Modeling the SP
It’s all about modeling the SP, the Student Player. That’s the raison d’être for Virtual Incubator. But what exactly is being modeled? And who is it being modeled for?
I think it goes like this…
- Motivation
- Competency
- Effectiveness
People who would be entitled to get a report would be:
- the student player
People who might want a report could include:
- student player
- student player’s mother
- truant officer
- counselor
- school teacher
- tutor
- course designer
- prospective employer
- current employer
- prospective business partners
- angel investors
There are ethical issues to be worked through here. Maybe a release form to be completed by the SP on registering?
Here it is expanded a bit:
- motivation
- friendship
- immersion
- inquiry
- achievement
- leadership
- competency
- acting
- interacting
- contributing
- communicating
- thinking
- efficiency
- initiative
- direction
- planning
- negotiation
- empathy
- networks
- balance
How they are scored is in the blender at the moment, but first thoughts are this:
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
Where:
-3 strongly negative
-2 negative
-1 slightly negative
0 was not observed
1 slightly positive
2 positive
3 strongly positive
So, for examples:
Bartle’s killer is identified by friendship -3;
An SP who has become somewhat isolated is interacting -1;
An SP who waits for others to act may be initiative -2;
A score of 0 against empathy does not mean no empathy.