Game Logic in Moodle Skill Tree research draft 1

overview

there are a few things

1. basic skills
2. basic skill trees
3. country / educational tree / map

example 1

1. adding = "basic skill tree"
   1. • 1+1 = basic skill
      • 1+2 = basic skill
      • 1+3 = basic skill
      • etc...
      • 4+519 = basic skill
      • 45981 + 12349195 = basic skill

Example 2

1. history= "basic skill tree"
   1. wars= "basic skill tree"
      1. world war 1 = basic skill
         • dates that it happen = basic skill
         • who was involved = basic skill
         • time line of events = basic skill

basic skills / basic skill trees is general use of term. as things need more definition, a basic skill turns into a "basic skill tree" pretty simple.

things get complicated... when we move up into how to group stuff together beyond basic skills / basic skill trees.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_Stage
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_stage
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_education_articles_by_country

in above links... every country / educational body has there own set of terms. and how to group different ages, different skills, different grades together.

there are 4 examples below...example A, B, C, and D

EXAMPLE A

• everything on the right hand side (A through E, bad, add) is in thought a "basic skill"
• everything on the left could be thought of as a "basic skill tree" due to more definition was needed to describe / define it.
• Examples 1 and 2 from above would fit in here

EXAMPLE B

• same as "example A" but some "counting numbers, and symbyols" were tossed in. and they turned out to be "basic skill trees", and basic skills becoming numbers 1 through 29
• Examples 1 and 2 from above would fit in here

EXAMPLE C

• we are getting into country / education tree / map.
• this example not real complicated. just kinda point arrows to this and that.

EXAMPLE D

• many to one, and one to many!!!
• as you can see. arrows are going all over the place.
• everyone calls / labels / groups / defines something different. but the same basic skills, basic skill trees are used, along with grades, and ages that differ slightly.
• in games... your normally have different "races" human, elf, dwarf, goblin, etc... that you can play, and each of these "races" normally has a different "skill tree / skill map" some times some skill tree's/map's of races have same basic skills some times they do not.
• the same like idea can be used to deal with (countries and there educational bodies) and how they label / group things.

NOTE: i felt like a little kid with string. and just hanging it and stringing it everywhere i can to try and connect stuff up to one another.

WHY SKILLS and SKILL TREE / MAP?

1. the need for some basic information to tie everything together.
2. example 1
   1. if student A is having difficulty in say adding 5+4 through 5+9's, having a skill tree / map. to search for skills "adding 5" so videos, activities, resources, quizzes, games, with those skill sets would show up. and/or auto adjust to "add 5"
3. example 2
   1. publisher A produces a bunch of books, videos, quizzes, activities, resources. and so does Publisher B.
   2. A Publisher stinks in multiplication tables, but Publisher B does well with them.
   3. student A excels with Publisher A multiplication tables but does average with publisher B multiplication tables.
   4. but students B through Z excel with publisher B multiplication tables. and below average with publisher A multiplication tables.
4. example 3
   1. Publisher AYZD publishs a video covering counting 1 through 10 with fingers. skills = counting 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
   2. Publisher SEZD publishes a video convering counting 1 through 5 with roman numerals. skills = roman numerals 1,2,3,4,5
   3. if a student is age 14 and having problems counting roman numerals what video should the student see?

• a computer is "dumb" it does not know how to link stuff together. a skill tree. lets the computer have some basic idea what is what. and ability to link stuff together.
• a skill tree is not actually creating "activities / resources" in moodle. a skill tree is simply a way to categorize information. something like a "card catalog" in a library, and looking up book information. but in this case the card catalog AKA skill tree, is being used to create a catalog of skills and linking them together. via a skill tree.