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Dr. L. Miguel Encarnação & Jim Bower- Numedeon, Inc.

“Young Students Game-based Career Navigation” Concern over the ability of schools to both prepare and inform children about future careers has been growing, considering that the career market is more dynamic and complex than ever before. ACT and Numedeon developed CareerQuest™, a virtual worlds-based career exploration gaming-experience for young students, to address this issue.

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Dr. L. Miguel Encarnação & Jim Bower- Numedeon, Inc.

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  1. numedeon, Inc. CareerQuest™ Young students' game-based career navigation in a social on-linelearning environment Dr. L. Miguel Encarnação SVP & Chief Innovation Officer Dr. Jim Bower Founder & CEO August 2013 SeriousPlay Conference, Redmond, WA 1

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  4. Economic reality (1) August 2013 SeriousPlay Conference, Redmond, WA 8

  5. Economic reality (2) August 2013 SeriousPlay Conference, Redmond, WA 9

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  7. Hypothesis Early-age career exploration can put school curricula in context and aid college and career decision-making processes. August 2013 SeriousPlay Conference, Redmond, WA 11

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  11. © numedeon, inc. 2004 August 2013 SeriousPlay Conference, Redmond, WA 15

  12. Founded in 1999 7.5 MM Registered Users 100+ games Integrated into a Virtual Learning Community Whyville is Seriously Fun!

  13. Virtual Careers ENERGY FINANCE MARINE BIOLOGY ART August 2013 SeriousPlay Conference, Redmond, WA 17

  14. First Step: Use a game-like structure to see if kids will actively explore the "world of work" August 2013 SeriousPlay Conference, Redmond, WA 18

  15. CareerQuest™ findings (prel.) Stats as of July 26, 2013 • 6,130 visits to the exterior of the ACT club house • 7,183 visits to the club house lobby to meet Kyle the Career Guy • 274,080 total views of club house pages • 6,237 visitors to the club house game room • 4,083 visitors participate in quests (i.e., game) • 44,662 quests played • 31,773 quests completed August 2013 SeriousPlay Conference, Redmond, WA 19

  16. Food for thought • Curriculum infusion to increase relevance? • Career “readiness” assessments during career exploration? • Career out-of-world “internships” based on in-world interest? • Career/PSE recruitmentand sponsorship by businesses based on in-world performance? August 2013 SeriousPlay Conference, Redmond, WA 21

  17. Larger Context: Blended Learning Informal Formal 1999 numedeon, Inc. August 2013 SeriousPlay Conference, Redmond, WA 22

  18. Towards a K-Career Continuum August 2013 SeriousPlay Conference, Redmond, WA 23

  19. numedeon, Inc. Demo THANK YOU Dr. L. Miguel Encarnação SVP & Chief Innovation Officer August 2013 Dr. Jim Bower Founder & CEO SeriousPlay Conference, Redmond, WA 24

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