Category Archives: ARG

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 2)

Posted on 23 August, 2012 by colsim

Continuing on with looking at the great participant contributions in the GamesMOOC: There was a great discussion (mainly) between grasshopper98 and akoutropoulos about the pros and cons of collaboration and competition in classroom games – how they can work to … 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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Alternate Reality Games and an idea for mobile gaming

Posted on 5 March, 2008 by colsim

Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) take a cross media approach to game play and attempt to bring the action more into the player’s day to day life. Wikipedia says that: An alternate reality game (ARG) is an interactive narrative that uses … Continue reading →

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