| Course ID: | EDIT 8400E. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Games and Learning |
Course
Description: | Combining hands-on experience with relevant research and theory,
this course examines how games of all kinds, both existing and
new, can be used to foster learning in school and out. |
| Oasis Title: | Games and Learning |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in EDIT 8400 |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Students will:
1. Differentiate between games and free play.
2. Become familiar with the emerging literature on games for
learning, serious gaming, and gamification.
3. Experience multiple uses of games for learning in class.
4. Learn how to assess learning resulting from games.
5. Develop a professional game pitch demonstrating their
understanding of how to weave learning into game play.
6. Complete a literature review or design a learning experience
showing how gaming can be used for learning in their content
area/context of interest. |
| Topical Outline: | 1. Games v. Play
2. Game Design
3. Games and Education: Edutainment?/Games as Learning Tools
4. Gamification in Education
5. Games as Multiple Choice Question and Powerpoint Games
6. Serious Games
7. Non-Digital Games in the Classroom
8. Games and Online Learning
9. Motivation, Engagement and Flow in Gaming
10. Game Design as a Learning Tool
11. Social Presence and Online Communities in Games |