Serious Games: Incorporating Video Games in the Classroom

Autor/inn/en	Annetta, Leonard A.; Murray, Marshall R.; Laird, Shelby Gull; Bohr, Stephanie C.; Park, John C.
Titel	Serious Games: Incorporating Video Games in the Classroom
Quelle	In: EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 29 (2006) 3, S.16-22 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1528-5324
Schlagwörter	Graduate Students; Video Games; Distance Education; Student Interests; Online Courses; Virtual Classrooms; Science Teachers; Technological Advancement; Technology Integration; Teaching Methods; Science Instruction; Role Playing; Synchronous Communication; Visual Aids; Inservice Teacher Education; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Video game; Videospiel; Videospiele; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Studieninteresse; Online course; Online-Kurs; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Rollenspiel; Anschauungsmaterial; Lehrerfortbildung
Abstract	Technological advances in the new millennium may evoke disquiet among administrators and teachers taxed with understanding how to harness new capabilities and merge them with sound pedagogy. To understand how gaming might bridge the gap between student interest and how lessons are taught, graduate students in science education at North Carolina State University (NCSU) took an online course that incorporated role-playing games. This article describes the creation of the NCSU course, which combined content and pedagogy with a multi-player educational gaming application (MEGA). The course design had two major goals: (1) Find a viable source for synchronous, online course delivery in a MEGA; and (2) Pilot a project for in-service teachers to design and create role-playing video games in a three-dimensional (3D) virtual environment as a supplement to science teacher instruction. (Contains 2 figures and 32 endnotes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10