Draft outline for Games, Simulations, and Virtual Worlds online course
I’m teaching a course on games and learning during Pepperdine’s summer session. It’s an online course for masters students getting an ed tech degree who may or may not be completely new to the topic,...
View ArticleDraft 2 of Games Simulations and Virtual Worlds for Learning course
Prob could use more on simulations and VWs… Also, haven’t added everything, yet… After that’s done, I’ll have to cut a bunch of stuff since it seems like a lot to cover in 12 weeks. Much thanks to Alex...
View ArticleDraft 3 of Games, Simulations, and Virtual Worlds for Learning syllabus
Games, Simulations, and Virtual Worlds for Learning Week 1: Why Games for Learning Learning content vs. systems, projected identity, learning by/through design, theory of fun Readings: Chen. Leet noobs...
View ArticleDraft 4 Games Simulations and VWs for Learning syllabus
Week 1, May 1-7: Why Games for Learning Learning content vs. systems, projected identity, learning by/through design, theory of fun Readings: Chen. Leet noobs (pp. 1-10). Chen. A statement on games and...
View ArticleGames, Simulations, and VWs for Learning syllabus (download)
Okay, this is the final version, for reals… EDLT 728: Games Simulations VWs for Learning syllabus Or as final as it can be before the course starts. Once it starts, it’ll be the Living Syllabus where...
View ArticleBoardGameGeeks Unite! – micropresentation at GLS 2013
After CCA and CGSA in lovely Victoria, BC, I went off to Madison, WI for Games Learning Society 9 and Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. Yes, that’s 4 conferences in 3 weeks. I’m tired. (And I...
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#GameAWeek Failure! “On the Difficulty of Being an ANT”
Check out unfinished failure: On the Difficulty of Being an ANT: The Interactive Version! Last week and this week, I’ve been sort of stuck in a moment of nonproductivity with regard to the #gameaweek...
View ArticleHUGE NEWS: NEW JOB, NEW CITY
Yes, that’s right. I started a one-year appointment as the Director for the brand-new Gameful Design Lab at Pepperdine this week, funded by a Waves of Innovation grant! I’m in Los Angeles, where the...
View ArticleWhat has Mark and the new Gameful Design Lab been up to? Read this draft...
Empathy and Agency and Radical Games Gaming is not a valueless activity. Deep, meaningful relationships develop through gaming, and the cultural life one leads defines their existence as human. To...
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