Course overview. Intro to Serious Games. - Serious Games - Spring 2009

Contents

Are We In The Right Room? [1/21]
Overview of Today's Class [2/21]
Contact Information [3/21]
Course Homepage [4/21]
Attendance [5/21]
Textbooks [6/21]
Prerequisites [7/21]
Learning Objectives [8/21]
What you will do in this course [9/21]
Assessment [10/21]
My Learning Objectives [11/21]
Introductions [12/21]
Why educational games? [13/21]
The Hype [14/21]
What COTS games are educational? [15/21]
Educational games are happening [16/21]
Does learning happen in games? [17/21]
Does education happen in games? [18/21]
The reality [19/21]
Coming up [20/21]
The End! (of the beginning) [21/21]

Slides

Are We In The Right Room? [1/21, 2009/03/31]

Course: Serious Games (GAM 382)

Instructor: Peter Hastings

Overview of Today's Class [2/21, 2009/03/31]

Administrative information.

Overview of the course.

Intro to Serious Games

Contact Information [3/21, 2009/03/31]

Office: CDM 717

Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 11:45-1:15 or by arrangement Note: Please call or email before noon if you're planning on stopping by. I'll be in the building, but may be having lunch away from my office.

Homepage: http://reed.cs.depaul.edu/peterh/

Email: peterh@cdm.depaul.edu

Phone: 312-362-5736

If you leave a phone message, repeat your phone number slowly.

I check email more often than voice-mail.

Please check that the email address on your CampusConnect record is correct.

Course Homepage [4/21, 2009/03/31]

Course homepage: http://reed.cs.depaul.edu/peterh/class/gam382/

Please check it frequently and before coming to class. It will change!

Lecture slides are available in two HTML formats: one slide per page and all slides on one page.

Lecture slides are available if a check is shown (click on the check). Lecture slides may not be available before the class.

Attendance [5/21, 2009/03/31]

Class attendance is not exactly mandatory BUT because discussion is integral to your learning and part of your grade, it is expected. I will not give an A grade to anyone who has missed more than 4 classes. Furthermore, if you are absent from class you are responsible for understanding the material and for finding out about any announcements made in that class. (Hint: see the video.)

Textbooks [6/21, 2009/03/31]

Required:

Prerequisites [7/21, 2009/03/31]

Learning Objectives [8/21, 2009/03/31]

By the end of this course you should (at least):

What you will do in this course [9/21, 2009/03/31]

Assessment [10/21, 2009/03/31]

My Learning Objectives [11/21, 2009/03/31]

Introductions [12/21, 2009/03/31]

Specializations, experience (ed games or sw), interests.

Why educational games? [13/21, 2009/03/31]

The Hype [14/21, 2009/03/31]

What COTS games are educational? [15/21, 2009/03/31]

Educational games are happening [16/21, 2009/03/31]

Does learning happen in games? [17/21, 2009/03/31]

Does education happen in games? [18/21, 2009/03/31]

What's the difference?

Obstacles to educational games?

The reality [19/21, 2009/03/31]

(contrary to the hype)

Very little research has been done to find out how games can best be used to improve eucation.

Coming up [20/21, 2009/03/31]

The End! (of the beginning) [21/21, 2009/03/31]