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Which Games Approaches will work for you?
one size does not fit all
Session Flow
Background
A Broad Church
The Taxonomy
Considerations
Who is Caspian
Europe's leading developer of simulations and games for education and training:
Motor Finance Technology
Delivering programs for organizations such as:
Pharmaceuticals Defense/Policing Education
Thinking Worlds – Unique Engine
Browser Based Delivery 3D Thin Client Approach Standard Browsers Secure Architectures
Designer Centered Learning Focused Trainer Friendly
Enables Rapid Development Easy & Flexible authoring Template designs
Background
Defence Academy commissioned
first ever UK MoD whitepaper on
“serious games”
Aims:
Capture and assess existing evidence for
serious games in education and training
Identify Options in Serious Games
Match learning tasks to an ILS
taxonomy
Assess the DCMT learning landscape
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Session Flow
Background
A Broad Church
The Taxonomy
Considerations
Many types of video game
Many types of learning requirement
Learning Objectives
Planning StrategyProcessTeam skillsSpatialMotorCommunicationCritical thinking
Constraints
CashDevelopment TimeTraining timeUsersInfrastructureSkills
Session Flow
Background
A Broad Church
The Taxonomy
Considerations
A Useful Taxonomy Egocentric Sims
Branching Story Sims
Real Time Strategy Sims
Exocentric Sims
Episodic Sims
Resource Management
Virtual Worlds
Device Based Sims
EgoCentic
http://www.thinkingworlds.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=3
Branching Story
http://www.thinkingworlds.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=3
Exocentric
Real Time Strategy
Episodic
Construction & Management
Virtual Worlds
Device based
Session Flow
Background
A Broad Church
The Taxonomy
Considerations
Considerations
Objectives sought
Technical Deployment
Budgetary Realities
Urgency
Which Games Approaches will work for you?
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