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This document discusses game-based learning (GBL) and the use of games for educational purposes. It defines key terms like serious games, digital game-based learning, and gamification. It also outlines some of the challenges to adopting GBL such as the perception that games are not for learning, difficulties finding and implementing educational games, and obstacles teachers face in using games. The document provides examples of games that have been used for different subject areas and strategies for integrating games into learning activities and curricula.
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- 1. GBL [Game Based Learning] MartinSillaots
- 2. What is GBL? Digital GameBased Learning Serious Games Edutainment Gamification Game Based Learning
- 3. Serious Games • Gamesfor serious purpose • Not only for entertainment • E.g.: education, defense, health care, scientific exploration, emergency management, city planning, engineering, religion, politics, …
- 4. Other Definitions • Game-BasedLearning (GBL) – branch of serious games that deals with applications that have defined learning outcomes • Digital Game-Based Learning • Edutainment – entertainment + education – form of entertainment designed to educate as well as to amuse • Gamification – application of game elements in non-gaming situations
- 5. Challenges Why GBL isnot widespread?
- 6. Challenges • Mentality -gaming is not learning • Availability - where to find educational games? • Implementation - how to use games in learning?
- 7. Mentality • Learning isserious - Games are fun • Game development is a game industry business • Teachers, parents and decision makers say: playing game is a waste of time • Students say: it's quality time • What you say?
- 8. A: Jump, B:Shoot What more could you need Very Demotivational.com
- 9. How to Changethe Mentality? • Edutainment - learning goals are hidden behind the entertainment • Develop serious games - games with learning goals • Show that games can increase interest in learning • Simulations can be cheaper then real experiments
- 10. Who Says Videogames don’tpay off in real life? Motifake.com
- 11. Availability Where to findeducational games?
- 12. e.g. Math gameswww.mathplayground.com
- 13. Implementation How to integrategame and learning?
- 14. Implementation • Make connectionbetween game and learning goals • Use commercial games for educational goals e.g. Harry Potter game in literature • Design new games based on educational goals e.g. Time Mesh in history
- 15. Harry Potter Game • • • • Playthe game at home Select one character Write essay Have you played Harry Potter kind of games? • Have you seen educational value in it?
- 16. Time Mesh HistoryGame Game for teaching history of Europe www.timemesh.eu
- 17. Goals of theHistory Curriculum • • • • • • • • • Rise the interest Understand main terminology of history Acquire chronological framework Know the map Understand the connections between present and past See the connections between different historical events Understand that one event can be interpreted differently Develop skills needed for justifying personal opinion Put learners in the position of people lived in the past
- 18. Important Processes thatShaped Europe During Last 600 Years • • • • • • • • • • Reformation French revolution Industrial revolution The born of nation based countries Maritime History and Colonial countries I World war II World war Cold war European Union Collapse of the Soviet Union
- 19. Goal of theTime Mesh Game • The present time in the game is different from the reality e.g. kids are not in schools but working • Some important events have not taking place • Player has to go back in time and fix the history – to influence important historical actors – to ensure that historical events will take place • At the same time they learn important issues from that period
- 20. Time Mesh -Industrial Revolution - Scene 1
- 21. Strategies How to integrateplaying activities with the learning activities?
- 22. Strategies • Introduction tothe courser – e.g. Gazzilionaire • Bonus material in the end of the course • One topic from the curriculum as a game based lesson • Entire curriculum based on game or simulation – e.g. Titan • Game activity as home work • Game based recreation • Students designing educational games – e.g. iTEC
- 23. Gazzilionaire as Introor Bonus • http://www.lavamind.com/gaz.html • Game goal: fly in space, trade, make gazillion kubars, win the game • Business education goals: buy low, sell high, earn profit
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- 25. Titan as Lessonor Course • http://newtitan.ja.org • Business education goals (supported by Titan): – Demand and supply and market balance – Productivity – Marketing – Research and development – Budgeting
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- 27. Students Designing Games • • • • Projectbased learning iTEC project - itec.eun.org Learning scenarios - itec.aalto.fi/scenarios Students Developing Educational Games
- 28. Students Developing EducationalGames • • • • • • • • • Introduction of educational games Defining evaluation criteria for games Selection of the curriculum topic Game design Develop e.g. with <eAdventure> Involve experts Publish games Evaluate games Younger students test games
- 29. Games Introduced byStudents • • • • • • • • • • Estonia board game Listen CD dame for learning words Domino board game Professor Layton adventure http://professorlayton.nintendo.com L.A Noire detective http://www.rockstargames.com/lanoire Sims 3 http://www.thesims3.com Little Big Planet puzzle http://www.littlebigplanet.com NBA 2k12 sports http://www.2ksports.com/games/nba2k12 FIFA11 sports http://www.ea.com/soccer/fifa Portal 2 puzzle http://www.thinkwithportals.com
- 30. Game Designs Createdby Students • Escape from the Zoo • Angry Dog • Dog board game
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- 32. Obstacles When educational gamesare available and they are meaningful to use why they are rarely implemented?
- 33. Obstacles • Time -teachers don't have time to learn and test the game • Money - commercial games • Technical - internet speed, different hardware and software platforms • Organizational – is the computer lab free? Is the software installed? • More?
- 34. Our Job inTwo Words … Demotivational.com
- 35. … Not! • Gamingis part of reality • Students like to play • Let’s use students weapons against them
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Editor's Notes
- #4 Other terms: (digital) game based learning, gamefication