What makes successful learners? How Minecraft can help us understand social learning

What makes successful learners? How Minecraft can help us understand social learning

The ability to learn socially from one another is a defining feature of the human species. Social learning enables humans to gradually accumulate information across generations. And although we are able to build cities full of skyscrapers, send people into space, and collectively develop cures for diseases, most studies investigating social learning mechanisms focus on relatively simple, abstract tasks that bear little resemblance to real-world …

Social learning: People adapt their learning strategies dynamically

25.04.2025 - To the point. The researchers used the video game Minecraft to study social learning processes in a dynamic, realistic environment. The study shows that adaptability-i.e., the flexible shift between individual and social learning-is crucial for success.