games mooc 3 intro to week 1

Games Based Learning MOOC

http://gamesmooc.shivtr.com

Massive Open Online Course

MOOC

Games MOOC 6 Weeks

Connectivist MOOC

Badges

• Brave Beginner• Games Based Learning Track• Networked Educator

Brave Beginner

Games Based Learning

Networked Educator

Social Network Knowledge Construction

SNKC

SNKC

• Level 1 – Identify the Network• Level 2 – Lurk• Level 3 – Contribute• Level 4 – Create• Level 5 – Lead

Games MOOC Part I

1) Intro to the Course and Topics

2) Apps and Mobile Possibilities

3) AR (Augmented Reality) and IF (Interactive Fiction)

Games MOOC Part II

4) Mysteries, Puzzles and Scavenger Hunts

5) Narratives and Storyboarding

6) Creating the Clues & Playing the Games

Intro to Week 1

Apps, AR and ARGs

APP Application software of a mobile device. This could be a smartphone or a tablet.

ARAugmented Reality creates a layer of virtual reality over the real world environment using a computer generated sensory input through a GPS enabled application that can be sound, video or graphics.

ARG

An alternate reality game (ARG) is an interactive narrative that uses the real world as a platform and uses transmedia storytelling to deliver a story that may be altered by participants' ideas or actions.

RP - Role Play

RTTP Conference April 19th-21st

LARPLive Action Role Play

Physically Act Out Character Actions

Fun, Flow & Fiero

Jane McGonigal

• Games Can Change the World– Urgent Optimism– Social Fabric– Blissful Productivity– Epic Meaning

Keller’s ARCs Modelof Motivational Design

• Attention• Relevance• Confidence• Success

Asynchronous

Synchronous

Monday – Noon MT

Introduction to Games MOOC IIIYouTube Channel

Wednesday – 7 pm MST

• TWEETCHAT• Topic: Fun, Flow and Fiero

– 60 minutes of twitter discussion– www.tweetchat.com– Start with quick intro– Then 4 questions– #gamemooc

Thursday – 7 pm MST

• It Takes a Guild: A Guild of Educators• Trish Cloud and topic is Chronicle of Mobile

Education I

– 60 minutes of presentation/discussion– Game MOOC YouTube Channel– Google Hangout

Live Events Online

• Google Hangout on Air as a quick overview each Monday Morning

• Tweetchat each Wednesday evening

• Thursday livestreamed discussion or panel of guests through Google Hangout on Air and also through Second Life.

Social Media

• Twitter

• Flickr

• Diigo

What to Do?

• Getting Started• Week 1• Overview of Course• Weekly Activities• Events• Discussion

Discussion

• Fave App/and or Game• Fun, Flow and Fiero• Jane McGonigal’s TED Talk• Keller’s ARCS Motivational Model

Discussion Forum

• Introduction – Gatehouse• Discussion Questions - Mission Central• Questions – Tavern• ISTE, Collaborators, Events & Guilds

Flickr

• Flickr group “Games Based Learning MOOC”

• http://www.flickr.com/groups/gamesmooc/

diigoApps AR-and-ARGs

https://groups.diigo.com/group/apps-ar_and_ar_gs

Twitter

•#gamemooc

•@ proximalzone

Games Based Learning MOOC

http://gamesmooc.shivtr.com