[arg_discuss] Educational ARGs

[Steffen P. Walz]

hi richard & christy,

i am not sure if we are listed in the whitepaper christy mentions:

at the ETH zurich in switzerland, we take advantage of pervasive  
games / game design (which are, in comparito teach students, and  
expect pervasive games as results from students, too, cf.

http://wiki.arch.ethz.ch/twiki/bin/view/Game0405
http://wiki.arch.ethz.ch/twiki/bin/view/Game05

both design studios were german only, but there are a number of  
articles about these classes in english; they are listed in the  
blibliography on my academic website:

http://wiki.arch.ethz.ch/twiki/bin/view/Main/SteffenPWalz#PubLications

br,
spw

Am 30.10.2006 um 02:47 schrieb Christy Dena:

> Hello Richard,
>
> In the forthcoming ARG whitepaper there is a section on ARGs and  
> Academia. In it I cover (amongst other things) educators who are  
> studying ARGs; ARGs that have been created in education for  
> students and for educators; ARGs that are created as part of  
> someone's education (research). I also just posted on this list  
> about some ARGs that were recently created by 3rd year Multimedia  
> and Digital Design students at Monash University, Caulfield,  
> Australia under the direction of Troy Innocent. Contact me directly  
> if you'd like more info. :)
>
> But none of these include ARGs that have been created for  
> businesses as pedagogical devices, of which there are many.
>
> I think this sort of interest in ARGs for education (in secondary,  
> tertiary and business settings) is just going to increase and the  
> IGDA ARG SIG can be a valuable source of information. A section,  
> therefore, on the IGDA ARG SIG webpage with this information would  
> be really helpful...
>
> Cheers,
> Christy
>
> School of Arts, Letters and Media
> University of Sydney, Australia
> www.Cross-MediaEntertainment.com
> www.ChristyDena.com
> www.WriterResponseTheory.org
> www.SlateNight.com
>
>
> On 30/10/2006, at 8:07 AM, Richard Sebastian wrote:
>
>> Hello:
>>
>> I am interested in the educational potential of ARGs, and would like
>> to know if anyone out there is currently using an ARG or ARG-like
>> model for educational purposes. If so, I would be interested in
>> talking to you further about your work.
>>
>> Please contact me at sebastian (at) virginia.edu
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Richard Sebastian
>> Doctoral candidate, Instructional Technology
>> Curry School of Education
>> University of Virginia
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Steffen P. Walz
ETH Zurich
Game Design Research                                       Department  
of Architecture
Phone +41 44 658 1636                                      Chair for  
CAAD, HIL E 15.1
walz at arch.ethz.ch                                                 
CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland

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