Ideation, playful learning, and making in a Minecraft Virtual Learning Makerspace

Kjartansdóttir, Skúlína Hlíf; Þorsteinsson, Gisli; Kumpulainen, Kristiina; Kajamaa, Anu; Erstad, Ola; Mäkitalo, Åsa; Drotner, Kirsten; Jakobsdóttir, Sólveig

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Ideation, playful learning, and making in a Minecraft Virtual Learning Makerspace

Title:	Ideation, playful learning, and making in a Minecraft Virtual Learning Makerspace
Author:	Kjartansdóttir, Skúlína Hlíf orcid.org/0000-0001-6817-5462 Þorsteinsson, Gisli Kumpulainen, Kristiina Kajamaa, Anu Erstad, Ola Mäkitalo, Åsa Drotner, Kirsten Jakobsdóttir, Sólveig orcid.org/0000-0002-4205-0888 8 authors Show fewer authors
Date:	2022-07-05
Language:	English
Scope:	13
Department:	Faculty of Education and Pedagogy Faculty of Subject Teacher Education
ISBN:	9780367702533 9781000617955
Series:	Nordic Childhoods in the Digital Age; ()
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003145257-11
Subject:	Minecraft; Ideation; Digital literacy; playful learning; Social Sciences (all)
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/3900
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Citation: Kjartansdóttir , S H & Þorsteinsson , G 2022 , Ideation, playful learning, and making in a Minecraft Virtual Learning Makerspace . in K Kumpulainen , A Kajamaa , O Erstad , Å Mäkitalo , K Drotner & S Jakobsdóttir (eds) , Nordic Childhoods in the Digital Age : Insights into Contemporary Research on Communication, Learning and Education . Routledge Taylor & Francis Group , pp. 92-104 . https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003145257-11
Abstract: This chapter discusses a study on Minecraft Virtual Learning Makerspace (MVLM), a virtual playground in an Icelandic rural school. The aim was to understand the pedagogy of using MVLM, focusing on learners’ ability to ideate and build in a playful learning context. The teacher’s learning design and the affordances of Minecraft also framed the learning activities, whereas making provided conditions for experimentation. The chapter shows how multimodal communication supported collaboration, and enhanced design activities and social skills of students. The study contributes to research on playful learning in the context of virtual learning environments and the role of ideation in making.