The SportsLab on-line environment is a series of locations with resources and a narrative that drives players’ explorations guiding their team to uncover what they need to create a Parkour shoe design that reflects an understanding of sport research and design thinking.
Moving through a series of Milestones, players explore sports research and design thinking, as well as Parkour, engaging both online and in the real world. Players choose an avatar, interact with other players and NPCs, and find resources that will help them in their quest to design a new Parkour shoe. They conduct hands-on activities that support, extend, and apply the concepts introduced on-line. Ultimately, teams create two deliverables to upload and enter in the Parkour Shoe Design Challenge. At the end of the Challenge, judges, including shoe designers and sport researchers will select the top designs that will win prizes from Nike.