serious games association - museum games presentation by james collins (smithsonian)
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@JamesCollinsJrlearning.si.edu
Who?Audience
Where?Learning Environment
How?Player Motivation
Why?Learning Outcomes
Who?Audience
Trend: Children and millennials
Assumption: Games only appeal to those < 35
Reality: False, 39% of gamers are 36+*
*Essential Facts, ESA (2014)
Image: http://scottishgames.net/2014/10/24/games-meets-textiles-out-now-strawberry-thief/
Where?Learning Environment
Trend: In gallery or in schools
Assumption: People only play edu games when required
Reality: Partially true, but don’t underestimate home environments.
51% of US households own a console.*
*Essential Facts, ESA (2014)
Image: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axSxOZ2pVBY
How?Player Motivation
Trend: Gamification
Assumption: Points/levels/scores drive participation
Reality: False, intrinsic motivation drivesinterest, fun, and learning.*
*Check out motivation research at create.nyu.edu
Image: http://www.timeout.com/london/kids/against-captains-orders-a-journey-into-the-uncharted
Why?Learning Outcomes
Trend: Standards alignment
Assumption: Game must be aligned to CCSS
Reality: Depends on environment/program/org goals/etc.
Image: http://www.fablevisionstudios.com/ripped-apart/
Museum games are an underdeveloped medium.
We need:More experimentationMore collaborations
More dataMore story
Image: http://prostheticknowledge.tumblr.com/post/117873450421/the-night-cafe-vr-experience-by-mac-cauley
MORE EXPERIMENTATION
Valiant Hearts (2014)
MORE COLLABORATIONS
Image: http://scopicdrive.com/?tag=playnomics
MORE DATA
MORE STORY
“The Stories We Tell”Wednesday, July 22nd
11:30 AM, Serious Play Conference
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