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Creating Educational Media that Doesn't Stink (PDF)
The document discusses the challenges and myths of designing educational media and games, emphasizing the importance of creating relevant learning experiences that engage students. It critiques common misconceptions in educational design and outlines a model for effective game development that begins with broad educational goals and understanding the learner's needs. The authors advocate for collaboration between educators and designers to ensure that educational games are not only entertaining but also successful in achieving learning outcomes.
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- 5. what I see when p e o p l e learn sustains interest long enough to reach understanding driven by learner’s interest opportunity for learning offered in appropriate place and time gives practice and application when needed is relevant
- 6. what I see when p e o p l e learn hard enough when learners want to learn something designing learning experience very difficult when they don’t we have to use other tools to drive learning
- 8. To make thebest educational games... don’t try to just teach, don’t try to just make a game, think about how to design a learning experience
- 9. Learning is Our job is to fun. NOT screw that up. -- Daren Carstens, Educational Software Designer
- 10. How do we make educational experiences STINK? that
- 11. myths of educational design It SEEMS e d u c a t i o n a l , so it must B E .
- 13. myths of educational design If I KNOW i t , teach I must be able to it.
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- 16. myths of educational design I f th ey HEAR IT they will L E A R N it.
- 17. Education is anatural process... and is acquired NOT BY l i s t e n i n g to w o r d s , but by e x p e ri e n c e s in the environment . -- Maria Montessori, Learning Visionary
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- 21. myths of educational design I h a v e a n IDEA great for a game .
- 22. The game idea isn’t the thing. The process to make the game, meet objectives, test with the learner, evaluate success, is the thing.
- 23. initial idea =final product idea evolves into final product
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- 26. E D UC AT I O N A L game designm o d e l ... what doesn’t work: • game makers serve as educational designers • educators make their own games educators developers design make
- 27. E D UC AT I O N A L game designm o d e l Start with... • Broad educational goals. • Any of the following: • audience (age, info, existing knowledge) • use environment (where, by whom, seat time, platform) • budget • timeline
- 28. what does thelearner how will we know if need to be able to do? we are successful? how much time does learner have? how much time do we have? where and how will this be used? define what will games allow? outcomes who is our why doesn’t our learner learner? already know this? how is this content currently taught? what needs to be practiced and what needs to be understood?
- 29. E D UC AT I O N A L game designm o d e l our process does work
- 30. How do wedo this?
- 31. $ No one willpay you to make a game. Ask for money to educate. shape attitudes. change behavior.
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- 33. Technology b et t e r . doesn’t make it mobile devicer . Being on a doesn’t make it bette Being better makes it better. -- Barbara Chamberlin, Educational Designer
- 34. creating educational media doesn’t that STINK o u r s e c re t s fo r re a c h i n g e X t e n s i o n cli en tele w ith g a m e s, we b a n d v i d e o