Game Based Learning Opportunities for Instructors

Shall We Play A Game?

Chris Luchs - CCCO

Presented by:

Kae Novak - FRCC

Personal Learning Network

PLN

Massive Open Online Course

MOOC

Three Types of MOOCsConnectivist MOOC

Community MOOC

xMOOC

cMOOC

Connectivist MOOCs

Learning Theory for the Digital Age

Connectivism

Principles of Connectivism

Learning and knowledge rests in diversity of opinions.

Learning is a process of connecting specialized nodes or information sources.

Learning may reside in non-human appliances.

Capacity to know more is more critical than what is currently known

Principles of Connectivism

Nurturing and maintaining connections is needed to facilitate continual learning.

Ability to see connections between fields, ideas, and concepts is a core skill.

Currency (accurate, up-to-date knowledge) is the intent of all connectivist learning activities.

Principles of Connectivism

Decision-making is itself a learning process. Choosing what to learn and the meaning of incoming information is seen through the lens of a shifting reality. While there is a right answer now, it may be wrong tomorrow due to alterations in the information climate affecting the decision.

Siemens & Downes

AggregateRepurposeRemixFeed Forward

Social Network Knowledge

Construction

Community Based MOOCs

DS106Found at: http://ds106.us/

P2PU Peer 2 Peer University

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Anne Frank MOOCEducators use a virtual world and a MOOC (massive open online course) to teach about the holocaust. Imagine "entering the book" as an avatar and exploring the cramped quarters where Anne Frank lived in hiding.

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Important Attributes

Facilitator not the sole provider of knowledge

Facilitator not the determiner of space

High-end knowledge exchange to occur

Open Source

xMOOCs

xMOOCs

Stanford AICourseraUdacityEdx

xMOOC Characteristics

AI GradingUniversity or Corporate Sponsorship

Rating of Questions Discussion Forum

Instructor record answers on video but may not participate in the discussion forums

Stanford’s Artificial Intelligence MOOCFound at: https://www.ai-class.com/

UdacityFound at: http://www.udacity.com/

CourseraFound at: https://www.coursera.org/

MOOC’s Influence on Higher Education?

Well………

Third Iteration

Games Based Learning MOOC

Listed in the US Department of Education’s

Connected Educators Project’s Community Directory

Games MOOC

M stands for Modest

“Coursera gamification12 is totally LMS. OTOH #gamemooc has morphed into a wonderfully supportive guild of educators.”

Social Network Knowledge Construction

Level 1 – Identify the NetworkLevel 2 – LurkingLevel 3 – ContributingLevel 4 – CreatingLevel 5 – Leading

After First MOOC48,683 visitors

86,862 page views

283 threaded discussions

301 registered participants

Now181,226 visitors

267,767 page views

479 threaded discussions

582 registered participants

Over 30 videos of live educational presentations and discussions were created

during the Games MOOC I.

The videos have collectively had 3,003 views. We have 81 people who have subscribed to the YouTube channel.

YouTube

Over 100 videos of live educational presentations and discussions were created

during the Games MOOC.

The videos have collectively had 9,993views. We have 181 people who have

subscribed to the YouTube channel.

YouTube

LMS –like site http://gamesmooc.shivtr.com/

Asynchronous LMS

Popular DiscussionsBig “G” GamesFun, Flow and FieroAnything by Jim GeeAnything by Jane McGonigalAugmented RealityLurkingMOOCs

Badges

Brave BeginnerGame Based LearningNetworked Educator

Live Events OnlineGoogle Hangout on Air as a quick

overview each Monday

Tweetchat each Wednesday evening

Thursday livestreamed discussion or panel of guests through Google Hangout on Air and also through Second Life.

hashtag #gamemooc

Twitter

TweetchatWednesday night Games based learning tweetchat7 pm MTOne hourHashtag #gamemooc

Games Based Learning MOOC

group

flickr

YouTube – gamesmooc

http://www.youtube.com/gamesmooc

Social Media and Online Presence

Second Life

Front Range and ISTE SIGVE

Social Media and Online Presence

World of Warcraft

Inevitable BetrayalCognitive Dissonance

Social Media and Online Presence

March 18 – April 28th

Games Based Learning MOOC III

6 Weeks

Week1: Intro to the Course and TopicsWeek2: Apps and Mobile PossibilitiesWeek3: AR (Augmented Reality) and IF

(Interactive Fiction)Week4: Mysteries, Puzzles and Scavenger

HuntsWeek5: Narratives and StoryboardingWeek6: Creating the Clues & Playing the

Games

Upcoming Game Based

Learning

PLN

Webinar Series Every Third Thursday of the

month

It Takes A Guild A Guild of Educators

Reacting to the Past Conference

Regional Conference at Pikes Peak Community CollegeHosted by the Rocky Mountain ConsortiumFri April 19 - Sun April 21, 2013

Faculty will have the opportunity to network and collaborate and to learn about a special opportunity available through the RMC to design their own games. The RMC will begin to field proposals from faculty to create short, chapter games with support from the RMC grant. Faculty who attend the workshop on the third day of the conference will get priority consideration.

Rhetoric and Composition: The

Persuasive Power of Video Games as

Paratexts

rgMOOC RHETORIC AND GAME-BASED

MOOC

Arapahoe Community CollegeMay 28, 2013 - August 1, 2013

rgMOOC RHETORIC AND GAME-BASED

MOOC

2 Parts

Summer Games MOOC

June 3 – June 24

Games MOOC Part I

Communities, Collaborations and Economies

Multi-Player Games

MMORPGMassively Online Role-Playing Game

MMORPG

WoW in Business

Inevitable Instructors

Cognitive Dissonance

July 7 – July 29

Games MOOC Part II

Online and Game Based

Learning

Immersive Environments

Collaborating and TouringrgMOOC Rhetoric and game-based MOOC

3D GameLabISTE Special Interest Group SIGVE

Virtual Pioneers

CCCS Hackathon

FALL Games MOOC