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Innovation

Fostering Community and Combating Student Apathy Through Safe, Engaging Multiplayer Learning Experiences

Wednesday, February 26, 2025
9:00 AM – 9:20 AM East Coast USA Time
Location: A703
Session Type: Contributed Talk
Abstract Description :

Building community through meaningful social experiences can be difficult for K-12 students, but it’s essential for their retention, engagement, and outcomes. In this session, we’ll explore 10 principles for designing virtual experiences that foster friendships, social skills and peer collaboration.


You’ll leave with a ready-to-implement blueprint for a virtual experience tailored to your students. We’ll also address challenges students face when socializing online and how to ensure their well-being without overwhelming staff with supervision tasks. Finally, we’ll discuss why multiplayer social experiences are critical for student development and share strategies to get colleagues and families excited about trying innovative approaches.

If someone was doing a search for your session in the program what 5 words might they use to search for and find your session.: Community, SEL, engagement, retention, connection

Learning Objectives:

  • At the end of this session, participants will be able to design virtual social experiences using best practices.
  • At the end of this session, participants will be able to understand how to ensure student safety and well-being in online social experiences.