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Author Zora Neale Hurston said that "Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.” The same could be said about video games, where a gamer explores new and unfamiliar areas, asks questions along the way, consults with outside resources to help understand the objective, learns new things, gains experience, and collaborates to achieve the prize at the end. In this presentation, Robin and Rachel discuss how gaming strategies can be applied to both in-classroom and online library instruction, and how these strategies can help retain students' attention as well as enhance their learning experience. They will discuss how the strategies used within the research process are remarkably similar to the strategies of gamers. The presenters will also highlight several academic libraries successfully incorporating games and gaming concepts into instruction through inexpensive or free open-source technologies. Should you choose to view this session, you will gain +10 to your toolbox of gaming resources, +15 to your ability to connect with students, +10 to your gaming strategies knowledge, and +5 to your creativity.
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Get Your Game On in Instruction
Gaming Strategies andthe Research Process
Rachel Vacek and Robin DaslerUniversity of Houston Libraries
Innovations in Teaching & Learning Technology ConferenceLee College, Baytown, TXNovember 12, 2009
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Explore/Discover
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Strategize
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Collaborate
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Motivate
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Level Up!
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"...good video games build into their very designs good learning
principles and that we should use these principles, with or without games, in schools, workplaces,
and other learning sites."
- James Paul Gee, author of What Video Games Have to Teach Us
About Learning and Literacy
Examplesand
Possibilities
library.uncg.edu/game
storygameproject.org/
helpmesolveamystery.com/
www.uflib.ufl.edu/games/bioactive/
education.mit.edu/ar/ed.html
www.west.asu.edu/libcontrib/game/website/index.cfm
www.trinity.edu/jdonald/bloodonthestacks.html
Online Tools to Create Games
www.bgdf.com
www.sjgames.com/GURPS
mygamebuilder.com
gamecreator.cartoonnetwork.com
sandboxgamemaker.com
Other Options
(that are slightly less overwhelming)
interactive
team-focused
card games clickers
board games
puzzle huntsrole-playing
scavenger hunt
murder mystery
Gaming Strategies to take with you!
Create a "safe to fail" environmentPlan for discovery Build reasons to be motivatedEncourage them to develop strategies Use just-in-time learningIncorporate interactivityAllow for collaborationEncourage customizationLet them demonstrate their expertiseBuild on past skills Provide continuous feedbackUpdate and expand new content continuously
ReferencesAlexander, J. (2009). Gaming, student literacies, and the composition classroom: Some possibilities for transformation. CCC 61 (6), 35-63. Doshi, A. (2006). In How Gaming Could Improve Information Literacy . <http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/may06/Doshi.shtml> Gee, J. (2003). What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Harris, A., and Rice, S. (2008). Gaming in Academic Libraries: Collections, Marketing, and Information Literacy. Chicago: ACRL. Holmes, T. (2007). The hero’s journey: An inquiry-research model. Teacher Librarian, 34 (5).
Levine, J. (2006) Gaming and libraries: Intersection of services. Library Technology Reports, 42 (5). Library Gaming Toolkit <http://librarygamingtoolkit.org/>
For more info...
Robin DaslerScience & Mathematics Librarian (and avid gamer)University of Houstonrldasler@uh.edu
Rachel VacekWeb Services Coordinator
(and WoW addict) University of Houston
revacek@uh.edu
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