Fun and Games with Selective Release

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Fun and Games with Selective Release

• Eileen McMahon, UMass Boston, Carrie
  Powanda-Croft, UMass Lowell, Alena Woods, UMass
  Lowell

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Fun and Games with Selective ReleaseAgenda

• Introduction
• Rules of the game
• Selective release logic map
• The Selective Release Trivia Game
• Lessons learned
• Questions

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Goals of Game Development

• To test the limits of selective release criteria
• To determine applications of selective release
  for academics beyond the basics
• To become more familiar with selective release as
  a whole

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Rules of the Game

• Multiple choice and true/false trivia game
• Raise your hand to answer a question
• Three categories of questions
• Must answer five questions correctly before
  moving to next category
• A bonus question appears after five questions
  answered correctly

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Selective Release Logic Map
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Lessons Learned

• Create a logic map or storyboard
• Allow plenty of time for user testing and
  modification
• Dont be afraid to test out your ideas for
  selective release
• Consider the objective for using selective
  release

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Strengths
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Weaknesses
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Wish List

• Ability to integrate audio and video tools into
  selective release scripts
• Ability to add sound effects and visual effects
  that would play at the end or beginning of each
  tool as a cue and to make the content
  presentation more engaging.
• Ability to see answers to assessments for
  immediate feedback
• Ability to create seamless presentation of
  learning content created from different tools so
  that the student isnt require to return to the
  home page after accessing each tool
• Assemble selective release criteria in graphical
  interface (timeline) to make it more user
  friendly
• Ability to create multiple selective release
  scripts that can be applied to different members
  and groups.
• Selective release script repository so that
  departments can share scripts
• Expanded features added to calculated column
  functionality.
• Boolean logic for creating selective release
  scripts is expanded to include more functions

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We hope you enjoyed the game!

• Eileen McMahon, Instructional Designer/Trainer,
• UMass Boston
• eileen.mcmahon_at_umb.edu
• Carrie Powanda-Croft, Distance Learning Faculty
  Trainer, UMass Lowell
• Carrie_PowandaCroft_at_uml.edu
• Alena Woods, Distance Learning Technology
  Specialist, UMass Lowell
• Alena_Woods_at_uml.edu

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