How can we hit that “Perfect Equilibrium of Skill and Challenge” (from Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi ) while designing a learning program?.How can we make the process of learning challenging and rewarding?.In fact, in popular media like films and comics, the ability to solve the Rubik’s Cube fast establishes a character’s cognitive superiority. The rewards range from feeling good about ones capabilities to social recognition. However, you also know that solving something this challenging can also be extremely rewarding. If you have ever tried solving a Rubik’s Cube you would know that it is challenging and tough. Instead of presenting boring learning objectives, should we present challenges and problems learners will solve during a learning program?.How can we present learning goals in a manner that is enticing?.One interesting point to note is that the goal itself is presented as a challenge. This may be one of the reasons that most Rubik’s Cubes are sold in clear transparent packaging. The manner in which the Rubik’s Cube is designed, its visual attributes and structure, make the challenge and the goal obvious.
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One doesn’t need to read a user manual to understand the goals. The moment you hold a Rubik’s Cube in your hand you are clearly aware of the goal. Here are a few design principles and mechanics borrowed from the Rubik’s Cube that can influence the design of great learning: It has a clear goal Once I had worked through my list, I had an insight that most of these mechanics/features may also apply to the design of great learning.
It has even started an art movement called RubikCubism.Īs I gleaned and read through the volumes of work dedicated to the Rubik’s Cube, I realized that some very simple mechanisms and design elements make the Rubik’s Cube such an enigmatic puzzle.
The Rubik’s Cube has influenced programmers, mathematicians, and comic and music artists. New on-line forums and groups spring-up almost every day on the Internet while people organize meetups to solve the puzzle in groups and initiate new members into the exciting world of speed solving the Rubik’s Cube. Hundreds of books have been written on the Rubik’s Cube by authors ranging from Mathematicians to science fiction and pop culture writers.
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