Play2Read? Kirk Ramsay Director of Learning Technologies
Mar 31, 2015
Play2Read?
Kirk RamsayDirector of Learning Technologies
Games
“Anyone who makes a distinction between games
and education doesn’t know the first thing about either
one.”
Marshall McLuhan
The audience has changed
• Digital natives
• Digital immigrants
• There are behavioural accents
Attitude to learning with games?
No, 62%Yes, 20%
Exploring, 14%Developing, 4%
Currently using computer games
as part of learning,
training or development?
How interested in particpating in
learning that uses computer games?
Not at all, 2%
Somewhat, 28%
Very, 70%
Masie Center
How are games being applied?
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Single player vs computer
Team vs team
Cooperative play
Team vs computer
Multiplayer
Team multiplayer
Single vs s ingle
Other
Masie Center
Effectiveness of games for learning?
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Very effective
Effective
Somewhat effective
Not effective
No response
Masie Center
Meeting expectations
• Merging good learning design with real games is NOT easy
• We have to match content to digital natives and technology
• We need to overcome ‘immigrant’ thinking about games
• We need to understand and employ the principles of game design, especially gameplay and decision making, so as not to suck the fun out
Marc Prensky
The Monkey Wrench Conspiracy
How to teach engineers to use new 3 D design tools
How do we take advantage?
Games Mods
Games Engine
Game
Mod
£5m?
£10k?
2 years?
4 weeks?
Deus Ex Mods
Literacy Challenge
Game Structure
CORE
literacy/numeracy
voting
social benefits
personal money mgmt
…more themes
Theme
Level
Game/Learning Level
(5)
(4)
(3)
(2)
(1)
theme (voting) theme (literacy)
(1) 1 2 3 4 5
(5) 1 2 3 4 5
(4) 1 2 3 4 5
(3) 1 2 3 4 5
(2) 1 2 3 4 5
The Characters
Building the Actors
The Environment
HQ
Network Partnerships
Core GameEditorial Board
Local Developer
Network
Local Developer
NetworkLocal Developer
Network
LC
LCLC
LC
LC
LC LCLC
LC
Email: kirkr@learndirectscotland.comwww.lds4b.comwww.learndirectscotland.com