Games in Organic Chemistry: Edufrag and Wheel of Orgo Jean-Claude Bradley E-Learning Coordinator College of Arts and Sciences Drexel University August 2, 2006 Biennial Conferences on Chemical Education

Content Assessment Interaction Blogs CMS Games E-Learning is multi-dimensional

The Game Platform: The EduFrag Project AssessmentContent Interaction Quizzes in a 3- D world The Study Room Student-Student Collaboration or Competition Instructor Guided Tours First Person Shooter Modding (Unreal Tournament)

EduFrag Design Modularity Simplicity Quiz-Based – Not Simulation Portability of textures Flexible gameplay modes: non-competitive maze, race, deathmatch, capture the flag, king of the hill, etc. Even in competitive play gore level can be adjusted for each player

Platform: game (Unreal Tournament) One map – walking through walls First implementation Copy WebCT quizzes

One map problem: lighting and peeking

Some initial student feedback edufrag.blogspot.com (Avik)

The teleporter solution: one room template (Mike Aquino)

3D editor view of one room template

MakeGames: The Class that Didn’t Run

Don’t Underestimate the Impact of Open Courseware and RSS

The Free Educational Version of Unreal Tournament

EduFrag without weapons: a maze that can be used as in a virtual race study room testing rooms final room true false

The Study Room

A Quiz Room

The last room of the maze

Prizes not points for winner One chance in 4 for winning: Video ipod Chemistry book Molecular model set Consolation prize

The new 20 room weapons map of EduFrag

The EduFrag Wiki and Blog: Open Source Collaboration

EduFrag Flickr group: tag true or false

EduFrag door requirements: 256 x 256 pixel 256 color bitmaps (easy with Paint) Must be named in the format true001.bmp and false001.bmp Must be true or false in any context Minimize text - Simple Graphics best

Overwrite folders to change mazes

EduFrag for learning grammar ( Beth Ritter-Guth)

EduFrag for learning chem info retrieval ( Tim Siftar/Jay Bhatt)

EduFrag for learning the class FAQ

EduFrag for learning the physics and math (Quinn Thomas)

EduFrag as poster session (Allison Lucci)

EduFrag as a recruitment tool

Wheel of Orgo Rules: Teacher draws starting material and final product at opposite ends of a page Students take turns drawing any reaction from starting material (or branch) OR to final product (or branch) 1 point for correct reaction 3 points for completing synthesis Students may pass their turn Generally use a time limit (45 minutes) Can be played on chalkboard, Smartboard or TabletPC

Modifications Open book/web or closed book/web Give a point for correcting another student’s error Allow more than one step Give prize Give a point just for an attempt even if incorrect If too many students passing their turn do a simpler synthesis

Example Chem243.blogspot.com Lecture 015: Wheel of orgo 1

First Play

Mid Play

Completion

Cat Synthesis Problem Chem243.blogspot.com Lecture 028: Wheel of orgo 5

Opportunity to Contextualize Organic Chem243.blogspot.com Lecture 028: Wheel of orgo 5

THERE ARE SIMPLE WAYS TO HAVE FUN WITH CHEMISTRY! Take Home Message Edufrag.wikispaces.com Edufrag.blogspot.com Chem243.blogspot.com (Wheel of Orgo) Drexel-coas-elearning.blogspot.com