Mark Chen University of Washington
@mcdanger | [email protected]
MAPPING GAMING PRACTICE TO SCIENTIFIC PRACTICE
PARTNERSHIP • UW Computer Science & Engineering
• Center for Game Science (CGS) • Zoran Popović, Seth Cooper, Erik Anderson, and Yun-En Liu
• UW Learning Sciences • Advancing Games as Innovative Learning Environments
(AGILE) • Philip Bell, Andrew Shouse, John Bransford, Nancy Vye, Mark
Chen, and Theresa Horstman
• UT Austin • Taylor Martin and Carmen Petrick
• Funded by DARPA Engage Program
FOLDIT
WHAT DO PLAYERS DO IN FOLDIT?
PLAYER SOLUTIONS SCORE
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HOW DO PLAYERS GET BETTER? COMMUNITY!
HOW DO PLAYERS GET BETTER? COMMUNITY! • Community around Foldit is rich and engaging
HOW DO PLAYERS GET BETTER? COMMUNITY! • Community around Foldit is rich and engaging
HOW DO PLAYERS GET BETTER? COMMUNITY! • Community around Foldit is rich and engaging
HOW DO PLAYERS GET BETTER? COMMUNITY! • Community around Foldit is rich and engaging
BIOCHEMISTRY NOT JUST FOR EXPERTS…
• Emergence of skilled players with little biochemistry training
• Game players beat protein experts
Prior knowledge of biochemistry
None
High school / Basic
One undergraduate course
Majored in biology or similar
PhD in chemistry or organic chemistry
PhD in biochemistry 30 years ago
Professionally involved
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO PLAY FOLDIT? To become competitive, one has to do two things:
1) learn the science
2) participate in the community
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO PLAY FOLDIT? To become competitive, one has to do two things:
1) learn the science
2) participate in the community
FUTURE PLANS • In-depth studies of gaming practice and expert practice
• Assess engagement and learning
• Foldit • Refraction • DNA • and more!
FOLDIT TEAM THANKS: UW Dept. of Computer Science UW Dept. of Biochemistry
Zoran Popović Seth Cooper Adrien Treuille Janos Barbero
David Baker Firas Khatib Andrew Leaver-Fay
Kathleen Tuite David Salesin Joshua Snyder Daniel Suskin Philipp Krähenbühl
Alex Cho Snyder Michael Beenen Hao Lü Lu Sien Tan Ilya Makedon Sean Gottschalk
Mathias Hällman Jeff Flatten Eric Butler Jeehyung Lee Ming Yao Alex Chia
Chris Carrico Philip Bradley Ian Davis James Thompson David Kim Rhiju Das
Yutong Zhao Sayer Herin David Anderson Benjamin Bethurum
Supported by: UW Center for Game Science UW Baker Lab HHMI DARPA Microsoft Adobe
… and all our players!