Tim Moore
Associate Dean for Instructional Improvement and Distance Learning
Elgin Community College
1700 Spartan Dr., ITR-146
Elgin, IL 60123

tmoore@elgin.edu
(847) 214-7651

Games and Learning

• Playing video games offers learning across life span, say studies
• Blog entry on developing a game with learning objectives
• Excellent resource for articles in games and learning
• 36 Learning Principles from Gee, 2003 as adapted by Prensky, 2003 (word doc) (pdf)

Games and Game Aesthetics

• MDA: A Formal Approach to Game Design and Game Research
• A General Overview of the Game Design Process
• Presentation...and Oh, Yeah, System and Data

Assessment and Games

• Proof of Learning: Assessment in Serious Games
• What do we know about assessment and Games (PPT) (pdf)
• Assessing Student Learning in Virtual Simulations and Serious Games

Example of Interactive learning module built using Excelsius: Combined Gas Laws

Game Design

• from "Thoughts on Game Design" (pdf)
• Game Design Worksheet (pdf)

Games used as examples in the presentation

• Board Games
• Once Upon a Time
• Settlers of Catan
• Power Grid
• 18FL
• Yu-Gi-oh
• Pokemon
• Computer Games
• World of Warcraft
• Sim City (Sim Societies)
• Age of Empires
• Virtual U
• Fat World
• Making History
• September 12
• ECON 201: Principles of Microeconomics
• Second Life
• Experiential Learning Games
  • BaFa' BaFa'

Software Referenced

• Xcelsius
• lodeStar
• StudyMate
• PowerPoint
• Second Life

References

Björk, S, & Holopainen J. (2005). Patterns in game design. Boston: Charles River Media.

Fullerton, T., Swain, C., & Hoffman, S. (2004). Game design workshop: Designing, prototyping and playtesting games. San Francisco: CMP Books.

Hindmarch, W., and Tidball, J. (2008). Things we think about games. Gameplaywright Press: Rosevill, MN.

Hunicke, R., LeBlanc, M., Zubek, R. (2004). MDA: A formal approach to game design and game research. Challenges in Game AI Workshop, AAAI-04. AAAI Technical Report WS-04-04.

Koster, R. (2005). A theory of fun. Scottsdale: Paraglyph Press, Inc.

Salen, K., & Zimmerman, E. (2004). Rules of play: Game design fundamentals. Cambridge: The MIT Press.

Salen, K, & Zimmerman, E. (eds.) (2006). The game design reader: A rules of play anthology. Cambridge: The MIT Press.