Fall Games MOOC Overview and Weekly Logistics http://youtu.be/aXY_pyMipY4

1. Games Based
Learning MOOC
http://gamesmooc.shivtr.com

2. MOOC
M is for Modest
C is for Community

3. Games MOOC
6 Weeks

4. Connectivist
MOOC

5. Social Network
Knowledge
Construction
SNKC

6. SNKC
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Level 1 – Identify the Network
Level 2 – Lurk
Level 3 – Contribute
Level 4 – Create
Level 5 – Lead

7. Games MOOC Part I
Intro to the Course and Topics
Make, Hack and Game!

12. Games MOOC Part II
Week 3 – 6
5 Questlines

13. What is a Questline?

14. Questlines
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Maker Movement
Minecraft
Machinima
Hackathon
Game Camp

15. Week 3 - 6
• Office Hours Twice a Week
• Minecraft Servers Open

16. Asynchronous
Synchronous

17. Monday – Noon MT
Games MOOC YouTube
Google Hangout on Air

18. Wednesday – 7 pm MT
• TWEETCHAT
• First Topic: Maker Movement
– 60 minutes of twitter discussion
– www.twubs.com
– Start with quick intro
– Then 3- 4 questions
– #gamemooc

19. Synchronous Events
• Google Hangout on Air discussion each
Monday at noon
• Tweetchat each Wednesday evening
• F2F and Online Events

20. Scheduled Live Events
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October 26th Minecraft Open House
November 2nd Hackathon Day
November 16th Game Camp
December 6 & 7 Minecraft and More
UnSymposium

21. Social Media

22. Twitter
#gamemooc
@ proximalzone
www.twubs.com

23. Flickr

24. Adding for Questline
• Diigo
• Pinterest
• deviantART

25. What should you do?
• Getting Started
• Introduce Yourself in the Forum
• If you can, attend the Monday noon MT
Google Hangout
• After 1 pm start on the material
• If you can, attend the Wed 7 pm MT tweechat
(even if just to lurk)

26. Social Media Check-up
• Make a twitter account or if you have one –
dust if off!
• Make a flickr account and join Makers,
Hackers and Gamers

27. Hackathons
• Look up Hackathons in your area for
November 2nd
• If you can take a look at one, please do and
report back!

28. Games Based
Learning MOOC
#gamemooc