Peer Pedagogies on Digital Platforms: Learning with Minecraft Let's Play Videos (Learning in Large-Scale Environments) - Softcover

Book 2 of 3: Learning in Large-Scale Environments

Dezuanni, Michael

 
9780262539722: Peer Pedagogies on Digital Platforms: Learning with Minecraft Let's Play Videos (Learning in Large-Scale Environments)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0262539721 ISBN 13: 9780262539722
Publisher: MIT Press, 2020

Synopsis

Every day millions of children around the world watch video gameplay on YouTube in the form of a popular entertainment genre known as Let's Play videos. These videos, which present a player's gameplay and commentary, offer children opportunities for interaction and learning not available in traditional television viewing or solo video gameplay. In this book, Michael Dezuanni examines why Let's Play videos are so appealing to children, looking in particular at videos of Minecraft gameplay. He finds that a significant aspect of the popularity of these videos is the opportunity for knowledge and skill exchange. Focusing on Let's Play practices, the videos themselves, and fans' responses, Dezuanni argues that learning takes place through what he terms peer pedagogy-a type of nonhierarchical learning that is grounded in the personal relationships fans and players feel toward one another. Moreover, the Let's Play platform is part of a larger digital ecosystem that enables children to learn from one another in unique ways. Dezuanni explores how Let's Players enable learning opportunities, examining digital literacies, the Let's Play genre, and peer pedagogies. He then presents case studies of three successful family-friendly Let's Players of Minecraft- Stampylonghead, StacyPlays, and KarinaOMG, microcelebrities in a microindustry. Dezuanni analyzes the specific practices and characteristics of these players, paying particular attention to how they create opportunities for peer pedagogies to emerge.

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About the Author

Michael Dezuanni is Associate Professor in the School of Communication and Associate Director of the Digital Media Research Centre at Queensland University of Technology in Australia. He is the coeditor of Serious Play- Literacy, Learning, and Digital Games.

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Publisher
MIT Press
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0262539721
ISBN 13 
9780262539722
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
218