All about Staffordshire UniversityABLE – Vasto, Italy. 19th – 21st October 2011

Dr. Bobbie Fletcher

Programme Leader

Games Technology

Nia Wearn

Senior Lecturer

Games Technology

Staffordshire University - Location

“Established in 1992, Staffordshire University has evolved into one of the country's most dynamic, progressive and forward-thinking learning

institutions. Always quick to adapt as student requirements change, we have become renowned for our groundbreaking new courses and first-

class learning opportunities.”

Staffordshire University - Location

Staffordshire University - Location

At Staffordshire University there are 16,000 students make up the

University's vibrant cultural mix from the UK and around the world.

The University split over 2 campuses – Stoke-on-Trent & Stafford

we’re based in Stafford.

Staffordshire University - Location

This is what our campus at Stafford looks like – it’s taken

from a game we helped

design for the new

students to find their

way around the

university.

Games Technology– About our courses

Games Technology is

the largest department in the university.

We have 470 students

studying a selection of

courses – all to do with making

Computer Games

Games Technology– About our courses

We teach 3D Modelling, Animation, Games Engines, Motion Capture, Production Skills, Audio Engines,

Narratology, Realism, Texturing, Rigging, Legal issues, Games Business, Games Marketing, Flash Games.

Students learn technical skills, how to work with industry standard software.

We aim to help the student develop skills to encourage them to make a wide variety of games.

They work in groups, on their own – but currently we don’t have any distance learning aspects to the course.

Where our Alumni Work

Games Technology– Distance Learning

In Sept 2012 Games Technology will launch a totally distance learning version of our main flagship award

3 Years, 2 Semesters (so the summer off inline with most UK institutions)

Block colour are cores – bullet points are options

3 Years, 3 Semesters (working through the summer)

No options & mix of synchronous and asynchronous communication.

Games Technology– Distance Learning

We have 4 main tools:

Blackboard (VLE)

WikiFor Some

Group work

ForumFor Posting individual

work

Sococo(Realtime

virtual office)

Games Technology– And that’s us...

Most of our Games Technology students are male, 18 – 21, and they’ve come straight to us from school or

college.

There isn’t a lot of experience at our institution with running Distance Learning Courses, especially not

undergraduate courses.

While the UK has a strong tradition of distance learning with the Open University – they concentrate on more

traditional subjects.

So that’s us, it’s nice to meet you all!