Add Learner F

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Presented by

Jordan Epp and Jeanette McKee

Instructional Designers at CCDE

March 19, 2010

Serious G

ames

What are Serious Games?

A serious game is a game designed for a primarypurpose other than pure entertainment

Various Names: Edutainment, Game-based Learning,Serious Games, eGames, Exergaming,Advertainment, Militainment, Persuasive Games

Purpose: Retention, realism, and relevancy

Provides motivation through entertainment

and interaction

Common Example: Microsoft’s Flight Simulator

Serious G

ames

Components:

• Context

• Rules

• Objectives/purpose

• Gaming principles

• To further education and training

What are Serious Games?

Serious G

ames

Varieties of Serious Games

2D - Interactive PPT or Flash animation• Point and click, drag and drop• User input, some feedback• Simple to moderate interactivity• Jeopardy templates• Smart Board (hide and reveal)• Raptivity Flash Templates (250)

Varieties of S

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es Con’t

2D Game Examples:

• Smart Board Notebook Interactivities - ADDIE game

• Jeopardy PPT Template

• University of Saskatchewan - Pathology Games

• Raptivity Flash Templates

• McGill University - Social intelligence

www.mindhabits.com - Increase self-confidence,

reduce stress, improve positive thinking

• Hot Potatoes - interactive multiple-choice,

short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword,

matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises

Varieties of S

erious Gam

es Con’t

3D Simulation Examples

• Second Life, Boston - free; can create objects ,

avatars (3D representation of you in a

virtual world) www.secondlife.com

• SAIT: SLAIT Robotics Lab, Television Studio

• Quest Atlantis - multi-user environment to immerse

children, ages 9-16, in educational tasks

• Virtual Heros - Healthcare, Federal, Commercial

Simulated environments

Hands O

n with H

ot Potatoes

• Open “Hot Potatoes” from you’re desktop

Let’s Build a Game

For m

ore information . . .

SaskInteractive http://www.saskinteractive.com

Serious Games Canada has been formed; home in Saskatchewan http://www.seriousgames.ca/