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Here are my slides and some resources I discussed during me presentation. Thanks everyone for attending. Hope everyone got some useful information for designing games and simulations for learning. The Role of Games and Simulations in Learning View more presentations from Karl Kapp. 1. An experience as an avatar can change a person’s real life perceptions. […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Stories are an important element in instructional games and are critical for fostering higher order thinking skills. But it is not the outcome of the story where the learning occurs, it is through the process of the story unfolding. As the leaner journeys through the story, the decisions that are made, the objects chosen the […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →There are several ways to look at games and motivation. One way is to examine games through the four factor model developed by John Keller, this model is well known in the field of instructional design and is used as a framework in creating e-learning and courseware. The model is called ARCS with the letters […]
Continue Reading →Interesting comment the other day, Dianne asked: Just curious if you make a distinction between gamification and serious games. (I think getting overly wedded to terminology is a distraction from looking at the quality, or lack thereof, of particular games, but do see that the emphasis seems a bit different when people talk about the […]
Continue Reading →The “do over” in board or card games and the replay button in video games is an important game element that is often overlooked. The replay button or do over gives the player permission to fail. In games, failure is an option. And it’s a good one. Allowing a player to fail with minimal consequences […]
Continue Reading →“A game is a system in which players engage in an abstract challenge, defined by rules, interactivity and feedback that results in a quantifiable outcome often eliciting an emotional reaction.” Let’s look at each element of the definition: System—A set of interconnected elements occur within the “space” of the game. A score is related to […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →I don’t work with the game Immune Attack but got this notice today that they are looking for teachers to help test it. If you know a teacher, pass this information along. Immune Attack is a 3rd person shooter inside a human body. Your ray gun can activate proteins and locate cytokines. But can you […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →So yesterday I posted a definition of “Game” but shortly after I posted it, someone pointed out that I forgot to include “fun” and Stephen Downes, not without merit, pointed out that it is a “mug’s game” to define “game” nevertheless I will persist with the act of defining game and also examine the case […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →What is a game? There have been many different definitions and attempts at defining the term “game” but I think one of the most appropriate definitions for application in an instructional setting was put forth by Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman in their book Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals The only change I have […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →Gamification is using elements traditionally thought of as “fun” or game-like to promote learning and engagement. In a real situation, learning to be safe is serious business but placing a person in a safe environment and letting them gain experience through trial and error in an online simulation brings an allowable element of failure into […]
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