. Patricia McDonough, professor of education at UCLA, indicates the following:
• Counselors, when consistently and frequently available and allowed to provide direct services to students and parents, can have a positive impact on students’ aspirations, achievements, and financial aid knowledge (Adelman, 1999; McDonough, 1997 and 2004; Orfield and Paul, 1993; Plank and Jordan, 2001).
• Schools that have improved counseling and college counseling have increased college access for low-income, rural, and urban students as well as students of color (Gandara and Bial, 2001; King, 1996; McDonough, 2004; Plank and Jordan, 2001; Effective Counseling in Schools Increases College Access Rosenbaum, Miller and Krei, 1996; Venezia et al., 2002).
• If counselors were available to begin actively supporting students and their families in middle school in preparing for college, as opposed to simply disseminating information, students’ chances of enrolling in a four-year college would increase (Hutchinson and Reagan, 1989; Hossler et al., 1999; McDonough, 1997, 1999; Plank and Jordan, 2001; Powell, 1996; Rowe, 1989).
• Increasing the numbers of counselors available and the amount of time they devote to college advising tasks is one of the top three reforms needed to improve college access (Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis, 2002; Gandara and Bial, 2001; Institute for Higher Education Policy, 1997; Kirst and Venezia, 2004; McDonough, 2004).
• Counselors have an impact on the following components of the college preparation and advising task: 1) structuring information and organizing activities that foster and support students’ college aspirations and an understanding of college and its importance; 2) assisting parents in understanding their role in fostering and supporting college aspirations, setting college expectations, and motivating students; 3) assisting students in academic preparation for college; 4) supporting and influencing students in decision-making about college; and 5) organizationally focusing the school on its college mission (Hossler et al., 1999; McDonough, 2004)
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Survey of Online Learning conducted by the Babson Survey Research Group, is the leading barometer of online learning in the United States
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Very high effectiveness of data collection measured in terms of retention rate of details
The studies by Hart Blanton and Chris Burrows (prof of psychological sciences at the University of Connecticut), which have appeared online in the journal "Communications Research," revealed gamers who were more deeply immersed in video games received health messages more strongly than less-engaged people
Rewarded videos are modified video ads designed around an in-app economy, granting users premium content such as coins or credits in return for viewing a short video clip. Best practices:
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College Education means
Higher wages
Lower unemployment
Follow your dream
Pick career you’ll love
More-Certain Career Plans in High School
Improve College and Career Success
5 tips for career exploration
College Education means
Higher wages
Lower unemployment
Follow your dream
Pick career you’ll love
More-Certain Career Plans in High School
Improve College and Career Success
5 tips for career exploration
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