edutainment is dead - long live educational games
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Henrike Lode's presentation from CounterPlay '14.TRANSCRIPT
Edutainment is dead.Long live educational games!
Counterplay Conference 2014
WHO AM I?
Machineers
Teacher for Game Development
Executive Board member
Nordic Game Jam
WHY AM I HERE?
Edutainment is DEAD
Edutainment
Education+
Entertainment=
Edutainment
Gamification
Ramification?
Gamification
Jane McGonigal
SuperBetter
Media Buzzzzzzzzz
I could go on...
What‘s the problem?
chocolate covered broccoli
FAIL
„When you play video games, you solve problems that you wouldn‘t have if you didn‘t play.“
Somebody Smart
Educational games "can do that too
Paper, Please
What‘s their secret?
EdutainmentGamification
Learning gameEducational game
Good GAME >
Game for GOOD
Gabriel Newell (Valve)
„I hate that a lot of people use the fact that they are targetting the educational market as an excuse for not working as hard as the people who are trying to build commercial software.“
They don‘t make you feel like an idiot.
Embrace your inner GEEK
FREEDOM
Set your own goals, collaborate, compete, explore
Playfulness
Think outside the box
Teach RELEVANT skills
Making games is hard. Making educational games is harder.
Question your motivation
Why use/make learning games?
User-Centered Design
This is not about you.
Don‘t panic
Thank you.