Using Video Games to Level Up Collaboration for Students

Using Video Games to Level Up Collaboration for Students provides a research informed, systematic approach for using cooperative multiplayer video games as tools for teaching collaborative social skills and building social connection.

Matt Harrison has been using Python since 2000. He runs MetaSnake, which provides corporate training for Python and Data Science. He is the author of Machine Learning Pocket Reference, the bestselling Illustrated Guide to Python 3, and Learning the Pandas Library, among other books

1. Setting the scene for digital games-based intervention 2. Research informing Level Up Collaboration 3. Getting started with the Level Up Collaboration intervention 4. Stage A - Using explicit skill instruction and video review 5. Stage B - Promoting interactions during cooperative gameplay 6. Stage C - Guided reflection 7. Introducing 15 Target Skills 8. Assessing collaboration during play 9. Game design that creates the conditions for collaboration 10. A guide to existing video games suitable for social skills intervention