Transmedia Games For Learning

Randall FujimotoGameTrain Learning, Inc.

Webinar Agenda

•What is Transmedia?

•Entertainment

benefits

•Transmedia gaming

•Educational benefits

•Design

considerations

What is Transmedia?

“The art of telling one story

over multiple media, where

each medium is making a

unique contribution to the

whole.”Andrea Phillips, deusexmachinatio.com

What is Transmedia?

Examples

•Lizzie Bennet Diaries

•The Hunger Games

•World Without Oil

Lizzie Bennet Diaries

Lizzie Bennet Diaries

Lizzie Bennet Diaries

Lizzie Bennet Diaries

Lizzie Bennet Diaries

Lizzie Bennet Diaries

Lizzie Bennet Diaries

Lizzie Bennet Diaries

Lizzie Bennet Diaries

Lizzie Bennet Diaries

Lizzie Bennet Diaries

Lizzie Bennet Diaries

The Hunger Games

http://vimeo.com/40131470

Entertainment Benefits

•Richer storylines

•New media

consumers

•Multiple entry points

•Audience participation

World Without Oil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-hzUGFD-Gc

World Without Oil

Transmedia Gaming

•Storytelling vs. Gaming

•Rules, Goals

•Challenges, Feedback

•Interactive, Participatory

•Alternate Reality Games

Let’s play a game!

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Transmedia Gaming

Arising From Injustice

An Educational Alternate

Reality Game

Educational Benefits

•Social learning

•Reinforced learning

•Participatory learning

•Media literacy

Design Considerations

•Learning Objectives

•Storyline

•Puzzles and Missions

•Game Environment

•Assessment

Transmedia GamesFor Learning

Randall FujimotoGameTrain Learning, Inc.

randall@gametrainlearning.orgwww.gametrainlearning.orgTwitter: @gametrainlearn