first steps towards edutainment

First steps towards Edutainment

Fekete Zsombor

Agria Media 2004

Edutainment

Education + Entertainment

Traditional Preparing for life Challenges, Competitions

Modern Colorizing formal education

Games

Illustrations

A New concept

E-learning (?) Video-Games (?)

We

the idea

So... Edutainment?

But there is no content...

E-learning

The place is givenbut still no content

E-learning Dreams

Define games!

Games are... hm…

khm…well…

Classic context of video-games

Prostitution of Games

2 steps towards Edutainment

Taking existing games serious

Making good games

Final Fantasy(English)

MS Flight Simulator(Geography)

Heroes of Might and Magic(Mythology)

Incredible Machines(Physics)

Political Machine(Political Science)

Sim City(Urban studies, sociology)

America’s Army(Military tactics)

Sim Theme Park(Economy)

Some topics of game-science

Video-game genres

User experience and gaming motivation

Virtual environments

Game-design and algorithm

Game-ergonomics

Where to begin?

Thanks for your attention…

Fekete Zsombor

jab-en@jab-en.net

http://ludologia.hu