Gaming & Education

Creating & Sharing in the Name of Science

R. Mark MatthewsDurham Technical CC

“Modding”Doom (1993)

Modern ModdingCall of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)

http://youtu.be/QMNpVrrELDM

“Galactic Warfare”

“Play, Create, Share” - Model

Add tools within the game itself to allow players to create their own content and share it with others

Benefit to consumer: More content after completing the game (for free!).

Benefit to developer: Consumer continues playing their game, less likely to sell game back to GameStop, etc.

Spore (PC, 2008)

http://www.spore.com/sporepedia

LittleBigPlanet (PS3, 2008)

Over 4 million user-created levels

“[I]nspired by the possibilities that new technologies offer us for shaping how we learn, teach, communicate, create, and organize our local and global communities.”

hastac.org

Digital Media & Learning Competitions

HASTAC & The MacArthur Foundation

Game Changers Competition

designed to find "and to inspire" the most novel uses of new media in support of learning.

Create levels in Spore: GA and LBP that promote and encourage STEM-related principles.

dmlcompetition.net

Levels created to date:

Chemistry Lab, Pt 1: http://lbp.me/v/968cy

Chemistry Lab, Pt 2: http://lbp.me/v/drdyb

Chemistry Lab II: http://lbp.me/v/wb7cdf

Periodic Table Quiz: http://lbp.me/v/09ws-d

Contact Info

www.rmarkmatthews.com PSN: Tarheel_Mark