Game Technology NextGen Learning

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Game Technology Next-Gen Learning
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Gaming As a Next-Generation Learning Technology

• Joel Foreman, Associate Professor, George Mason
  University
• NLII Annual Meeting, 2004

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OVERVIEW

• Brief history of video game technology
• Large lecture critique
• Game based learning
• Psych 101 The videogame
• Possibilities and impediments

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High Yield Learning

• customized
• immediate feedback
• constructive
• persists without coercion
• builds concepts
• promotes LTP
• transfers to everyday life

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Large Lecture Deficiencies

• One to many
• Few questions
• One sensory channel
• Weak visuals
• Attention issues
• Short term memory
• Expensive

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Next-generation Learning

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3D Visualizations

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Photorealism

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Interactivity

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Intelligent Sim People

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Dynamic Explorable Information Worlds

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Instructional Transformation

Learning Station
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Says who?


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Possible Course Worlds


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Possible Course Worlds


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Possible Course Worlds


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Dynamic Explorable Information Worlds


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Dynamic Explorable Information Worlds

• active discovery
• analysis
• interpretation
• problem-solving
• physical activity
• cognitive processing
• deeply roots learning
• neural network

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Psych 101 The Videogame


Level 1
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Psych 101 The Videogame


Level 1
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Psych 101 The Videogame


Level 1
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Psych 101 The Videogame


Level 2
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Psych 101 The Videogame


Built in assessment systems
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Psych 101 The Videogame

• BUILDING THE COURSE
• 10 MILLION
• Respected SME
• Instructional Designers
• Game developers
• Professional Assessment

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Psych 101 The Videogame


ADOPTION LEARNING YIELDS
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Psych 101 The Videogame

• MAKE SOME ASSUMPTIONS
• Professionally certified
• Faster and deeper
• Rave student reviews
• National publicity
• Conference demos
• Mounting demand
• 100K users _at_ 100/head

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CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT CYCLE



Economic/pedagogical engine
Annual upgrades
Amortize production cost
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EMERGENCE OF A PICTORIAL CULTURE
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