Interactive workshop: Gaming: the future's challenge; Pieter van der Hijden; ISAGA international conference; Dornbirn, Austria, 7-11 July 2014

Interactive

workshop:

Gaming: the

future's

challenge

Pieter van der Hijden msc

www.ecoisonline.org

1

Suriname Centre of Expertise in Education & ICTs

Paramaribo, Suriname

Background

Pieter van der Hijden

Sofos Consultancy (Amsterdam, The

Netherlands)

Consultant e-learning, Fab Lab,

gaming/simulation

ECOIS - Suriname Centre of Expertise in

Education & ICTs

Not-for-profit organization (Paramaribo,

Suriname)

www.ecoisonline.org2

Agenda


Introduction


The games, the book and the impact


The games

Communicating

Training

Research

Policy

development

Mainly tabletop

gamesHex game session, ISAGA

Summerschool, Paramaribo,

Suriname, 2010



The book

Concept of

gaming

Game design

process

Hex game session, ISAGA

Summerschool, Paramaribo,

Suriname, 2010

The Game Design Process,

Richard Duke, 1974



The impact

Introduction of

gaming

Policy makers

Human resource

professionals

Social scientists

Various languages

Dissemination

Sectors

Regions

The cycles, the clockwork and the issues


The cycles

Game

development

Game design

Game realization

Game use

Macro cyle and

micro cycles

(figure)

The cycles, the clockwork and

the issues


Strassbourg Clockwork,

Andrew Fleming (zetgem)

The clockwork

Cycles keep the

facilitator in

control

The cycles, the clockwork and the issues


The issues

Division of labour

Clockwork

character

Complexity Issues

Labour division

...

Clockwork character

...

Complexity of games

...

The times, the tools and the challenges


The times

Video games

Game programs

and courses

“serious games”

2 years old and totally focussed



The tools

A plethora of new

tools

Toolkit, picture www.perart.com



The challenges

A world full of

change

Globalization

Social media

IT in education – Hype Cycle,

Gartner

Opportunities for gaming


Opportunities for gaming The following case describes a mix of

communication, training and

policymaking needs.

Which opportunities for gaming do you

see?


Opportunities for gaming – case In a Fab Lab (workshop for digital fabrication) visitors come and go.

Some are one time visitors who look around or take a guided tour.

Others have a personal project in mind like making a present for their partner or a technical construction for in their homes. They are returning visitors who use the Fab Lab tools and materials for their personal project.

A third category are inventors and/or entrepreneurs who systematically develop prototypes for new products.

The Fab Lab management considers their organization as a (worldwide) knowledge ecosystem.

Visitors, especially the returning ones, create new knowledge, e.g. about the materials they used and about the typical characteristics of the machines.

These visitors carry with them implicit knowledge from elsewhere, e.g. what they studied, what they watched on tv or what they searched

for on internet.

The Fab Lab management wants to archive all this knowledge in some way and to make it available just in time to other visitors and, via events and publications, to the community.


Three approaches to

game design


Patterns in Game DesignStaffan Björk &

Jussi Holopainen


The game design process

Richard Duke


The art of game design; a

book of lenses

Jesse Schell


Alternative designs


Alternative designs Create a focus group for each of the

approaches to game design.

Develop a game concept based on the

specific approach for the case that

follows.


Alternative designs The Fab Lab management wants to

develop a game for both its visitors and its

staff.

The game should make them more

conscious of "knowledge management"

and its importance for the Fab Lab.

The game should help them to build a

shared vision on how to organize

knowledge management in the Fab Lab.


Analysis


Analysis Presentation of the three game concepts

Identification of strengths and weaknesses

of the three approaches


Conclusion


Conclusion Future challenges

Approach to game design


References Bergeron, B. (2006). Developing serious games (Game

Development Series). Charles River Media Game Development.

Bjork, S., & Holopainen, J. (2004). Patterns in Game Design (Game Development Series). Charles River Media Game Development

Duke, R. (1974). Gaming, the future's language. Sage Publications.

Duke, R. (1975), HEX. Ann Arbor: Multilogue Inc..

Moore, O. K., & Anderson, A. R. (1969). Some principles for the design of clarifying educational environments. In D. Goslin (Ed.) Handbook of socialization theory and research. New York: Rand McNally.

Schell, J. (2008). The Art of Game Design: A book of lenses. CRC Press.

Thiagarajan, S. (2003). Design Your Own Games and Activities: Thiagi's Templates for Performance Improvement. Pfeiffer.



The members of the ECOIS-team are Pieter van der Hijden,

Marco Ligtvoet and Lucenda Plet ([email protected])

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Thank you for your attention!Pieter van der Hijden

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