North American Simulation and Gaming Association

July 2012 Blog Posts (6)

NASAGA mobile

The NASAGA site now has a mobile view on your smartphone. Easy to navigate. I am posting this from my phone right now.

Added by chris saeger on July 31, 2012 at 11:32am — No Comments

Games Mooc Mid-Term

Back at the beginning of the month I posted about a Massive Open Online Course on Games-based Learning. The course is running for a total of six weeks and we are now close to the end of week three so it is time for a mid-term paper.

To re-cap here is the schedule for the six weeks.

Game-based Learning

Week 1 Games Based Learning/Game Principles. 

Week 2 Overview of…

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Added by chris saeger on July 26, 2012 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Four Part Series on Games in the Classroom

Anastasia Salter, NASAGA member and assistant professor of Information Arts and Technologies at the University of Baltimore, wrote a four part series "Games In the Classroom for the Chronicle of Higher Education. The series is a great read and provides many resources. Here are the links to each part of the series.

August 30, 2011, …

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Added by chris saeger on July 15, 2012 at 4:41pm — No Comments

Webinar: Interactivity, Games and Gamification

Interactivity, Games and Gamification: Creating Engaged Learners

 

Presenter: 

Karl Kapp, Assistant Director of Bloomsburg University's Institute for Interactive Technologies

Session Description

Based on the bestselling learning book, “The Gamification of Learning and Instruction” this presentation introduces, defines, and…

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Added by chris saeger on July 13, 2012 at 9:35pm — No Comments

What is gamification? via Idea.org

This is a nice introduction to the topic of gamification. This comes via Idea.org

"Gameplay has a lot to teach us about motivating participation through joy. ‘Gamification’ is a new term, coined in 2008, for adapting game mechanics into non-game setting — such as building online communities, education and outreach, marketing, or building educational apps. Here are some ideas for how to do it"…

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Added by chris saeger on July 7, 2012 at 2:53pm — No Comments

Games Based Learning MOOC via the Center4Edupunx.org

This looks interesting. I have submitted a registration request. I will keep you posted.

Games Based Learning MOOC

July 1st, 2012…

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Added by chris saeger on July 7, 2012 at 5:46am — 1 Comment

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