IUP, Franklin Regional to assess video game English curriculum to improve students’ decision-making skills
“When Hamlet says ‘to be or not to be,’ that’s a choice,” said Mike Sell, an English professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. “Having students think about challenges they face in life and to be able to take a moment and make the most thoughtful, possible choice, that’s a set of skills that’s genuinely priceless.”
What if students could build decision-making skills and dispositions right in their existing classes?
Thanks to Mike Sell, English professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and recipient of the Alliance for Decision Education Research Grant, that’s exactly what’s happening in the Franklin Regional School District in Murrysville, Pennsylvania.
Through his Digital Storytelling Project, students:
- Explore literature through interactive storytelling
- Design choose-your-own-adventure video games
- Practice structuring decisions and identifying thinking traps
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Digital Learning Today: What is Decision Education? Featuring the Alliance for Decision Education
August 21, 2026Alliance Deputy Executive Director and Chief Strategy Officer Adriana Massara joined the Digital Learning Today Podcast to discuss how Decision Education can be integrated into what educators are already teaching, the increasing importance of decision-making skills and student agency in the age of AI, and so much more.
