The Educational Gaming Commons

Chris StubbsThe Forum on Media+Gaming

2.25.11

Why Bother With Games in Edu?

Why Bother?

• $20 billion industry

•  "The 5th Network"

• 81 million + playing Farmville

• World of Warcraft > Ohio

 

 

Exploring the Impossible

Reaching New Audiences

7 million since 1957* 4 million since 2007

*http://www.aynrand.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=22647

Why Bother?

 

"So what exactly would you say they EGC does here?"

Game Design

hydrogen H+ iron(III) Fe3+ lithium Li+ iron(II) Fe2+ sodium Na+ copper(II) Cu2+ potassium K+ copper(I) Cu+ cesium Cs+ cobalt(III) Co3+ beryllium Be2+ cobalt(II) Co2+ magnesium Mg2+ tin(IV) Sn4+ calcium Ca2+ tin(II) Sn2+ barium Ba2+ lead(IV) Pb4+ aluminum Al3+ lead(II) Pb2+ silver Ag+ mercury(II) Hg2+ zinc Zn2+ mercury(I) Hg2

2+ammonium NH4+ carbonate CO3

2- nitrite NO2-

hydrogen carbonate (or bicarbonate) HCO3- nirate NO3

- hypochlorite ClO- sulfite SO3

2- chlorite ClO2- sulfate SO4

2- Chlorate ClO3

- hydrogen sulfate (bisulfate) HSO4- perchlorate

ClO4- hydroxide OH- acetate C2H3O2

- cyanide CN- 

Game Design

 

• Design

• Development

• Research

• Outreach

• Support

 

"Gamification"aka Gamelike Elements

 

What can I do to make games 

compelling?

 

What can I do to make games 

more compelling?

 

What can I do to make gameslearninganything 

more compelling?

Examples

Campusfood.com

This is great but...

... how can I use these ideas in education?

Un-Attendance

• A carrot, and stick in carrot clothing

Experience and Meters

Lee Sheldon Experience for a grade

Dirk MateerBuying your grade

EduExamples: Role Play

EduExamples: Choice & Leaderboards

 

 

What can I do to make games

learninganything 

more compelling?

Thanks for playing!

Questions?

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