Learner-focused Course Design: Games and Sims 101

• In Event: D&D - Practices in Course Design

Short Description

The instructional games and simulations course curriculum, described in the paper presentation, enables learners to explore games and simulations by focusing on the evaluation, design, and infusion of games and simulations in instructional settings. The activities for this course approach the topic of instructional games and simulations from multiple perspectives: readings discussions, game analyses, presentations, game projects, and research papers (for graduate students). However, the power of the course’s impact is in its learner-focused design.

Author

• Joanne E. Beriswill, Mississippi State University