e-Learning for kids is a series of online educational games realized by a foundation with the goal of differentiating and complementing the didactical experience of K12 students.

1. e-Learning for Kids
Case study
Giorgio Sironi
NEST project
Alta Scuola Politecnica 7th cycle

2. Description
 Series of self-contained applications
 developed independently
 categorized by subject and student's grade (K12)
 Game-based, continuous interaction to foster
attention
 Goals
 Treat non-classroom subjects
 Availability as additional work for best students
 Differentiates the experiences of students

3. Homepage

4. Homepage
 Starts with customization
 Access to the various thematic channels
 Selection of the student's grade
 Leads to filtered lists

5. Games list

6. Games list
 Topics The subjects list
 math complements K12
education: it is also
 language
oriented to topics that
 science are not treated in the
 computer classroom
 environmental
 health
 life skills
 laundry

7. Game example

8. Game example
 Flow of information
 Audio, video
 Text
 Animations
 Interaction
 Mouse
 Keyboard

9. In-game navigation

10. In-game navigation
 Glossary
 Audio controls
 Audio is not strictly necessary, fallback to textu
 Game play movement
 Back/forward to skip and repeat scenese
 Pause/replay

11. Completion

12. Completion
 Game completion certificate
 Reward for the student
 Printable or exportable
 Customizable with the student's name
 Does not tie-in with other games or the rest of
the platform
 Lack of integration between games

13. Business model
 Funding
 Donations to the foundation
 Grants for research
 Volunteering
 Sponsorships
 Royalties from firms
 Redistributors (e.g. for offline access)
 Resellers

14. Conclusions
 Cost model
 One-time production of content, little maintenance
 Freely available, redistributable for royalties
 Take-aways
 Game-based interactions are attractive for children
 Lack of integration between games should be
addressed
 Experience ends with each game
 Children are not tracked between sessions
 Multiple units (e.g. games) allow to parallelize
development