Proposal to adapt Moodle for Policy Exercises, Business Simulations and Experiential Learning Games; Pieter van der Hijden (pvdh@sofos.nl), Sofos Consultancy (www.sofos.nl), Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Presentation at Moodlemoot UK 2010, London, 13-14 April 2010.

1. CC-BY 2010 – Pieter van der Hijden – Sofos Consultancy Moodle and Gaming 2.0Proposal to adapt Moodle for Policy Exercises, Business Simulations and Experiential Learning Games Pieter van der Hijden (pvdh@sofos.nl Sofos Consultancy (www.sofos.nl) Amsterdam, The Netherlands Presentation at Moodlemoot UK 2010, London, 13-14 April 2010 1

2. 2 Table of contents

3. 3 introduction

4. introduction 4

5. (From Presentation at Moodlemoot UK, Milton Keynes, 2007) 5 Moodle 1.8

6. Moodle 1.8 Moodle as gaming management system Moodle as game engine Conclusion 6

7. Moodle 1.8 7

8. Moodle 1.8 8

9. Moodle 1.8 9

10. Moodle 1.8 10

11. (Dharadam is a based on the Cyberdam Game Engine) 11 Example – the dharadam game

12. Example – the dharadam game 12

13. Example – the dharadam gameplayground 13

14. Example – the dharadam gameplayground - map 14

15. Example – the dharadam gamePlayground - directory 15

16. Example – the dharadam gameplayground - object 16

17. Example – the dharadam gameplayground - info 17

18. Example – the dharadam gamegame model 18

19. Example – the dharadam gamegame model – Game roles 19

20. Example – the dharadam gamegame model – Steps-of-play In this game: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 20

21. Example – the dharadam gamegame model – game activities Activity types: Upload activity Message activity Move activity Input activity Output activity 21

22. Example – the dharadam gamegame model – game activities 22

23. Example – the dharadam gamegame model – activity schedule - design 23

24. Example – the dharadam gamegame model – activity schedule - realisation 24

25. Example – the dharadam gamegame model – activity schedule - implementation 25

26. Example – the dharadam gamegame model Further: Resources (accompanying the instructions to activities) Variables (to be defined at game model and at role level, automatically substituted in instructions) Scripts (server side javascript) At the start of a game session At the start of a step-of-play At the completion of an activity 26

27. Example – the dharadam gamegame manifest 27

28. Example – the dharadam gamegame session – session control 28

29. Example – the dharadam gamegame session – session home page 29

30. Moodle 2.0 Playground Emulated via picture with hotspots on Flickr Linked to public wiki pages 30

31. Moodle 2.0 Game model Game roles  Groupings Steps-of-play  Course sections (only one visible) Game activities Upload activity  single file assignment Message activity  offline assignment + message Move activity  hide/unhide one course section Input activity  variables not provided Output activity  web page resource Activity schedule Game roles  Groupings and Conditional Activities Steps-of-play  Course sections Further Resources  Conditional Resources Variables  Absent Script  Absent 31

32. Moodle 2.0 Game manifest Roles to objects  hyperlink from role to playground object Game session Session control page  Absent Session home page  Absent Session log  Basic 32

33. Moodle 2.0 Game manifest Roles to objects  hyperlink from role to playground object Game session Session control page  Absent Session home page  Absent Session log  Basic 33

34. Example – the dharadam gamemoodle 2.0 34

35. (What should be added in Moodle3.0 2.1?) 35 roadmap

36. ROADMAP What is missing in 2.0 (for gaming/simulation)? Game models Variables Define variables and initial values Implement basic mechanism to change variables Filter variables and substitute their values Add variables to conditional activity testing Scripts Use separate and simple language for calculating E.g. Server side Javascript without IO Script may read/write above mentioned variables Script may perform a limited set of actions E.g. hide/unide a course section Add script execution to certain Moodle events E.g. completion of an activity Game roles Personal identity replaced by a role linked to a session Game sessions Concept of grouping enables one single session How about parallel sessions? Session control page Session home page 36

37. conclusion 37

38. Thank you Visit the 7th ISAGA Summerschool on Policy Exercises, Business Simulations and Experiential Learning Games in Paramaribo, Suriname from 31st of July – 7th of August 2010. www.isaga-summerschool.org 38