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Over the weeks I have done a fair bit of reading about the criticisms of Gamifying Education. There are a number of fair criticisms that I have come across, and I intend to comment on them all...but not all at once mind you.
The Quest to Gamify Education - One goal: To increase student engagement by incorporating game mechanics within the classroom.
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PHYLO: THE TRADING CARD GAME
Phylo is a project that began as a reaction to the following nugget of information: Kids know more about Pokemon creatures than they do about real creatures * . We think there’s something wrong with that. Apparently, so do many others. Phylo is: (1) a card game that makes use of the wonderful, complex, and inspiring things that inform the notion of biodiversity; (2) an exercise in crowd sourcing, open access, and open game development; and (3) FREAKIN’ AWESOME!
Focus is on massively-multiplayer online games and virtual worlds. Students will be introduced to the design elements and production requirements necessary to create and maintain online games. We will study various existing worlds from major commercial worlds like World of Warcraft to free web-based games.
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The Multiplayer Classroom Book
Hi Everybody, I've been asked by Cengage Learning to write a book about teaching classes as games. It's title is The Multiplayer Classroom: Designing Coursework as a Game.
The Multiplayer Classroom: Designing Coursework as a Game (9781435458444): Lee Sheldon: Books
When I first heard about what Lee Sheldon was doing in his college course, by way of a viewing of Jesse Schell's DICE Convention talk (distributed by TED), I looked for more info.
It's possible that an over-reliance on metrics-driven design and extrinsic rewards for in-game actions could lead to a future of "designing shitty games that you have to pay people to play," warns independent developer Chris Hecker. Hecker, who is currently working on the espionage-themed multiplayer game SpyParty , presented his hypothetical "nightmare self-fulfilling scenario" as part of a talk inquisitively titled "Achievements Considered Harmful?" during Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
News - GDC: Hecker's Nightmare Scenario - A Future Of Rewarding Players For Dull Tasks
Games « you found me.
I make alternate reality games : games that are designed to improve real lives or solve real problems. I’ve been making ARGs since 2001 — and you can watch trailers for a dozen of my favorite ARGs below. Many of my games challenge players to tackle real-world problems at a planetary-scale : hunger, poverty, climate change, or global peace, for example (see: EVOKE, World Without Oil, Superstruct). Others are simply designed to make players happier in their everyday lives — by dancing more, say, or by being kind to strangers (see: Top Secret Dance Off and Cruel 2 B Kind). And some have specific positive health impacts in mind: increasing physical activity, for example, or speeding up recovery from a concussion (see: CryptoZoo and SuperBetter).
Books Jones, G. (2002). Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Super Heroes and Make-Believe Violence Gee, J.
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