Serious Games/Simulations: Potential Impact on Assessment and Instructional Design
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1Serious Instructional Design - 2012Katrin Becker, Jim Parker
Serious Instructional
Design:
ID for Digital Simulations and Games
Katrin Becker&
Jim Parker
“If we teach today's students as we did
yesterday's, we are robbing them of tomorrow.”
— John Dewey
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Inception
Wrapping a game around instruction
“education (is) a bitter medicine that needs the
sugar-coating of entertainment to become
palatable” M.Resnick
When gamers make games we often get hollow games.
Skinning a game with ‘learnin’
“edufication”
When educators make games we
often get “edutainment
”
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Is Focused Design Necessary?
NEITHER are sufficient.
The need for accuracy* necessitates the incorporation of simulation design principles.
Game Designers: All we need is sound game
design.
Instructional Designers:
All we need is sound
instructional design.
*Accuracy applies to some
aspects only.
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Experiential
All (Digital) Games are Simulations
ExperimentalAnswer a “What If?” question.
Provide an experience
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Is Focused Design Necessary?
Simulation: focus is on accurate model implementation
Game Design:focus is on experience
Instructional Design:
focus is on content
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Designing Instruction
A.D.D.I.E.
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Designing Simulations1. Define Original System
2. Gather Data Conceptual Model
3. Validate4. Create
Operational Model
5. Verify6. Translate into
Simulation7. Test
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Designing Games
Why are we playing?
Where are we playing?
How are we playing?
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Synergy: Serious
Instructional Design
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Thanks!
Jim Parker Katrin Becker
The Guide to
Computer Simulation
s and Games