The Trinity of Educational Game Design

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The Trinity of Educational Game Design
Subject Matter
Instructional Designer
Game Designer
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The Trinity of Educational Game Design
Subject Matter
Instructional Designer
Game Designer

Game Design
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Game Design Approaches

• Games as Momentum
• Games as a Measure
• Games as Instruction

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Game Design Approaches

• Games as Momentum
• In traditional user-paced multimedia training
  programs, games can be used to break up the pace
• Benefit
• Encourages user to continue with learning

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Game Design Approaches

• Games as a Measure
• Present education via text, video, VO, etc.
• Use game to measure retention or comprehension
• Benefit
• User sees performance on game as a reward

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Game Design Approaches

• Games as Instruction
• Education integrated within the game
• Through trial and error, player learns the proper
  skills
• Benefit
• User gets to jump directly into the action
• User doesnt feel like they are learning

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Comparison of Three Games Used as Instruction

• Network Security

Storage Area Networks
IP Telephony
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Which game elements were used for Educating and
which were used for Entertaining

• EDUCATION ENTERTAINMENT
• Story
• Visual Design
• Sound
• Game Mechanics
• Level Progression

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Network Security Game

• Educational Objectives (Instructional Design)
• After playing the game, the learner will be able
  to define 6 network security risks.
• After playing the game, the learner will be able
  to define 7 defenses against external network
  security risks.

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Network Security Game

• Game Description
• Goal is to protect your companys network (the
  companys data) from viruses, worms, etc. Given a
  budget, the player much purchase network upgrades
  which will stop security risks.

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Network Security Game

• EDUCATION ENTERTAINMENT
• Story
• Visual Design
• Sound
• Game Mechanics
• Level Progression

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Storage Area Networks Game

• Educational Objectives(Instructional Design)
• After playing the game, the learner will be able
  to list the major components of a Storage Area
  Network.
• After playing the game, the learner will be able
  to describe reasons for multiple SAN network
  configurations.

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Storage Area Networks Game

• Game Description
• Goal is to build a SAN to the specified design
  parameters with provided network components. The
  player will need to maneuver their character
  on-screen to avoid obstacles while completing the
  task before time expires.

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Storage Area Networks Game

• EDUCATION ENTERTAINMENT
• Story
• Visual Design
• Sound
• Game Mechanics
• Level Progression

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IP Telephony Game

• Educational Objectives(Instructional Design)
• After playing the game, the learner will be able
  to list the benefits of an IP Telephony solution.

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IP Telephony Game

• Game Description
• Goal is to command employees of a retail store to
  sell product, manage inventory and drive traffic
  to stores. As the game progresses through
  levels, implemented IP Telephony solutions will
  enable the player to more efficiently run the
  business operation.

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IP Telephony Game

• EDUCATION ENTERTAINMENT
• Story
• Visual Design
• Sound
• Game Mechanics
• Level Progression

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Lessons Learned

• Quotes from players/learners
• Generally informative of different network
  technologies. After a certain point it just
  becomes a game with colors and not a learning
  tool. But until then it's very good.

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Lessons Learned

• Quotes from players/learners
• Great Idea ! For me it's too much reading.

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Lessons Learned

• Quotes from players/learners
• it looks like it somewhat oriented on having
  the Routers Firewalls pretty secure thus
  perpetuating the myth of the perimeter security
  being enough

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Lessons Learned

• Quotes from players/learners
• Can you make a network game with naked woman?