Gaming and education overview

NITLE workshop Bryn Mawr College March 2008 Gaming and Teaching: Virtual Environments for Liberal Education

Plan of the presentation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],(Viking Quest, BBC 2006)

I. Gaming ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Long history of gaming ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Gaming in 2008 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Gaming in 2008 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Eve Online, from site

Gaming in 2008 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],(BBC Climate Challenge, 2007-present)

Genres ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Narrative ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Offshoot: machinima ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Virtual worlds ,[object Object],Antecedents, early digital: science fiction 1984: William Gibson, Neuromancer 1992: Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],-William Gibson, Neuromancer (1984)

[object Object],(LambdaMOO, 1990-present)

[object Object],(from Philippe Codognet, http://webia.lip6.fr/~codognet/ )

Antecedents, digital ,[object Object],[object Object],Avatar spaces -Activeworlds -Atmospheres -There

2d-3d worlds ,[object Object],-Habbo Hotel -Cyworld -Runescape -VMK

Google Earth -Keyhole DB -2d: KML -3d: Sketchup -reach -Geotagging photos: videos Mirror worlds

Augmented Reality ,[object Object],-mobile devices game players general use tools -science fiction explores (Vernor Vinge, Rainbows End )

Web 3d? ,[object Object],-identity as avatar -platform for experiencing digital media -standards?

Interactive Fiction ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],(“Dead Cities”, from Lovecraft Commonplace Book project 2007 http:// www.illuminatedlantern.com/if/games/lovecraft / )

Interactive Fiction ,[object Object],[object Object],(Richard Liston, Ursinus College, classroom example 2008)

Alternate reality games ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],(Perplex City, 2003-2006)

[object Object],Combined with other games, media

Most widely played ARGs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Alternate reality games ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

II. Gaming and education ,[object Object]

21-century boom ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

James Paul Gee’s argument ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Gee on Rise of Nations ,[object Object],[object Object]

Multimedia literacies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Dean for American game (2004) Archived at http://www.deanforamericagame.com/play.html

Multimedia literacies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Context and immersion ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Which educational theory? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Image from Scot Osterweil, presentation to Learning from Video Games: Designing Digital Curriculums (NERCOMP SIG , 2007)

Approaching digital natives ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Gap opens in K-12 ,[object Object]

“ Digital disconnect” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Pedagogical functions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Pedagogy: virtual worlds ,[object Object],Machu Picchu, Arts Metaverse, Open Croquet

Pedagogy: virtual worlds ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Game studies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Game studies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Strategic options ,[object Object],[object Object],(Rome: Total War)

Strategic options ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],(image credit: Jason Mittell)

Strategic options ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Strategic options ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Strategic options ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Acknowledgements ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE) http://nitle.org Liberal Education Today blog http://b2e.nitle.org

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