Immersive Learning: Tying Virtual to Real

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Leveraging games & virtual worlds for engagement. Presentation for #TechCamp Mumbai, February 2013.

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Josephine Dorado Josephine Dorado #TechCamp Mumbai, February 2013#TechCamp Mumbai, February 2013Twitter: @funksoup www.funksoup.comTwitter: @funksoup www.funksoup.com

Immersive Learning:Immersive Learning:Tying Virtual to RealTying Virtual to Real

Immersive Learning:Immersive Learning:Tying Virtual to RealTying Virtual to Real

Over 80 million players

Virtual goods Virtual goods Real-world relief Real-world relief

Players raised over $1.5 million in just five

days

Foldit: crowdsourcing health solutionsgamers deciphered the structure of an enzyme of an

AIDS-like virus

This Spartan LifeThis Spartan Life

What do these experiences have What do these experiences have in common?in common?

CollaborationImmersion

Tying online actions to ‘real world’

What do these experiences have What do these experiences have in common?in common?

CollaborationImmersion

Tying online actions to ‘real world’

Deep engagement

Immersive LearningImmersive Learning

integrative approach collaborative processes physical and online presence

examples:games, virtual worlds, blended learning, mixed reality, augmented reality

Game cultureGame culture

There’s a reason our desktops look like thisThere’s a reason our desktops look like this

Because we really want this…Because we really want this…

Our brain thrives in 3DOur brain thrives in 3D

Key ingredientsKey ingredients

the game keeps people interested: persistent, episodic

the virtual world platform = immersive

the NGO community that evolves around the social actions – connects it to the feel-good factor and sustains it

Consent!Consent!

Genome IslandGenome Island

Taking it to the ‘real’ worldTaking it to the ‘real’ world

Mapping real-world actions to gamesMapping real-world actions to games

Transmedia storytellingBreakthrough’s America 2049

DIY mobile storytellingDIY mobile storytelling

http://7scenes.com http://7scenes.com

http://gamesforchange.org http://gamesforchange.org

Interaction Unlocks EmotionInteraction Unlocks EmotionGame Design Create Engagement with Emotion and FunGame Design Create Engagement with Emotion and Fun

People FunWork Together Amusement Amici Admiration Ameiro Schadenfreude

Hard FunMaster Challenges FrustrationFiero

Easy Fun Chase Wonder CuriosityWonderSurprise

Serious FunCreate Meaning ExcitementRelaxationValues

Four keys to fun and engagementFour keys to fun and engagementhttp://4k2f.comhttp://4k2f.com

WoWWoWOnline == Offline CollaborationOnline == Offline Collaboration

Strangers in the fight

Structured collaborations with friends and strangers

Parties, raids, friends list; guilds, battlegrounds, duels and trades

Random acts of fun

Epic win recipeEpic win recipe

4 Keys to Fun http://4k2f.com4 Keys to Fun http://4k2f.com

Gamebuilding platformsGamebuilding platforms

encouraging creative problem-solving & social entrepreneurship

http://gameful.orghttp://gameful.org

International exchangeInternational exchange

International exchangeInternational exchange

Cultural awarenessCultural awareness

Cultural awarenessCultural awareness

InspirationInspiration

KnowledgeKnowledgeToleranceTolerance

CuriosityCuriosity

ProblemProblem

Not everybody can go abroad

Virtual cultural exchangeVirtual cultural exchange

Playback TheatrePlayback Theatre

Opening the windowOpening the window

Opening the windowOpening the window

Mixed realityMixed reality

Exploring identityExploring identity

Exploring communitiesExploring communities

Mixed reality danceMixed reality dance

Differences…Differences…

and samenessand sameness

Immersive identityImmersive identity

#IdentityMashup #IdentityMashup

Immersive identityImmersive identity

Movement gamesMovement games

Collaboration through movementCollaboration through movement

Collaboration through movementCollaboration through movement

Failure is goodFailure is good

Josephine Dorado Josephine Dorado #TechCamp Mumbai#TechCamp Mumbaiwww.funksoup.comwww.funksoup.comjosephine@funksoup.com Twitter: @funksoupjosephine@funksoup.com Twitter: @funksoup

Josephine Dorado Josephine Dorado #TechCamp Mumbai, February 2013#TechCamp Mumbai, February 2013Twitter: @funksoup www.funksoup.comTwitter: @funksoup www.funksoup.com

Immersive Learning:Immersive Learning:Tying Virtual to RealTying Virtual to Real

Immersive Learning:Immersive Learning:Tying Virtual to RealTying Virtual to Real