[arg_discuss] Educational ARGs

[Steffen P. Walz]

addendum:

of course, and with regard to pervasive / augmented reality / handheld 
+X game design for learning, also consider eric klopfer's work at the  
MIT. as far as i know, eric currently writes a book for the MIT press  
about the topic.

br,
spw

Am 30.10.2006 um 09:49 schrieb 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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> 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                                                 
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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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