Overview of gaming platforms, trends and how gaming maps to learning theory

1. They’re here . . Ubiquitous Gaming Platforms – Infinite Potential for Learning

3. Microsoft Xbox 360 Nintendo Wii Microsoft Xbox Sony PlayStation PS3

4. Sony PSP (PlayStation Portable) Nintendo GameBoy SP Nintendo DS

5. Online: free & subscription-based ( Runescape.com , NeoPets.com , MiniClip.com , Webkinz.com ) www Internet Offline: CD-ROM games (Bugdom, Pajama Sam, SpyFox, Sims) Publishers: Electronic Arts , THQ )

6. Who’s Playin’? And How Much?

13. Can “Old School” Learning Take Advantage of Gaming’s Appeal?

14. YES. With smart application, gaming might be the synthesis of all learning theory.

15. eGaming as part of Learning Theorist Ecosystem Cognitivist Experiential Behaviorist RPG/MPG: Social/ Situational Humanistic eGaming

16. eGaming as part of Learning Theorist Ecosystem Gaming uses rewards and punishment to elicit potential from learner Pavlov, Skinner Cognitivist Experiential Behaviorist RPG/MPG: Social/ Situational Humanistic eGaming

17. eGaming as part of Learning Theorist Ecosystem Gaming uses rewards and punishment to elicit potential from learner Pavlov, Skinner Cognitivist Experiential Behaviorist RPG/MPG: Social/ Situational Humanistic eGaming

18. eGaming as part of Learning Theorist Ecosystem Gaming leverages internal cognitive process (insight, info processing, memory, perception) Piaget, Gagne, Bruner Cognitivist Experiential Behaviorist RPG/MPG: Social/ Situational Humanistic eGaming

19. eGaming as part of Learning Theorist Ecosystem Gaming leverages internal cognitive process (insight, info processing, memory, perception) Piaget, Gagne, Bruner Cognitivist Experiential Behaviorist RPG/MPG: Social/ Situational Humanistic eGaming

20. eGaming as part of Learning Theorist Ecosystem Gaming promotes personal acts to fulfill potential, self-directed & autonomous Maslow, Rogers Cognitivist Experiential Behaviorist RPG/MPG: Social/ Situational Humanistic eGaming

21. eGaming as part of Learning Theorist Ecosystem Gaming promotes personal acts to fulfill potential, self-directed & autonomous Maslow, Rogers Cognitivist Experiential Behaviorist RPG/MPG: Social/ Situational Humanistic eGaming

22. eGaming as part of Learning Theorist Ecosystem Role-Play & Multi-User Gaming places learner in context – learning from others – distributed learning in social learning network Bandura, Lave, Wenger, Salomon Cognitivist Experiential Behaviorist RPG/MPG: Social/ Situational Humanistic eGaming

23. eGaming as part of Learning Theorist Ecosystem Role-Play & Multi-User Gaming places learner in context – learning from others – distributed learning in social learning network Bandura, Lave, Wenger, Salomon Cognitivist Experiential Behaviorist RPG/MPG: Social/ Situational Humanistic eGaming