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Learning Games

Part of the Advances in Game-Based Learning Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-46829-7

ISBN: 978-3-319-46827-3

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Jun 17, 2017

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Lessons from Anytown

Warren, Scott J.; Jones, Greg

Pages: 153 –163

[The purpose of this chapter is to detail the research outcomes and pragmatic lessons learned from the design and development of the Anytown learning game. We provide an overview of the teaching, development, training, and research issues identified during the experience of building a learning...
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Chalk House: Trying Again Using the Lessons of Anytown

Warren, Scott J.; Jones, Greg

Pages: 165 –179

[This chapter gives an overview of the approach taken to develop the Chalk House learning game in response to the lessons learned from the Anytown design experience. Specifically, we built a more compact game that could be played within the constraints of the average public school day and...
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Accidental Transmedia Design with The Door: Designing an Undergraduate Computer Literacy Course Experience

Warren, Scott J.; Jones, Greg

Pages: 185 –197

[Transmedia experiences, such as those found in alternate and augmented reality games, are a blending of many different forms of digital and analog media. The core narrative is expressed across many platforms, leading the player through an experience, immersed in relevant contexts. This chapter...
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Teaching Computer Literacy with Transmedia Designed by Learners with Broken Window

Warren, Scott J.; Jones, Greg

Pages: 199 –220

[This chapter explores the design and development of the Broken Window transmedia learning game experience, built as a successor to The Door as a means of supporting content learning and “showing what students know.” In addition to designing the game using problem-based learning, it was also an...
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The Study of Learning Games

Warren, Scott J.; Jones, Greg

Pages: 225 –249

[The confounding factors present in most learning games make studying them a labor of love and difficulty. This chapter examines the complexity and challenges of conducting research on learning games. We review some of the common approaches to studying educational games that have been employed in...
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Conclusion

Warren, Scott J.; Jones, Greg

Pages: 251 –255

[The purpose of this chapter is to provide a summary and final thoughts concerning the design, development, use, and study of learning games. We discuss existing gaps in our understanding of these complex systems and why they persist, as well as the need for an ethical attitude towards the use...

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