Educational Games Done By : Hamed Al-Maqbali Department of Instructional & Learning Technology

Contents Uses in Education Resources Definition Specific components Examples

Definition Instructional games are courseware designed to motivate learning by adding game rules to learning activities. They are also a learning tool used during teaching and learning. Home

Instructional games are courseware designed to motivate learning by adding game rules to learning activities.

They are also a learning tool used during teaching and learning.

Specific components Goals: every game has a goal that either stated or inferred. Ex. scoring points, solving problems… Rules: what actions are allowed within a game and what constraints imposed. Competition: games usually involve some form of competition, either against a human opponent, against the computer, against oneself, against chance, against time. Next

Goals: every game has a goal that either stated or inferred.

Ex. scoring points, solving problems…

Rules: what actions are allowed within a game and what constraints imposed.

Competition: games usually involve some form of competition, either against a human opponent, against the computer, against oneself, against chance, against time.

Specific components Challenge: differs from a goal in that challenge is what one has to overcome or succeed at to reach a goal. Fantasy: for motivation. Safety: provide a safe way of participation in a more dangerous or expensive reality. Entertainment: use to enhance motivation and learning. Home

Challenge: differs from a goal in that challenge is what one has to overcome or succeed at to reach a goal.

Fantasy: for motivation.

Safety: provide a safe way of participation in a more dangerous or expensive reality.

Entertainment: use to enhance motivation and learning.

Uses in Education Games can test deeper levels of understanding than just knowledge repetition. Increased skill development and student focus. Increased teacher satisfaction. Improved learning, retention, and transfer of learning. Make learning fun and motivating (Edutainment). Motivate learners via the challenge of competition. Engage the learner in a situation where the learner is competing for a high score. Include elements of adventure and uncertainty. Provide different levels of complexity that match player’s ability. Home

Games can test deeper levels of understanding than just knowledge repetition.

Increased skill development and student focus.

Increased teacher satisfaction.

Improved learning, retention, and transfer of learning.

Make learning fun and motivating (Edutainment).

Motivate learners via the challenge of competition.

Engage the learner in a situation where the learner is competing for a high score.

Include elements of adventure and uncertainty.

Provide different levels of complexity that match player’s ability.

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Examples For more examples of Educational Games in Internet: http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/games/ http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/ http://education.jlab.org/indexpages/elementgames.php http:// www.media-awareness.ca/english/games/index.cfm http://www.educationallearninggames.com/ Home

For more examples of Educational Games in Internet:

http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/games/

http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/

http://education.jlab.org/indexpages/elementgames.php

http:// www.media-awareness.ca/english/games/index.cfm

http://www.educationallearninggames.com/

Resources Alessi, S. M. & Trollip, s. R. (2001). Multimedia for learning. Boston: Allyn & Bacon. http://fcit.usf.edu/mathvids/strategies/ig.html http://www-personal.umich.edu/~espring/bestPractices/games.html http://www.herridgegroup.com/instructional_games.html Home

Alessi, S. M. & Trollip, s. R. (2001). Multimedia for learning. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

http://fcit.usf.edu/mathvids/strategies/ig.html

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~espring/bestPractices/games.html

http://www.herridgegroup.com/instructional_games.html

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