Gamification and Simulation not just for your entertainment!

History of Games Dice 700BC Chess 16th Century Cribbage 17 Century Solitaire 18 th Century Bridge 19 th Century Monopoly 20 th Century Electronic Games 21 st Century

What makes it a game?  Rules  Goals  Feedback  Fantasy  Fun (Kloper, E., Osterweil, S., & Salen, K.., 2009)

What can games do for us?  Engages learners  Develops skills  Allows mistakes  Show consequences  Encourages reflections and alternatives  Allows strategizing  Allows variables for simplifying complexities  Allows practice/feedback  Increases retention of information (Horton, W., 2012)

Why use games in education? “The cycle of making decisions and seeing results is the essence of the game or simulation.” - Horton  Defined goals  Persistence  Risk taking  Problem solving  Decision making (Horton, W., 2012) (Kloper, E., Osterweil, S., & Salen, K., 2009)

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Games and Their Uses

Gamification  Use of game design techniques  Funware  Technology  Engaging  Knowledge retention (Wikipedia, 2011; Discovery 11 3D Conference, 2011)

Games and simulators  Cost of failure  Knowledge  Cost and time  Skills and application  Real environment is impractical (Horton, W., 2012) Click to view

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