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HighScore House – Gamifying chores – update

Posted on 30 August, 2012 by colsim

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I was going to try out HighScore House – an online system for tracking and rewarding kids (and parents I guess) for household tasks. We’re still tweaking the system – and it’s … Continue reading →

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GamesMOOC – Participant contributions (Part 1)

Posted on 21 August, 2012 by colsim

I left out the wealth of participant contributions in my recent overviews of the first five weeks of GamesMOOC and I’m not entirely sure why. I suspect it was because there are so many great contributions, ideas and opportunities for … Continue reading →

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GamesMOOC Week 5 – Alternate Reality Games

Posted on 20 August, 2012 by colsim

Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) was the focus for Week 5, those games that spill over into “real life” and make use of a range of delivery platforms to present clues to puzzles that generally are intended to be solved in … Continue reading →

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Game based learning and MOOCs – some thoughts on both.

Posted on 30 July, 2012 by colsim

I’ve been participating in a Games-based Learning MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) for the last 3 weeks and thought that it was time to take a moment to reflect on how it is going. This is actually the third MOOC … Continue reading →

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Branching roleplay game

Posted on 24 July, 2012 by colsim

Branching roleplay test

Just seeing if this works – hosted in Dropbox

 

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Cathy Moore on developing branching dialogue trees for scenarios

Posted on 5 May, 2010 by colsim

Elearning example: Branching scenario » Making Change (tags: game_design gamedesign edugames gamerlearner roleplay decision_tree branching scenario) Cathy Moore is one of my favourite edubloggers. She always writes interesting and more importantly highly practical posts about teaching and learning online, with … Continue reading →

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Aldrich’s questions for subject matter experts

Posted on 5 January, 2009 by colsim

Clark Aldrich is one of the best writers around on the use of simulations/games in education – I picked up two of his books over the break and am looking forward to diving into them soon. He keeps a great … Continue reading →

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Eduversal Studios

Posted on 7 July, 2008 by colsim

We’re working on a pretty cool project at CIT now – developing models, practices and standards for using virtual worlds in the classroom, with a particular focus on the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector. We are using Croquet, an … Continue reading →

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Creating the First Person Learner: Educational Applications of the First Person Shooter game genre (Me, 2008)

Posted on 27 June, 2008 by colsim

Creating the First Person Learner: Educational Applications of the First Person Shooter game genre. Abstract Many students’ initial experiences of Vocational Education and Training (VET) involve spending large amounts of time methodically developing foundation skills and knowledge in their chosen … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on: UnrealTriage: A Game-Based Simulation for Emergency Response (McGrath & Hill,

Posted on 31 May, 2008 by colsim

McGrath, D. and Hill, D. (2004) UnrealTriage: A Game-based Simulation for Emergency Response Institute for Security Technology Studies, Dartmouth College. Retrieved 31st May 2008 from http://www.ists.dartmouth.edu/library/58.pdf McGrath and Hill describe the process they went through in developing an emergency response … Continue reading →

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