Games Based Learning MOOC

http://gamesmooc.shivtr.com

Games MOOC

READY TO PLAY?Part I

June 3 – 24th

MULTI-PLAYER

MMORPG

Massive Open Online Course

MOOC

Games MOOC SUMMER

Summer Games MOOC Part I

1) Multi-player and MMORPG

2) Characters and Communities

3) Build Your Guild

Bonus: EduMachinima Fest

Connectivist MOOC

Learning Theory for the Digital Age

Connectivism

Source: George Siemens Quote from: http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/connectivism.htm

“One of the most persuasive factors is the shrinking half-life of knowledge. The “half-life of knowledge” is the time span from when knowledge is gained to when it becomes obsolete. Half of what is known today was not known 10 years ago.”

Principles of Connectivism

• Learning and knowledge rests in diversity of opinions.

• Learning is a process of connecting specialized nodes or information sources.

• Learning may reside in non-human appliances.

• Capacity to know more is more critical than what is currently known

Principles of Connectivism

• Nurturing and maintaining connections is needed to facilitate continual learning.

• Ability to see connections between fields, ideas, and concepts is a core skill.

• Currency (accurate, up-to-date knowledge) is the intent of all connectivist learning activities.

Siemens & Downes

• Aggregate• Repurpose• Remix• Feed Forward

Important Attributes

• Facilitator not the sole provider of knowledge• Facilitator not the determiner of space• High-end knowledge exchange to occur• Open Source

Three Types of MOOCs

•Connectivist MOOC• xMOOC•Community/Task Based

MOOC

Build Your Guild

Build Your Guild

• Introduce During Week 2• 10 quests to create an educational guild for

your class– Project– Semester– Year

Social Network Knowledge Construction

SNKC

SNKC

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

Social Media

• Twitter

• Flickr

• YouTube

Twitter

•#gamemooc

•@ proximalzone

www.tweetchat.com

Flickr

• Flickr group “Games Based Learning MOOC”

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

Discussions

Overview

• Guild Site• Connectivist /Community/Task MOOC• Social Network Knowledge Construction• Social Media• Discussions• Badge

Personal Learning Network

PLN

Badge

BUILD YOUR GUILD

Asynchronous

Synchronous

Monday – Noon MT

Overview over the Games MOOC YouTube Channel

Tuesday – 6 pm MT

• YouTube Livestream

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

Wednesday – 7 pm MST

• TWEETCHAT

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

Friday – 2-4 pm MT

• OFFICE Hours

– Discussion of Week’s Topics– Last Hour in WoW

Sat 11 am MT

• YouTube Livestream

– Sponsored by G.A.M.E.– Game MOOC YouTube Channel– Google Hangout

Overview

• Badge – Build Your Guild• Asynchronous and Synchronous• Tue Google Hangout Live• Wed Tweetchat • Fri Office Hours• Sat Morning MMORPG tour• Any other event we can get

EduMachinima Fest

Submission due 1155 pm PTTuesday, June 18th

Other Events

G.A.M.E.ISTE SIGVE

Cognitive Dissonance GuildInevitable Betrayal Guild

Monday June 24th

EduMachinima Fest430 – 545 pm MT

Google Hangout fromISTE Conference

Typical Week Discussions

• Show us or tell us about it.

– Post in Forums– Pic or Screencapture– Link in Diigo– Would you use it? – Why? Why not? – Found something better? Share!

Live Events Online

• Mon Noon Google Hangout Week Overview• Tue 6 pm Session ( 30-60 mins)• Wed 7 pm #gamemooc tweetchat (60 mins)• Fri 2- 4 pm Office Hours– Discussion of the Week/Speaker– WoW Office Hours

• Sat 11 am Tour of a MMORPG

Games Based Learning MOOC

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