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Games Learning Society
Games Learning Society
Games Learning Society
Games Learning Society
Games Learning Society
Games Learning Society
Games Learning Society
Games Learning Society
Games Learning Society
Games Learning Society
Madison, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Games Learning Society
Social Impact
✤ Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Games & Learning
✤ Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn’t know the first thing about either.
Games & Learning
✤ Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn’t know the first thing about either.
Games & Learning
✤ Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn’t know the first thing about either.
Games & Learning
✤ Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn’t know the first thing about either.
Hard to Do
✤ Games are HARD
Hard to Do (Seriously)
✤ Games are HARD!
✤ Learning is HARD
Learning Levels
Learning: Beginning Intermediate Advanced
Game Mastery
Games: Noob Casual Hardcore
Learning & Games Together
Difficulty: Easy Medium Hard
Learning: Beginning Intermediate Advanced
Games: Noob Casual Hardcore
Hard Truth
✤ Things Go Wrong!
✤ Unfortunate Misconceptions
Just Add...
✤ …Some Fun To Learning!
✤ …Some Learning To Fun
Academic Fallacy
✤ Not Everyone Is A Designer
Don’t Believe the Hype
Gamification Sucks!
Be Careful
✤ Creepy Treehouse!
✤ Bad Learning Games = Suckn
Make the Magic
✤ Design Process!
✤ Learning Goals
World’s Best Playground
✤ With an Electric Fence!
✤ Learning needs Challenges
Critical Creation
Creative Constraints
Be Good | Be Pleasant | Be On Time
Interdisciplinary Process
Less Talk, More Rock
Less Talk, More Rock
Less Talk, More Rock
Transformational Games
✤ Games for Impact!
✤ Changes in Daily Lives
Transformational Game Design
Goals
Challenges
Rewards
Transformational Game Design
Goals
Challenges
Rewards
Motivations
Assessments
Transformations
Games Learning Society
Entertainment Technology Center
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Collaboration
http://etc.cmu.edu/engage
Collaboration
http://etc.cmu.edu/engage
*Thursday - 10:30am - Class of ‘24
Build a Field
✤ Forums!
✤ Organizations!
✤ Colleagues
Forums
✤ Websites!
✤ Journals!
✤ Conferences
Organizations
✤ Centers!
✤ Networks!
✤ Affiliations
Colleagues
✤ Collaborators!
✤ Mentors!
✤ Community
Exceed Expectations
✤ Go Further!
✤ Do it Together
Change the World!
Initial Steps
✤ Games for Impact!
✤ Best Practices
http://gamesforimpact.com
Beyond the Beyond
Beyond the Beyond
*Fireside Chat - Today - 10:30 - Capital View