This paper examines the use of Imaginative Education for designing an online learning environment for middle school engineering education. In Imaginative Education, cognitive tools associated with the development of linguistic ability are used to engage learners and frame their learning productively. The Through My Window website applies a variety of cognitive tools related to mythic and romantic understanding through the use of an online novel and interactive learning adventures associated with the novel. The focus of this paper is an AI learning adventure on the website titled Rio's Brain. It was found, through embedded assessment within the learning adventure, that learner's ideas advanced during the adventure. It was also found that the adventure supported the development of interpretive knowledge and created a Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) wide enough to support a range of learners.
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