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How to use educational computer games
Meaningful Play, Leuven, Belgium, 12th December ‘08
Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen, PhDAssistant Professor IT-University Copenhagen
CEO, founder Serious Games Interactive
• MA Psychology
• PhD Games & learning
• Jumping between industry & research
Research projects
• Commercial video games for learning
• Educational potential of video games: GC: Palestine
• Research project: Serious Games on a Global Market place
Computer games
• Global Conflicts: Palestine
• Global Conflicts: Latin America
• +10 games for clients
My background
International prizes
Serious Games Interactive | www.seriousgames.dk | [email protected]
Children’s Technology Review (US)- Editors Choice Award 2008.
Danish Culture and Business Award (Denmark) – Most Creative Product 2007.
PC ZONE (UK) – Independent Game Award 2007.
Nordic Game (Scandinavia) – Best Nordic Game 2007 nominee.
IndieCade (US)- Editors Choice Award 2008.
Our background
International press
Serious Games Interactive | www.seriousgames.dk | [email protected]
Our background
Two titles out – more coming..
Serious Games Interactive | www.seriousgames.dk | [email protected]
Our background
Serious Games Interactive | www.seriousgames.dk | [email protected]
Global Conflicts: Latin America
The game
Platform: CD-Rom (Mac/PC).Technology: 3D game engine Unity.Play time: 6-8 hours.Players: Single player.Languages: UK, ES, DE, SE, NO, DK & FR.
Primary Target group: Students, 13-19 years
Secondary target group: Gamers, >16 years
Subjects: Citizenship, geography, media & history
Themes: Unstable democracies, border trouble, pollution, exploitation,
ethnic differences, debt slavery, developing countries & immigration
Checkpoint!
Learn about the neglected issues facing Latin America
Explore the issues in an authentic and realistic engaging environemnt
Confront key sources and use argument to get them to give the full story
Gameplay – Virtuel udflugtWhat is Global Conflicts: Latin America
Serious Games Interactive | www.seriousgames.dk | [email protected]
Based on true stories
Trailer
Freelance journalist
Get the best final interview for your article
1. Find informants
2. Select strong line of inquiry
3. Get good statements
4. Build arguments
5. Use arguments to get revealing interview
Most revealing story
You
Goal
Means
Winning
How to play
• Choose language
• Choose profile
• Choose mission
• Play game
Serious Games Interactive | www.seriousgames.dk | [email protected]
What is Global Conflicts: Latin America
3. Time
4. Argumentes & statement
6. Person you talk to
1. Map
2. Note book
5. Interview
Teacher
talk
Play
GamePlenary
Group
discussion
Read Topic overview Get overview
Teacher manual Topics overview
Explore perspectives Explore problems
Discuss experiences Write article
Student work sheets
Debriefing Evaluation
UndervisningsformLearn approach
Learning cycleLearn approach
Group work
Reflective
observation
Active
experimentation
GC: Latin
America
LectureAbstract
conceptsConcrete
experiences
•Based on same approach as
Global Conflicts: Palestine
•Kolb’s cycle covered with
different teaching forms in course.
• The teacher crucial to facilitate
a full learning experience.
Central problems in Latin America (content): Experience central problems facing the region through personal stories.
Pollution, corruption & new democracies (Themes): Learn about the themes by exploring them in the game.
Source critic & argumentation (Skills/Methods): Become good at recognizing relevant & irrelevant information.
Perspective shifting & critical thinking (competences): Experience why its important to gain multiple sides on a topic and think critical while you get your story.
Educational layersLearn approach
Contact details
Serious Games Interactive
Griffenfeldsgade 7A, 4. floor
2200 Copenhagen S
Denmark
www.seriousgames.dk| www.globalconflicts.eu
My details:
Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen
www.egenfeldt.eu
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