Linking
Knowledge Refinement
Principle in Action
Finding Thabo is a hybrid, interactive game designed to connect early learning themes to children’s lived experiences. By embedding learning in familiar South African scenes and prompting learners with questions rooted in everyday experiences and emotions, the game helps children build connections between new concepts and their existing understanding. Parents or teachers access the instruction through the digital app and guide learners to complete tasks using the physical storybook. For example, when learning colors, learners are asked to identify yellow objects in the bedroom picture, such as books under bed and shoes.
Finding Thabo
1. Read instructions to support learning 2. Learners follow instructions to complete tasks
1. Read instructions to support learning 2. Learners follow instructions to complete tasks
Discuss in your team
How would a learner describe what they learned from the learning experience you design?
What are some links between skills your product teaches?
How can you make the connections more explicit?
Principle Definition
Highlight connections between new concepts and the learner’s prior knowledge. Explicitly call out connections, similarities, and differences between previously learned and new material. Learning is facilitated when new knowledge is integrated into the learner’s world.
Linking
Knowledge Refinement
Principle Definition
Highlight connections between new concepts and the learner’s prior knowledge. Explicitly call out connections, similarities, and differences between previously learned and new material. Learning is facilitated when new knowledge is integrated into the learner’s world.
Principle in Action
Finding Thabo
Finding Thabo is a hybrid, interactive game designed to connect early learning themes to children’s lived experiences. By embedding learning in familiar South African scenes and prompting learners with questions rooted in everyday experiences and emotions, the game helps children build connections between new concepts and their existing understanding. Parents or teachers access the instruction through the digital app and guide learners to complete tasks using the physical storybook. For example, when learning colors, learners are asked to identify yellow objects in the bedroom picture, such as books under bed and shoes.
1. Read instructions to support learning 2. Learners follow instructions to complete tasks
Discuss in your team
How would a learner describe what they learned from the learning experience you design?
What are some links between skills your product teaches?
How can you make the connections more explicit?
