Game Informed Learning & Web 2.0 in CMVM Michael Begg, Learning Technology Section College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine University of Edinburgh

Game Informed Learning & Web 2.0 in CMVM Game Based and Game informed Learning Game Based learning often seeks to embed learning (or teaching) within the recognisable context of a game Game Informed Learning suggests that learning is a game and, as such, should have more game-like qualities Both recognise that of all teaching delivery modes - the computer is the easiest to walk away from Social Technologies: Pioneer to mainstream Game Informed Learning

Game Based and Game informed Learning

Game Based learning often seeks to embed learning (or teaching) within the recognisable context of a game

Game Informed Learning suggests that learning is a game and, as such, should have more game-like qualities

Both recognise that of all teaching delivery modes - the computer is the easiest to walk away from

Game Informed Learning & Web 2.0 in CMVM Commonalities of Games and Learning Environment comprising challenges, specific vocabularies, advancement through acquisition of knowledge and associated artefacts Engagement Computers are easier than other mediums to walk away from so they must engage, entrance, involve The player must have context (character) and consequential impact (agency) Feedback should be immediate (response to consequential action) and summative (performance stats) Social Technologies: Pioneer to mainstream Game Informed Learning

Commonalities of Games and Learning

Environment comprising challenges, specific vocabularies, advancement through acquisition of knowledge and associated artefacts

Engagement

Computers are easier than other mediums to walk away from so they must engage, entrance, involve

The player must have context (character) and consequential impact (agency)

Feedback should be immediate (response to consequential action) and summative (performance stats)

Game Informed Learning & Web 2.0 in CMVM GIL and Learning Design BLOOM - from knowledge to evaluation From EROS to the Labyrinth Social Technologies: Pioneer to mainstream Game Informed Learning

GIL and Learning Design

BLOOM - from knowledge to evaluation

From EROS to the Labyrinth

Game Informed Learning & Web 2.0 in CMVM EROS - the knowledge base Social Technologies: Pioneer to mainstream Game Informed Learning

EROS - the knowledge base

Game Informed Learning & Web 2.0 in CMVM Labyrinth - synthesis Social Technologies: Pioneer to mainstream Game Informed Learning

Labyrinth - synthesis

Game Informed Learning & Web 2.0 in CMVM WIKI Social Technologies: Pioneer to mainstream Web 2.0

WIKI

Game Informed Learning & Web 2.0 in CMVM BLOG Social Technologies: Pioneer to mainstream Web 2.0

BLOG

Game Informed Learning & Web 2.0 in CMVM POD/VOD Social Technologies: Pioneer to mainstream Web 2.0

POD/VOD

Game Informed Learning & Web 2.0 in CMVM BREEZE Social Technologies: Pioneer to mainstream Web 2.0

BREEZE

Game Informed Learning & Web 2.0 in CMVM Social Technologies: Pioneer to mainstream A Report To The Academy

Game Informed Learning & Web 2.0 in CMVM Web 2.0 is… Devolution of authoring German medical schools effectively authoring their own textbooks Warwick - VLE is a blog Living Knowledge Restless, fluid, ever changing, swelling Speed, Lightweight, thin Can an institution keep up? Social Technologies: Pioneer to mainstream A Report To The Academy

Web 2.0 is…

Devolution of authoring

German medical schools effectively authoring their own textbooks

Warwick - VLE is a blog

Living Knowledge

Restless, fluid, ever changing, swelling

Speed, Lightweight, thin

Can an institution keep up?

Game Informed Learning & Web 2.0 in CMVM The Dissolving of the VLE “ Features” are being superseded by “services” and “clients” Integration / Insinuation Data flow passing from service to service, client to client, user to user The implications are scary - and exciting! How do fixed environments respond to the need for fast, fluid flow and exchange? Social Technologies: Pioneer to mainstream A Report To The Academy

The Dissolving of the VLE

“ Features” are being superseded by “services” and “clients”

Integration / Insinuation

Data flow passing from service to service, client to client, user to user

The implications are scary - and exciting!

How do fixed environments respond to the need for fast, fluid flow and exchange?

Game Informed Learning & Web 2.0 in CMVM Blackboard / WebCT Social Technologies: Pioneer to mainstream A Report To The Academy

Blackboard / WebCT

Game Informed Learning & Web 2.0 in CMVM Institutional Concerns quality control, “appropriate” content, data protection, policing, administration, controlling, containing, partitioning… Be very clear - this is the antithesis of Web 2.0 Web 2.0 generates data - at an astonishing rate - that is what it does! Case - wikipedia v Encyclopaedia Britannica The filtering and feeding is the real skill - and it is user driven Social Technologies: Pioneer to mainstream A Report To The Academy

Institutional Concerns

quality control, “appropriate” content, data protection, policing, administration, controlling, containing, partitioning…

Be very clear - this is the antithesis of Web 2.0

Web 2.0 generates data - at an astonishing rate - that is what it does!

Case - wikipedia v Encyclopaedia Britannica

The filtering and feeding is the real skill - and it is user driven

Game Informed Learning & Web 2.0 in CMVM Contact: michael.begg@ed.ac.uk College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine Learning Technology Section University of Edinburgh Thank You

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