Games Based Learning MOOC

http://gamesmooc.shivtr.com

Apps, AR and ARGs

APP Application software of a mobile device. This could be a smartphone or a tablet.

AR• Augmented Reality

creates a layer of virtual reality over the real world environment using a computer generated sensory input through a GPS enabled application that can be sound, video or graphics.

ARGAn alternate reality game (ARG) is an interactive narrative that uses the real world as a platform and uses transmedia storytelling to deliver a story that may be altered by participants' ideas or actions.

Social Network Knowledge Construction

SNKC

SNKC

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

Week 1Fun, Flow & Fiero

Keller’s ARCs Modelof Motivational Design

• Attention• Relevance• Confidence• Success

Week 2Apps &

Possibilites

7 Ways Games Reward the Brain

1) Use an experience system2) Multiple long and short term aims3) Reward for effort4) Rapid frequent clear feedback5) Element of uncertainty6) Window of enhanced attention7) Other people

Week 3IF and AR

Interactive Fiction and Augmented Reality

Intro to Week 4

Gamer DispositionJohn Seely Brown and

Douglas Thomas

Harvard Business Review

Gamer Disposition

• They are bottom-line oriented. • They understand the power of diversity. • They thrive on change. • They see learning as fun. • They marinate on the "edge."

Week 4ARG

Alternate Reality Game

Bootstrapping..... ARG and ARGlike

Examples

Recording

Week 4

Mysteries, Puzzles and Scavenger Hunts

Scavenger Hunts

• PBS Historical Detectives

• Jane McGonigal's “Find the Future”

• SCVNGR Location based game - what types of clues and puzzles could you set up using this?

Mysteries

• "Who? What? Where? When? Why? The 5 Ws of the Mystery World – Tuesday 7 pm MT

• What sort of mystery could you give your students to solve?

TEDTalk Scott Kim

Puzzle Maker

Discussions

• Gamer Disposition• Components of a Scavenger Hunt• Write a Mystery• ARGNet

Asynchronous

Synchronous

Monday – Noon MT

Weekly OverviewsYouTube Channel

Wednesday – 7 pm MST

• TWEETCHAT #gamemooc• Gamer Disposition

Tuesday – 7 pm MST

Vasili Giannoustous

DIY Mystery

Live Events Online

• Google Hangout on Air Overview Monday Noon MT

• DIT Mystery 7 pm MT Google Hangout and through Second Life.

• Tweetchat #gamemooc Wednesday 7 pm MT

Social Media

• Twitter - #gamemooc

• Flickr – Games Based Learning MOOC

• diigo – Apps AR and ARGs

What to Do?

• Week 4• Weekly Activities• Events• Discussion

Games Based Learning MOOC

#gamemooc