introduction to the fall games mooc

Games Based Learning MOOC

http://gamesmooc.shivtr.com

MOOC M is for Modest

C is for Community

Games MOOC 6 Weeks

Connectivist MOOC

Social Network Knowledge Construction

SNKC

SNKC

• Level 1 – Identify the Network• Level 2 – Lurk• Level 3 – Contribute• Level 4 – Create• Level 5 – Lead

Games MOOC Part I

Intro to the Course and TopicsMake, Hack and Game!

Games MOOC Part II

Week 3 – 65 Questlines

What is a Questline?

Questlines

• Maker Movement• Minecraft• Machinima• Hackathon• Game Camp

Week 3 - 6

•Office Hours Twice a Week•Minecraft Servers Open

Asynchronous

Synchronous

Monday – Noon MTGames MOOC YouTubeGoogle Hangout on Air

Wednesday – 7 pm MT

• TWEETCHAT• First Topic: Maker Movement

– 60 minutes of twitter discussion– www.twubs.com– Start with quick intro– Then 3- 4 questions– #gamemooc

Synchronous Events

• Google Hangout on Air discussion each Monday at noon

• Tweetchat each Wednesday evening

• F2F and Online Events

Scheduled Live Events

• October 26th Minecraft Open House• November 2nd Hackathon Day• November 16th Game Camp• December 6 & 7 Minecraft and More

UnSymposium

Social Media

Twitter#gamemooc

@ proximalzone

www.twubs.com

Flickr

Adding for Questline

• Diigo

• Pinterest

• deviantART

What should you do?

• Getting Started• Introduce Yourself in the Forum• If you can, attend the Monday noon MT

Google Hangout• After 1 pm start on the material• If you can, attend the Wed 7 pm MT tweechat

(even if just to lurk)

Social Media Check-up

• Make a twitter account or if you have one – dust if off!

• Make a flickr account and join Makers, Hackers and Gamers

Hackathons

• Look up Hackathons in your area for November 2nd

• If you can take a look at one, please do and report back!

Games Based Learning MOOC

#gamemooc