GROWING MIND · co-creation of games. growingmind.fi What is a game jam? • Intensive game...
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GROWING MINDEducational transformations for facilitating sustainable
personal, social, and institutional renewal in the digital age
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Mikko MeriläinenTampere University
Jam it!
Learning through co-creation of games
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What is a game jam?• Intensive game co-creation event similar to a hackathon
• Constraints in place (e.g. time, theme, technology)
• A playful mindset is often present
• Results are shared
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What are they good for?• Another perspective into games and gaming: creating vs.
consuming
• Collaboration, self-efficacy, motivation, novel solutions
• Concrete learning of game making and working skills
• Serious results from playful activity
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Games to save the world?• Possible, but likely not
• Jamming is also a method and a mentality: fear of failure is a huge constraint
• De- and reconstruction of complex systems
• Collaboration, different perspectives
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Wicked problems require collaborative solutions, produced through deliberative processes…
- Schenk, T. an hour ago
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Successful jamming requires collaborative solutions, produced through deliberative processes in a safe, creative and often playful environment.
...maybe there’s something there?
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