This document provides an overview of the LeXMizzou project which involves students designing digital games for learning experiences at the University of Missouri. It introduces the goals of the project which are to create location-based augmented reality games on campus topics and test them through iterative design. Students will work in groups over 5 workshops to design, develop, and test their games. Communication will occur through Slack and game development can utilize tools like ARIS Editor. Students will receive $100 for participation upon submitting their game at the final event. The next steps outlined are for students to create storyboards for their game ideas to bring to the next workshop.

1. LeXMizzou
Students as Digital Game Designers for
Learning eXpeditions at Mizzou
Dr. Isa Jahnke
August 25, 2017
School of Information Science and Learning Technologies (iSchool/ SISLT)

2. • Welcome / Introduction of us and you
• Goals / Objectives
• Background information
• Workshop overview / Process / Timeline
• Communication tools and other services / $100 and awards
• What is learning? What approach can guide your game design?
• Brainstorming in groups and decision-making on topic! (1hr)
(flipchart paper, pens, post-its or cards)
Outline

3. Warm up with Group statistics

4. Project leader
Dr. Isa Jahnke, Associate Professor
Information Experience Lab & Allen Institute
Neeley Current, IE Lab Manager
Student coordinators (pro group one coordinator) / Researchers
 Shann Bossaller
 Hao He
 Minh Pham
 Michele Kroll
 Michelle Todd
 Yen-Mei
Advisory Board (Mizzou Game Day judges)
Dr. Rose Marra, SISLT
Dr. Prasad Calyam, Computer Science
Dr. Troy Sadler, ReSTEM Institute (STEM and digital games)
Project Team
…and up to 25 students – you!
Please tell us your name & study program

5. 5
Goals/Objectives
a) Build a digital game based augmented
interactive learning expedition
b) Groups test their game ideas with usability
study & accessibility (design for all) in
iterative design processes
“… learning is a matter of belonging as well as
intellectual process, involving heart as well as the head”
(p.29, Wenger et al., 2002)

6. Learning in
classrooms/seminars
(Material) World in which
students are living, growing, playing
connecting
Students choose a topic
from class and create a
game for learning
Students design, develop & test
interactive, augmented, location-based
learning expeditions
using an mobile app
Consumers of
learning
Active agents
Teachers for
peers
Co-Designers

7. Requirements for the game design
a) location-based game
b) game for exploring a specific topic (connected to learning)
c) has something to do with a place on Mizzou Campus
d) interactivity and collaborative elements in the game and
e) publishing the games for all Mizzou students, and
f) students work in groups of usually 3-5 members.

8. Example LexMizzouVersion1.5
How it looks on the iPhone

9. Tiger Plaza

10. This is how the prototype looks
on the iPhone.
Columns
Beetle Bailey

11. RJI Lions Memorial Union

12. ARIS Editor http://arisgames.org/editor/#
You can use
ARIS or
GuidiGo or
anything
else

13. Why do we do this?
Discover the unseen world around you
a) Transforming learning
• Students understanding connections between theoretical concepts and
actual physical objects in the material world
• Allows students to actively explore classroom topics in a new way
b) Human-Centered Design
• Students learn to apply the ‘design’ cycle;
• Computational Thinking
c) Establishing Mizzou as cutting edge institution for future learning

14. Process
Online site as
portal to distribute
LeX games
Open Call for
Student
Participation
& Selection
Workshops (WS 1-5)
• new input for students
• milestones for student work
• in-between the workshops:
mentoring by student leaders
WS 2
WS 5
WS 1
WS 3
WS 4

15. WS 2
WS 5
WS 1
WS 3
WS 4
Workshop 1
creating the teams
Decision making on the topic
Starting with story boards, based on
Meaningful Learning With Techn. Approach
August 2017
Workshop 2
ARIS editor and GuidiGo presentation
Beginning of Sept 2017
Workshop 3
introduction into usability/accessibility testing
End of Oct 2017
Workshop 4
Goups presenting usabiity results
and how to improve the prototype
Nov2017
Workshop 5
Mizzou Game Day event, Awards
Dec 2017
Workshops Overview / Timeline

16. Communication tools and other services
We use Slack for communication
IELab/ Allen Institute in London Hall provides spaces for groups

17. $100 for student participation and 2x $500 team award
We also do research with this project. It means we want to encourage you to fill our
surveys and participate at interviews. You get the $100 when you participate and
submit your digital game at the game day event.

18. What is learning?
Can you describe what learning is?

19. Meaningful learning
Howland, Jonassen, & Marra, 2012

20. Brainstorming
and Group
formation

21. Your home work / next steps
Create a story board in your team,
upload your work in the Google Doc folder (LeX), and bring
the story board with you next meeting.
Next meeting: we introduce 2 tools: ARIS and GuidiGo

22. Thank you very much for your participation!
We are very happy that you signed up with us!