The design and use of simulation computer games in education / / edited by Brett E. Shelton and David A. Wiley.

A series of well argued but surprisingly entertaining articles go far to set the very foundations ofthe field of digital game based learning. This book is absolutely essential reading for anyone interested in games and learning and will be for years to come. James Paul Gee, Mary Lou Fulton President...

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Superior document:Modeling and simulations for learning and instruction ; Volume 2
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Place / Publishing House:Rotterdam ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2007]
©2007
Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
Series:Modeling and simulations for learning and instruction ; Volume 2.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Brett E. Shelton and David A. Wiley
  • Introduction / Brett E. Shelton and David A. Wiley
  • Games in Education: The Epistemic Argument / Brett E. Shelton and David A. Wiley
  • In Praise of Epistemology / David Shaffer
  • Six Ideas in Search of a Discipline / Richard Van Eck
  • Building Bridges Between Serious Game Design and Instructional Design / Jamie Kirkley , Sonny Kirkley and Jerry Heneghan
  • Layered Design in an Instructional Simulation / Andrew S. Gibbons and Stefan Sommer
  • Designing Educational Games for Activity-Goal Alignment / Brett E. Shelton
  • “The Peripatos Could not Have Looked Like that,” and Other Educational Outcomes From Student Game Design / Ryan M. Moeller , Jason L. Cootey and Ken S. Mcallister
  • Games as Mediums for Social Change and Literacy Practices / Brett E. Shelton and David A. Wiley
  • The Quest Atlantis Project: A Socially-Responsive Play Space for Learning / Sasha Barab , Tyler Dodge , Hakan Tuzun , Kirk Job-Sluder , Craig Jackson , Anna Arici , Laura Job-Sluder , Robert Carteaux JR , Jo Gilbertson and Conan Heiselt
  • Massively Multiplayer Online Gaming as a Constellation of Literacy Practices / Constance Steinkuehler
  • Robust Design Strategies for Scaling Educational Innovations / Brian C. Nelson , Diane Jass Ketelhut , Jody Clarke , Ed Dieterle , Chris Dede and Ben Erlandson
  • Building the Wrong Model / Kenneth E. hay
  • Wherever You go, There You are: Place-Based Augmented Reality Games for Learning / Kurt D. Squire , Mingfong Jan , James Matthews , Mark Wagler , John Martin , Ben Devane and Chris Holden.