From learning design to game design and back; the Cyberdam example

From learning design to game design and back; the Cyberdam example Stichting RechtenOnline Project Leren in een Virtuele Wereld Projectleiding: Diny Peters Pieter van der Hijden Projectpartners: E-Merge Hogeschool Rotterdam Hogeschool Utrecht Strathclyde University Glasgow TU-Delft Universiteit Leiden Thieme Meulenhoff IJsfontein Pieter van der Hijden MSc ( [email_address] ) Stichting RechtenOnline (Foundation Law Online) Sofos Consultancy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Presentation at 39 th ISAGA Annual Conference, Kaunas, Lithuania, 7-11 July 2008

Introduction www.cyberdam.nl

Many game design tools exist

Examples of classifications:

Gaming the future’s language; Richard Duke; Sage Publications, 1974.

Patterns in game-design; Staffan Björk, Jussi Holopainen; Charles River Media, 2005.

Patterns in Game Design; Staffan Björk & Jussi Holopainen; 2005

Relation design tools <-> external goals of game are vague

Learning designers use thei own tools and concepts

Towards a Pattern Language for Networked Learning; Peter Goodyear et al.; NLC 2004

The on-line report on pedagogical techniques for computer-mediated communication; M.Paulsen; 1995

Training complex cognitive skills: a four component instructional design model for technical training; J. van Merriënboer; 1997

Digital didactics

Towards a Pattern Language for Networked Learning; Peter Goodyear et al.; NLC 2004

The on-line report on pedagogical techniques for computer-mediated communication; M.Paulsen; 1995

Training complex cognitive skills: a four component instructional design model for technical training; J. van Merriënboer; 1997

Digital Didactics

Where can game design and learning design meet?

A pattern language; Christopher Alexander et al.; 1977

A pattern describes a problem which occurs over and over again in our environment, and then describes the core of the solution to that problem, in such a way that you can use this solution a million times over, without ever doing it the same way twice.

Educational institutes ask to justify the use of games

Context

Intended audience

Prerequisites

Learning objectives

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How are requirements on learning objectives met by game?

House-of-Quality

QFD – Quality Function Deployment

http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~jadalow/seng613/qfd_summary.html

How are requirements on learning objectives met by game? http://www.pd-trak.com/devtools.htm

Lessons from the Cyberdam project

Welcome to Cyberdam

Welcome to Cyberdam

Cyberdam:

25 Online Role Playing Games

Virtual city as common playground

Internet application to develop, deploy and run these games

Organisation to support it

Welcome to Cyberdam

Welcome to Dharadam Dharadam was created during the 5th ISAGA Summer School in Delhi, India, 21-30 June 2008 by Aashish Bhardwaj (India), Vinod Dumblekar (India), Renata Furman (Poland), Monica Mor (India), Vladimir Solodov (Russian Federation), Joanna Woźniakiewicz (Poland) and team manager Pieter van der Hijden (The Netherlands). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial -Share Alike 3.0 Unported License .

Cyberdam screenshot

Definition phase Set boundaries and external requirements Define the game Explore the domain of possible games Identify basic learning opportunities Know the topic of the game Deep reading Know the gaming environment Cyberdam demo Assessment of available resources Offered/wanted exercise Design relevance Activity

Definition phase

Design phase 1/2 Exploring possible actions between roles Filling the communications matrix Identify relevant roles in the game Assessment of stakeholders (max. 7) Completing and reducing set of stakeholders Categorising stakeholders Diverging complexity Brainstorming on stakeholders Design relevance Activity

Design phase

Design phase 2/2 Set the boundaries for the playground map Determine the magic circle Guard internal consistency All roles: cross check Global specification of activities from step to step Per role: plausible scenario to go from A to B Materials for briefing, individual targets Per role: initial state A and end state B Design relevance Activity

Design phase

Realisation phase NA Make the playground map NA Per role – per step: write instructions NA Realise playground characters NA Recapitulate the design, resolve any issues Design relevance Activity

Realisation phase

Implementation phase NA Preparing first run and launch NA Preparing introduction, briefing, debriefing Design relevance Activity

Implementation phase

Conclusions