Games for Learning

Getting Serious about Games. Seriously.

Richard Cula,a

9 reasons you should

throw

out your online cours

es and

start using games

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Educa<onal Games

#9 They give learners choice

They give learners choice

•  Monty, R & Perimuter L 1972 •  Constance Kamii, 1991 •  Ran< & Corno, 2000 • Zimmerman & Salen 2003

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Ready to start module 27?!

I guess so Back to

Module 26

#8 It’s what Amazon.com would do if they

had your job

It’s what Amazon would do

Inspired by my wish

list – cool!

How did they know my kids speak Spanish?

Wow, the only season of

West Wing I don’t already have!


Read This, Richard:!

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Whelp, they know my name. I guess that’s as good as it gets


Kinesthe7c learners: Read this while jumping up and down, that will really help you learn beLer

Read This, Richard:!

Whelp, they know my name. I guess that’s as good as it gets

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#7 There are no next buttons

Next

Next

Next?

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No Next buttons How tradi<onal online courses force people to learn:

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Learn this Then this Now do this

No Next buttons How tradi<onal online courses force people to learn:

How people actually learn:

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Learn this Then this Now do this

Learn this

I wonder what that looks like in prac7ce?

Hmmm… I wonder how that relates to this?

Holy crap, that reminds me of this

1 2 3 4 5

No Next buttons

•  We just LOVE content. What we do is so important that when we finally get a chance to make an online learning it’s all we just can’t hold ourselves back. !

•  But the best learning experiences are judicious with content. But it’s more than just not having too much content. It’s also having an abundance of context.!

•  It seems like the best learning experiences use context effectively. Here’s what it looks like. First, describe the contextual problem (or ideally, allow them to actually experience it!). Second, teach the solution to the problem. !

•  Here’s an example of the wrong way: teach a group of scouts how to tie a taut line hitch. Together, think of ways to use the taut line hitch!

•  Here’s an example of the right way: Set up a tent in the wind, let them try to figure out how to anchor it down. Then teach them the taut line hitch!

•  Here’s another example of the wrong way: Teach MBAs the Newsvendor Equation, then let them play the Newsvendor Game.!

•  Here’s another example of the right way: Let them play the game then teach them the Newsvendor Equation (once they have the context for it).!

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#6 Cognitive psychologists dig it

Cognitive psychologists dig it

“The best instruction hovers at the boundary of a student’s competence.”!

- Andy diSessa (Berkeley Graduate School of Education)!

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What I can do!

What I can’t do!


What I can do!

What I can!do with help!

What I can’t do!Zone of Proximal Development


What I can’t do!Zone of Proximal Development

What I can!do with help!

What I can do!


Ooh, I’m SO close – just one

more 7me I’m sure I can beat it!

#5 Sometimes it’s good to fail

Sometimes it’s good to fail

If you want to succeed, double your failure rate!

- Thomas Watson, Founder IBM!


1.  Tried it 2.  Failed 3.  Yelled at by teacher, GPA destroyed

Result: Hated math for the rest of my life

Online Algebra

Failure = Bad


Plants vs. Zombies

1.  Tried it 2.  Failed 3.  Yelled at by teacher, GPA destroyed

Result: Hated math for the rest of my life

1.  Tried it 2.  Failed 3.  Rewarded by game for gedng as far

as I did, encouraged to try again

Result: Spent exaggerated amounts of <me playing (and eventually bea<ng) the game

Online Algebra

Failure = Bad Failure = Learning


Next <me you interrupt, you be,er have a good reason – objec<on overruled!

#4 Immerses the learner in context

Immerses learner in context

Here’s a shape:!

Here’s where it!is supposed to go:!


Start by dividing the screen in half ver<cally. Then divide the right side in half again and place the shape in the middle of the ver<cal plane. Without moving the shape to the lek and right, divide the screen horizontally and place the shape approximately 2” above the horizontal plane. The loca<on of the shape can have a margin of error or 3/4” in any direc<on and s<ll be considered adequate.

Here’s some context:!


Here’s a shape:!


Where should it go?!


#3 Gets rid of learners once and for all...

Gets rid of learners once and for all...

#2 They make data sexy

They make data sexy

Tombstone photo by Flickr user “tstadler”

They make data sexy

Player results

#1 Nobody ever wanted to stay up until 2:00 AM just to take your CBT one

more time before going to bed

Games are more fun

surprises collabora7

on

Mastery = Fun

Might want to pick this up. Ya never

know when a

mega-‐blaster

might come in handy

mastery

Try again?

Games are more fun

“In other words, with games, learning is the drug”!

- Raph Koster (theory of fun)!

Games are more fun

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So what next?

Go here

Games are more fun

There’s no learning objec7ve that can’t be made into a great game

There’s no learning objec7ve can’t be ruined by turning it

into a “nexter”


Thank you!


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