Game-Based LearningVideo Games as Learning tools &
making games as systems thinking
Michelle AubrechtGraduate Assistant
Digital Union
Game-Based LearningVideo Games as Learning tools &
making games as systems thinking
Michelle AubrechtGraduate Assistant
Digital Union
Educational GamesInquiry based, constructivist approach that
allows students to engage with the learning material in an authentic, safe environment
(Becker, 2007)…games and game modification are currently key entry points for many young people into digital literacy, social communities, and tech-savvy identities. (Salen, 2007, p. 302)
Michelle x1
DigitalUnion
Time 50 minutes
Points 0
Games intrinsically use a Constructivist Approach
Instructionist
Built on communications theory, behaviorism, & cognitivism
Students submit to the teacher to acquire knowledge, practice to achieve mastery & knowledge acquisition
Contructivist:
Contemporary learning theory built on Dewey & Vygotsky.
Students are meaning-makers, learning through a process of meaning-making in social contexts, derived from experiences, & influenced by communities of practice. Meaning-making results in production.
Michelle x1
DigitalUnion
Time 50 minutes
Points 0
Michelle x1
DigitalUnion
Time 50 minutes
Points 0
Gaming LiteracyComponent of Digital literacy
Game literacy is: multidimensional combination of practices from both “traditional literacy theories and Constructionist digital Literacy”
(Caperton, 2010, p. 3)
Michelle x1
DigitalUnion
Time 50 minutes
Points 0
Component of Digital literacy
Game literacy is: multidimensional combination of practices from both “traditional literacy theories and Constructionist digital Literacy”
(Caperton, 2010, p. 3)
Gaming Literacy
Michelle x2
DigitalUnion
Time 40 minutes
Points 0
Level UP!
Michelle x2
DigitalUnion
Time 40 minutes
Points 500
Definition of game and play from Rules of Play by Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman
Play: "Play is free movement within a more rigid structure." p. 304
.
Game: "A game is a system in which players engage in an artificial conflict, defined by rules, that results in a quantifiable outcome." p. 80
Michelle x2
DigitalUnion
Time 40 minutes
Points 500
Definition of game and play Play and games: The relationship between games and
play can be structured in two ways:
Games are a subset of play: Games constitute a formalized part of all activities considered to be play.
And Play is an element of games: Play is one way to frame the complex phenomenon of games." p. 311
Michelle x2
DigitalUnion
Time 40 minutes
Points 500
Difference between gameand simulation
Games suspend the rules of reality in order to establish the rules of the game
Simulations attempt to model a system in a manner that is consistent with reality
(from Squire: Video Games in Education)
Michelle x2
DigitalUnion
Time 40 minutes
Points 500
What is a simulation?
PhET, University of Colorado
Michelle x2
DigitalUnion
Time 40 minutes
Points 500
What is a simulation?
PhET, University of Colorado
Michelle x3
DigitalUnion
Time 30 minutes
Points1000
Level UP!
Michelle x3
DigitalUnion
Time 30 minutes
Points1000
freedom to experiment
freedom to fashion identities (defining the self/understanding theirrelationship to others and the world)
freedom of interpretation
freedom of effort (can alternate between intense and relaxed)
freedom to fail (step towards mastery)
Exercise FreedomGrowing through failure
and exploration.
Michelle x3
DigitalUnion
Time 30 minutes
Points1000
3 ways to use games1. Students build games using free or a low-cost game engine
software, or physical materials;
2. Educators and/or developers build educational games from scratch or use free or purchased game engine software;
3. Educators integrate commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) games and online games into the curriculum.
Michelle x3
DigitalUnion
Time 30 minutes
Points1000
Students make games
Michelle x3
DigitalUnion
Time 30 minutes
Points1000
using games in the classroomBefore you assign a game
- know your teaching goal-evaluate the game for relevance to your topic- then decide how a game can serve that learning outcome- integrate it into your curriculum- decide how you will evaluate the process
group participationwritinghomework – playing a game instead of
readingis a grade necessary
Michelle x3
DigitalUnion
Time 30 minutes
Points1000
Before you assign a game- know your teaching goal-evaluate the game for relevance to your topic- then decide how a game can serve that learning outcome- integrate it into your curriculum- decide how you will evaluate the process
group participationwritinghomework – playing a game instead of
readingis a grade necessary?
using games in the classroom
Michelle x4
DigitalUnion
Time 30 minutes
Points1000
Level UP!
Michelle x4
DigitalUnion
Time 20 minutes
Points1500
Examples of Games online
http://www.persuasivegames.com/
http://www.socialimpactgames.com/
http://www.games2train.com/
Games to Train Health Games ResearchSocial Impact Games
http://www.healthgamesresearch.org/
Persuasive Games
Michelle x4
DigitalUnion
Time 20 minutes
Points1500
21st Century Learning skills
Problem solving skillsAnalytical skillsCritical thinking skillsSystems thinkingScientific thinkingEvidence-based reasoning
Skills
Michelle x4
DigitalUnion
Time 20 minutes
Points1500
21st Century Learning skills
Problem solving skillsAnalytical skillsCritical thinking skillsSystems thinkingScientific thinkingEvidence-based reasoning
Skills
Michelle x4
DigitalUnion
Time 20 minutes
Points1500
Michelle x5
DigitalUnion
Time 20 minutes
Points1500
Level UP!
Michelle x5
DigitalUnion
Time10 minutes
Points2000
Should games be used to teach at the University?
What have you learned playing games?
http://www.peacemakergame.com/
http://www.gamesforchange.org/play
http://www.columbinegame.com/index.htm
You WIN!Congratulations!