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9 reasons to throw out your online courses and replace them with gamesTRANSCRIPT
Getting Serious about Games. Seriously.
Richard Cula,a
9 reasons you should
throw
out your online cours
es and
start using games
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Educa<onal Games
A word about words
Educa<onal Games
#9 They give learners choice
They give learners choice
• Monty, R & Perimuter L 1972 • Constance Kamii, 1991 • Ran< & Corno, 2000 • Zimmerman & Salen 2003
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They give learners choice
How should you proceed?
They give learners choice
Ready to start module 27?!
I guess so Back to
Module 26
#8 It’s what Amazon.com would do if they
had your job
It’s what Amazon would do
Inspired by my wish
list – cool!
How did they know my kids speak Spanish?
Wow, the only season of
West Wing I don’t already have!
It’s what Amazon would do
Read This, Richard:!
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Whelp, they know my name. I guess that’s as good as it gets
It’s what Amazon would do
Kinesthe7c learners: Read this while jumping up and down, that will really help you learn beLer
Read This, Richard:!
Whelp, they know my name. I guess that’s as good as it gets
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It’s what Amazon would do
#7 There are no next buttons
Next
Next
Next?
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No Next buttons How tradi<onal online courses force people to learn:
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Learn this Then this Now do this
No Next buttons How tradi<onal online courses force people to learn:
How people actually learn:
1 2 3 4 5
Learn this Then this Now do this
Learn this
I wonder what that looks like in prac7ce?
Hmmm… I wonder how that relates to this?
Holy crap, that reminds me of this
1 2 3 4 5
No Next buttons
• We just LOVE content. What we do is so important that when we finally get a chance to make an online learning it’s all we just can’t hold ourselves back. !
• But the best learning experiences are judicious with content. But it’s more than just not having too much content. It’s also having an abundance of context.!
• It seems like the best learning experiences use context effectively. Here’s what it looks like. First, describe the contextual problem (or ideally, allow them to actually experience it!). Second, teach the solution to the problem. !
• Here’s an example of the wrong way: teach a group of scouts how to tie a taut line hitch. Together, think of ways to use the taut line hitch!
• Here’s an example of the right way: Set up a tent in the wind, let them try to figure out how to anchor it down. Then teach them the taut line hitch!
• Here’s another example of the wrong way: Teach MBAs the Newsvendor Equation, then let them play the Newsvendor Game.!
• Here’s another example of the right way: Let them play the game then teach them the Newsvendor Equation (once they have the context for it).!
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#6 Cognitive psychologists dig it
Cognitive psychologists dig it
“The best instruction hovers at the boundary of a student’s competence.”!
- Andy diSessa (Berkeley Graduate School of Education)!
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Cognitive psychologists dig it
What I can do!
What I can’t do!
Cognitive psychologists dig it
What I can do!
What I can!do with help!
What I can’t do!Zone of Proximal Development
Cognitive psychologists dig it
What I can’t do!Zone of Proximal Development
What I can!do with help!
What I can do!
Cognitive psychologists dig it
Ooh, I’m SO close – just one
more 7me I’m sure I can beat it!
#5 Sometimes it’s good to fail
Sometimes it’s good to fail
If you want to succeed, double your failure rate!
- Thomas Watson, Founder IBM!
Sometimes it’s good to fail
1. Tried it 2. Failed 3. Yelled at by teacher, GPA destroyed
Result: Hated math for the rest of my life
Online Algebra
Failure = Bad
Sometimes it’s good to fail
Plants vs. Zombies
1. Tried it 2. Failed 3. Yelled at by teacher, GPA destroyed
Result: Hated math for the rest of my life
1. Tried it 2. Failed 3. Rewarded by game for gedng as far
as I did, encouraged to try again
Result: Spent exaggerated amounts of <me playing (and eventually bea<ng) the game
Online Algebra
Failure = Bad Failure = Learning
Sometimes it’s good to fail
Next <me you interrupt, you be,er have a good reason – objec<on overruled!
#4 Immerses the learner in context
Immerses learner in context
Here’s a shape:!
Here’s where it!is supposed to go:!
Immerses learner in context
Start by dividing the screen in half ver<cally. Then divide the right side in half again and place the shape in the middle of the ver<cal plane. Without moving the shape to the lek and right, divide the screen horizontally and place the shape approximately 2” above the horizontal plane. The loca<on of the shape can have a margin of error or 3/4” in any direc<on and s<ll be considered adequate.
Immerses learner in context
Here’s some context:!
Immerses learner in context
Here’s a shape:!
Immerses learner in context
Where should it go?!
Immerses learner in context
Immerses learner in context
#3 Gets rid of learners once and for all...
Gets rid of learners once and for all...
#2 They make data sexy
They make data sexy
Tombstone photo by Flickr user “tstadler”
They make data sexy
Player results
#1 Nobody ever wanted to stay up until 2:00 AM just to take your CBT one
more time before going to bed
Games are more fun
surprises collabora7
on
Mastery = Fun
Might want to pick this up. Ya never
know when a
mega-‐blaster
might come in handy
mastery
Try again?
Games are more fun
“In other words, with games, learning is the drug”!
- Raph Koster (theory of fun)!
Games are more fun
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So what next?
Go here
Games are more fun
There’s no learning objec7ve that can’t be made into a great game
There’s no learning objec7ve can’t be ruined by turning it
into a “nexter”
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Thank you!
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