hi shakao - thanks for getting back to me. I’ve downloaded that skillmap and I’m poking around.
I just want to say to start that I think these skill maps are a great development. I think it really helps with learner navigation and motivation.
I wrote a bit about this in a book chapter about game making I’ve just finished.
Physical Maps of Missions: To support younger coders unsure what to do next or who struggle to stay on task, I sought to create another kind of map to help them navigate their game making journey. I printed out a large-scale colour map of a coastal landscape stylised in a way that mirrored a map used for navigation in an quest-themed computer game. The game pattern missions where represented as different islands . Learners took time to create and personalise a movable marker representing themselves. When learners selected their next mission, they moved their counter to the relevant island. Thus learners had to be intentional about their next goal and were implicitly encouraged to stick to it. They also kept a track of the missions that they had completed by tracing a trail as they progressed. In addition the colourful, physical and visual representation served to encourage a sense of community and peer learning. When moving the counter on the map I prompted them to reflect on the coding concepts or other learning dimensions that they have been working with. As learners traced a trail between the different island/missions they had visited, the map provoked learners to reflect on their journey and progress. This approach may be too labour and time intensive for many class environments. I am currently investigating replicating this process using online tools to reduce complexity and preparation time.
So you can see how this online way of recording progress would be great. I may well struggle to fit all of the patterns / features into one skill map. I’m working with about 25 - https://mca-platformer-examples.glitch.me/
So any advice is welcome.
One question - I noticed the following
alternatesources : combine progress info from the skillmap URL linked here into the progress stats for this skillmap
Could this help me break up the achievement map? Are there any docs on this? How would users navigate between skillmaps?
Also another question / possible feature request that would help fit in more to a skill map. It is possible to arrange more that one path / standalone activity on each line?
Forgive the primitive mock up.
Many thanks!