Gaming in Planning, Architecture and Social

Sciences

Andrea Frank

University of Michigan’s Urban gaming/simulation programme

FootballVirtual Reality

Role Play for negotiations

etc.

Modelling

The Certificate in Gaming/Simulation

Required Courses• UP662 Core seminar

• UP663 Theory & practice of G/S

• UP664 Gaming Simulation Studio

Electives (in various fields)- Metropolitan Area Growth

Game (Urban Planning)- Scientific Problem Solving

(Math) - Instructional Gaming

(School of Education)- Negotiation Skills for

environmental dispute resolution (SNRE)

Etc.

18 credit hrs total, 1 course equals 3 or 4 credit hrs.

UM’s Certificate in Gaming/Simulation

Practice & Theorya) Use/experience games/simulationsb) Learning about games/simulations

History, Typology & StructureAppropriate (ethical) useTheoriesGame design, i.e. how to developing

games/simulations for certain learning outcomes or research objectives

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Gaming /role play and policy exercises

Games: rapid, complex communication

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Dialogue

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Multilogue+ paraphernalia,Non-verbal clues

Lecture:

Seminar:

Gaming:

Great Learning Tools

Games/simulations are• Fun ! & participatory +

creative• Learning by doing• Immersive environment,

close to reality• Safe environment for

learning (skills, behaviour, concepts)”

G/S Resources

• CEBE departmental workshop on Gaming/Simulation• SAGSET – Society for interactive learning (UK) http://www.sagset.org

• ISAGA (International Simulation and Gaming Association)/summer school – see conference flyer

• Duke, RD and Geurts, JLA (forthcoming, 2004) Policy Games for strategic management – pathway into the unknown. Dutch University Press.

• Program on Negotiation (Harvard University) Clearinghouse for case study/simulation materials - http://www.pon.org/index.cfm

• Meligrana, JF and JS Andrew (2003). Role playing Simulations in Urban Planning Education … Planning Practice and Research 18 (1):95-107.

• Simulation and Gaming: Intern. Journal of Theory, Practice and Research

• Simulation & Gaming Research Yearbooks (Kogan Page)

Types of Gaming & Simulations

Recreation’l

Games

Simulations/

Mathemat. Modelling

Educational games, Role Play

Case Studies,Policy

Exercises

Game theory

Training,War games

Chess, monopoly,

etc.

Flight simulator,

etc

Virtual reality

Prisoner’s dilemma,

cellular automata

etc.

Urban development games, teaching

processes, concepts

Multiparty negotiation exercises,

explore policies